AI hullus saavutab uue taseme, kuna anthropic lukustab 450 miljonit dollarit, Builder.ai sulgeb 250 miljoni dollari ringi

Well, just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier.

Investors poured in $700 million into two AI startups Tuesday — Builder.ai ja Antroopne — seemingly marking another level of the AI craze that has dominated the private markets since late last year.

Leading the way, Anthropic — a ChatGPT rival with its AI assistant Claude — raised $450 million in Series C funding led by Säde pealinn osavõtul alates Google, Salesforce Ventures1, Helivennad, Zoom Ventures ja teised.

“We are thrilled that these leading investors and technology companies are supporting Anthropic’s mission: AI research and products that put safety at the frontier,” said CEO Dario Amodei aastal vabastama. “The systems we are building are being designed to provide reliable AI services that can positively impact businesses and consumers now and in the future.”

The round comes after earlier aruanded in February that Google had invested between $300 million and $400 million into the San Francisco-based startup. That was followed in March by aruanded et Anthropic kasvatas teist $ 300 miljonit vooru investeeringueelse hinnanguga 4.1 miljardit dollarit. 

Anthropic itself has previously announced a $124 million in a Seeria A 2021. aastal ja 580 miljonit dollarit B-seeria 2022. aastal – eesotsas ei keegi muu kui häbistatud FTX Asutaja Sam Bankman Praetud.

Aga oota, neid on veel

While Anthropic was announcing its massive raise, another AI startup across the pond was raising some cash of its own.

London-based Builder.ai raised a Series D of more than $250 million led by Katari investeerimisamet. Kaasa arvatud teised investorid Iconiq Capital, Džungli ettevõtmised ja Insight Partnerid.

The company, which uses AI in its software development platform, did not disclose a valuation, but said its valuation increased as much as 1.8x, presumably since its last raise in 2022.

Varem sel kuul Microsoft — which has AI aspirations of its own — and Builder.ai announced a partnership which included an equity investment in the startup.

Founded in 2016, Builder.ai has now raised more than $450 million.

AI hullus

With so many big rounds getting announced, it’s now getting to the point where one has to wonder if all these investments themselves are actually AI generated.

VCs and large strategics including Microsoft, Google and Sales Force kõik näitavad jätkuvalt üles vaibumatut huvi generatiivsete AI-idufirmade vastu.

Eelmisel kuul AlphaSenseAI-ga täiustatud turuanalüüsi platvorm kogus investoritelt 100 miljonit dollarit, sealhulgas PealinnG - Tähestiksõltumatu kasvufond. 

Aasta märtsis, Iseloom.ai suletud a 150 miljonit dollarit A-seeria juhitud hinnangul 1 miljardit dollarit Andreessen Horowitz. Californias asuv Palo Altos asuv AI idufirma võimaldab inimestel keelemudeleid ja süvaõppe algoritme kasutades luua oma isikupärastatud AI-vestlusbot.

Ka märtsis San Franciscos Vilunud AI kasvas $ 350 miljonit a-seerias B - kell a teatatud rahajärgne hindamine vähemalt 1 miljard dollarit.

Muidugi sai hullus alguse jaanuaris uudistega Microsofti massiivist $ 10 miljardit investeeringut sisse OpenAI — looja ChatGPT.

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