Big Tech Says Ai Is Booming. Wall Street Is Starting To See A Bubble.
Venture capitalists have poured billions of dollars into AI start-ups. The boom has helped contribute to the $55.6 billion that venture investors put into U.S. start-ups in the second quarter of 2024.
Marc Andreessen Thinks Ai Can Save Comedy
Marc Andreessen thinks that AI could help revive comedy.Steve Jennings/Getty ImagesMarc Andreessen said AI could revive comedy.AI tools like Luma AI or OpenAI's Sora allow animators to create shows quickly.Studios like Pixar are already cautiously exploring using AI in their productions.AI is already providing us with some answers, but venture capitalist Marc Andreessen believes it may also soon be able to give us a laugh.The cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz said in an interview with Substack CEO Chris Best that the tech could be a revival that comedy requires. "Comedy needs a Renaissance very badly," he said. "It's basically died.
Legal Software Firm Clio Raises $900M Round To Power Ai Advances
Clio believes t AI will help lawyers by giving them more time to find and serve more people who are currently doing without representation.
Nvidia, Pfizer Lead $80M Funding For Israeli Medical Ai Tech Firm Cytoreason - Cna
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo JERUSALEM : Israel's CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, said on Wednesday it had raised $80 million in a private funding round. Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher and venture capital investor OurCrowd participated in the round, CytoReason said. The company said it aims to expand the application of its models into additional indications and grow its proprietary molecular and clinical data.
Us-based Ai Startups That Raised Over $100M In Funding In 2024, Et Telecom
In the US, for instance, AI startups received $27 billion in funding in April-June, accounting for nearly half of all startup funding in the country during that period, the New York Times reported, citing Pitchbook data.
Jeff Bezos And Masayoshi Son's Softbank Lead $300M Funding Round For Startup Working On Developing 'general Purpose Brain' For Ai Systems - Softbank Group (otc:sftbf), Amazon.com (nasdaq:amzn)
The artificial intelligence company Skild AI has secured a substantial $300 million in Series A funding. This investment round was led by Jeff Bezos and Softbank, among others, and is aimed at developing a "general-purpose brain" for AI systems. read more.
The Twenty Minute Vc (20vc): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch: 20vc: Why We Are In A Bubble & Now Is Frothier Than 2021 | Why $1M Arr Is A Bs Milestone For Series A | Why Seed Pricing Is Rational & Large Seed Rounds Have Less Risk | Why Many Ai Apps Have Bs Revenue & Are Not Sustainable With Saam Motamedi @ Greylock
Saam Motamedi is a General Partner at Greylock, where he has led investments in Abnormal Security (incubated at Greylock), Apiiro Security and Opal Security, as well as AI companies like Adept, Braintrst, Cresta, Predibase, Snorkel, and more. Before Greylock, Saam founded Guru Labs, a machine learning-driven fintech startup, and worked in product management at RelateIQ, one of the first applied AI software companies. In Today's Conversation We Discuss: 1. Seed Today is Frothier than 2021: How does Saam evaluate the seed market today?
Hayden Ai Raises $90M In Series C
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Hayden AI raises $90 Million in Series C led by The Rise Fund.
The Vc Behind Mistral, Revolut And Slack Just Raised $2.3B To Invest In Long-term Ai Champions: ‘the Era Of The Quick Buck Mentality Is Over’ | Fortune Europe
“We think Europe is going to be one of the most important ecosystems for AI,” Index Ventures's Hannah Seal told Fortune.
Volley Raises $55M Voice-enabled Ai Games | Venturebeat
Volley has raised $55 million in a new round of funding for its voice-enabled AI games like games for Amazon Alexa.