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Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about themtechcrunch.com/2026/10/16/elorians-first-ai-model-wants-to-reason-with-images-not-just-about-them/
Elorian launches **Glimpse**, its first AI model designed to actively analyze images by repeatedly referencing visual data—zooming into regions, extracting video frames, or running measurements—rather than relying solely on text-based reasoning. The model, trained on a few hundred GPUs, outperforms competitors like GPT-6 Astra in tasks such as scientific chart interpretation and video captioning, despite being smaller and more cost-efficient. Elorian targets industries with heavy video use, including robotics and media, and aims to extend its capabilities to real-world action, such as robot control, by next year.
Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article
Altimeter's Gerstner blasts researchers voicing AI extinction warnings, questions 'political agenda'cnbc.com/2026/09/11/altimeters-gerstner-blasts-researchers-voicing-ai-extinction-warnings.html
Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner criticizes AI researchers’ warnings about human extinction as hyperbolic and politically motivated. Gerstner says the industry is taking extraordinary steps on safety and argues that current discourse wrongly suggests companies are disregarding risks. His firm invests in Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as Glean and Databricks; former AI researchers, meanwhile, warn that rapidly improving models could become autonomously self-improving.
Sep 2026 · CNBC TechNews article
SciFin launches with $44M to help revenue teams close the ‘context gap’siliconangle.com/2026/09/01/scifin-launches-with-44m-to-help-revenue-teams-close-the-context-gap/
SciFin launches with $44 million in seed funding to help revenue teams connect business context across disconnected systems. Altimeter and Madrona co-lead the round, with participation from Foundation Capital and others. Its platform brings together information across finance, accounts, deals, forecasts, customer conversations and operations, while its AI assistant, Pixie, provides answers, reports and recommended actions through web, voice, email and chat interfaces.
Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article
Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missilestechcrunch.com/2026/08/20/castelion-hits-13b-valuation-to-mass-produce-hypersonic-missiles/
Castelion raises a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation to produce hypersonic weapons. Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle, and JPMorgan Chase co-lead the round, which includes $800 million in equity and a $250 million revolving credit facility. The Torrance-based startup has secured more than $500 million in U.S. military contracts and plans to use the funding to produce Blackbeard missiles and other weapons at its New Mexico facility.
Aug 2026 · TechCrunchNews article