Tag
Yann LeCun leaves Meta to found AI company AMI, focusing on world models based on Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA). He believes LLMs are not the path to human-level intelligence and criticizes the current paradigm for lacking prediction and planning capabilities.
After being laid off from Meta, Yuandong announced a new direction, raising $650 million to found neolab Recursive_SI with a valuation of $4.65 billion. In an interview, he shared insights on AI trends, LLM limitations, reinforcement learning, and research freedom.
Former Meta FAIR Director Tian Yuandong, together with several top AI scientists, officially announces new company Recursive, dedicated to building recursive self-improving superintelligence, and has secured over $650 million in funding with a valuation of approximately $4.65 billion.
It is rumored that Tencent negotiated an investment with Liang Wenfeng (DeepSeek). Tencent initially demanded a 20% stake but was rejected, ultimately accepting 2%, sparking industry discussion about shifts in the AI competitive landscape.
Recursive Superintelligence, a new startup aiming to automate knowledge discovery with self-improving AI, has launched with over $650 million in funding led by GV and Greycroft.
PitchDrop.ai is a new AI-powered tool designed to serve as a pitch advisor for presentations.
Moonshot AI, the maker of the Kimi chatbot, has reached a $20 billion valuation following a funding round led by Meituan, marking a quadrupling of its value in just a few months.
Canada awarded a single AI startup $240M in grants, exceeding 66% of the total funding received by 107 companies over 7 years, highlighting significant concentration of government AI investment.