Naveen Rao, former head of AI at Databricks, has raised $475 million in seed capital for his new startup, Unconventional AI, at a valuation of $4.5 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from Lux Capital and DCVC. This is the first tranche towards the target of up to…
German AI Lab Black Forest Labs on Monday said it has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round, valuing the company at $3.25 billion. The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjani Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Crendum, Earlybird VC, Broadlight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures,…
Venture capitalist Mark Andresen, according to the screenshot, rapidly criticized universities including Stanford and MIT, including Stanford and MIT, with AI scientists and Trump Administration officials, according to the screenshot. Viewed by Washington Post, According to the post, Andresen described MIT and Stanford (which I participated two decades ago) as “mainly political operations fighting American…
