a16z-backed Codi launches AI agent office manager: The startup released its beta version of the new AI office management product in May and officially launched it on Tuesday. The company last raised a $16 million Series A in 2022 led by a16z, and has raised $23 million to date. Read More |
Why Cohere's ex-AI research lead is betting against the scaling race: Cohere's former VP of AI research, Sara Hooker, is launching a new startup to build AI models that can adapt to their environment. Read More |
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta: Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe's new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smart glasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI. Read More |
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Sources: Multimodal AI startup Fal AI already raised at $4B+ valuation: Fal provides developers with over 600 image, video, audio, and 3D models, it says, and boasts that its cloud has thousands of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs and is fine-tuned for speedy inference. Read More |
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