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Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits
Three major AI companies—Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX—are expected to generate more combined value through upcoming...
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Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie
Character.AI is expanding beyond its chatbot platform to launch c.ai Series, short-form animated videos created with...
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Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
Ollama, an open source AI developer tool backed by Benchmark, has raised $65M in funding and grown to nearly 9M users....
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Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund
Nandan Nilekani has stepped down from his general partner role at Fundamentum as the venture capital firm launches its...
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Meta’s Muse Image Might be Just What SMBs Need
Meta has released Muse, a new AI imaging model that allows users to generate competitive ad content directly on Meta's...
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Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are investing in AI and health tech startups as part of their diversified investment...
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This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
General Intuition is leveraging millions of hours of video game data to train foundation models for physical AI, aiming...
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Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
A CEO argues that video game data could be superior to internet data for training AI models, particularly for helping...
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Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
Prime Intellect, founded in 2024, has raised $130M in Series A funding to enable enterprises to build and train their...
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Exclusive: EdVisorly Raises $13.3M Series A To Fix The Messy College Transfer Process With AI
EdVisorly, a Los Angeles-based startup, raised $13.3 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-native platform that...
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These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
The article discusses fast-growing AI startups that are accelerating their revenue growth rates. It highlights that...
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Legal AI Company Now Valued at $1.2 Billion
A legal sector AI company has reached a $1.2 billion valuation as multiple AI vendors enter the market to automate core...
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Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup
General Intuition, a Bezos-backed startup, believes gaming data could be key to achieving artificial general...
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Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips
ZML, a French AI startup backed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has released ZML/LLMD, open-source software designed...
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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
SambaNova, an AI chip maker, has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation in a new funding round. This comes just...
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AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
AI law startup Norm has raised $120 million in Series C funding led by Khosla Ventures, achieving a $1.2 billion...
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Self-Driving Company Gets Funding and Chips From AMD
A self-driving autonomous vehicle company has secured funding and received chip support from AMD, marking the...
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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
Savi, a company focused on protecting consumers from AI-powered scams like deepfake kidnapping ransom demands, has...
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Deepseek is designing its own AI chip
Chinese startup Deepseek is developing its own AI chip, according to Reuters. This move represents a significant...
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