Welcome to this week's edition of the top startup funding & news in AI, this week we have stories on:
- Anthropic releases Claude 3
- AI startups raised $365M in venture funding
Whether you're an investor, developer, or AI enthusiast, the roundup ensures you're always up to date with AI.
This Week in AI 🗞️
This week in AI, Anthropic released their new Claude 3 models, which have shown to outperform GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra on several LLM benchmarks.
Anthropic releases Claude 3
Anthropic released Claude 3, which comes with three new models: Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus:
- Their most advanced model, Opus, has outperformed GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra across many of the most common LLM evaluation benchmarks.
- You can try Opus and Sonnet models through their API, and Haiku will be available soon.

AI Startups Raised $366M Last Week
Last week, AI startups raised a total of $365M in venture funding, here are a few of our favourite to watch.
Brevian - Raised a $9M Seed Round
- What they do: Brevian no-code platform enables business users to create secure AI agents, integrate with data and applications, answer queries, and automate tasks without requiring a developer.
- Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software, No Code
- Location: Sunnyvale, California

Enzzo - Raised a $3M Seed Round
- What they do: Enzzo is an AI-powered platform that aims to expedite and streamline the creation of innovative hardware products, from requirement generation to risk mitigation and seamless collaboration.
- Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electronics, Hardware
- Location: Seattle, Washington

TollBit - Raised a $7M Seed Round
- What they do: TollBit is a content monetization platform that allows AI bots and data scrapers to pay websites directly to license their content and protects the health of the entire content ecosystem.
- Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Content
- Location: New York, New York

That's it for this edition of This Week in AI. If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, you can sign up here.