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.
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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
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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
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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
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