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By Kyle Wiggers
November 1, 2023
Freeplay, a startup that lets companies build, experiment with and test apps powered by generative AI models, specifically text-generating models, today emerged from stealth with $3.25 million in a seed round led by Conviction Ventures. Founded by ex-Twitter employees, including the former heads of product and engineering for Twitter’s developer platform and enterprise data business, […]
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Stability AI releases ChatGPT-like language models
Stability AI, the startup behind the generative AI art tool Stable Diffusion, today open sourced a suite of text-generating AI models intended to go head to head with systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4. Called StableLM and available in “alpha” on GitHub and Hugging Face, a platform for hosting AI models and code, Stability AI says that […]
Apr 19, 2023
Fixie wants to make it easier for companies to build on top of language models
Yet another startup hoping to cash in on the generative AI craze has secured an eye-popping tranche of VC funding. Called Fixie, the firm, founded by former engineering heads at Apple and Google, aims to connect text-generating models similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT to an enterprise’s data, systems and workflows. Co-founder and CEO Matt Welsh describes […]
Mar 30, 2023
Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups
nnAnthropicn, a buzzy AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI employees, has begun offering partners access to its AI text-generating models.nnThe first co
Feb 27, 2023
Runway, a startup building generative AI for content creators, raises $141M
It’s a big day for generative AI funding. On the heels of Inflection AI landing a $1.3 billion investment, Runway, a startup building generative AI tools for multimedia content creators, today announced a $141 million extension to its Series C round from Google, Nvidia and Salesforce, among others. Building on the Series C the company […]
Jun 29, 2023