VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

The breakneck speed of AI advancement is one of those areas where the stream of information is so constant and so dense, that it’s very hard to process it all, let alone STAND OUT in the crowd. This creates a challenge, but also an opportunity for startups in the generative AI space. apply here: [link] ).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

More about Firgun and why it matters on VC Cafe : [link] The founder and CEO of Stripe , Partick Collison, posted a picture on X with the innocuous statement “Great to be back in Tel Aviv. billion valuation ), to enable automated management of cloud backups! Mazel tov Ori Soen and team Montara on your $5.4M

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Mira Murati , co-founder and CTO of OpenAI announced she’s leaving as well as the company’s head of research. billion at $150 billion valuation. Jony Ive, former famed Apple designer, is collaborating with Sam Altman on a new AI-focused device to replace the phone.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I was in Helsinki this week and met a great number of European and US VCs, LPs and founders. Way to go Itamar Golan and team Prompt Security on your $18M series A to help companies secure their generative AI tools! series A to help authors self-publish their books with the help of AI!

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Cambridge Associates ‘ research reveals a compelling pattern: the investments that generated the most exceptional returns were often those that struggled to attract initial investor interest. When too many investors pile into ‘obvious’ opportunities, valuations inflate and returns compress.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I was watching a fireside chat from SaaStr 2023 between Jason Lemkin and David Sacks (ex Paypal Mafia, All In podcast co-founder and managing partner at Craft Ventures, with $3.3 Interestingly Craft Ventures divides AI opportunities into three main buckets: ?? Pre-AI SaaS companies that are getting turbo charged by new AI capabilities.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

That’s the case for most companies that are already in the market, especially if they raised funding at imaginary valuations before. Valuations are down massively from 2021 peak, especially at the growth stage. Seed valuations are down “only” 57% compared to Q4 2021. Generative AI is game changer.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Cohere debuted Command-A , a generative AI model aimed at complex enterprise tasks that can run on minimal compute. billion and Sony is experimenting with AI-powered characters on Playstation. valuation to complete the acquisition of PayU ! AI inference spending expected to grow 70% YoY to $208.2B

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Notable companies in the landscape include: Improbable – the simulation engine company, famously building Otherside, the virtual world by Yuga Labs (owners of the Bored Ape Yacht Club), which most recently raised $100 million at $3 billion valuation. Framestore – a leading VR and visual effects studio. Looking ahead.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

OpenAI in on course to raise $7 billion at $150 billion valuation (and on course to do $3.4 Microsoft and BlackRock are teaming up for a new $100 billion AI infrastructure fund. Let’s dive in to the founders and investors who made an impact in Israeli tech this week. ROI from Generative AI is a rising concern.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Looking Back: A Year Defined by Generative AI 2024 will go down in history as the year generative AI truly went mainstream. It wasnt just startups leveraging generative AIcorporates like Adobe, Salesforce, and Google integrated AI-powered features into their core products, making it ubiquitous.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

OpenAI launched “Operator”, its first AI agent that is capable to complete tasks autonomously by browsing the Internet and ChatGPT Gov launched with 18M+ prompts from 90K government users. OpenAI announced it will be raising another $40 billion at a whooping $340 billion valuation. We call them revolutions.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

From the founders who chose to start companies this year against the odds, to the new funds that managed to attract capital despite the news, and to all the participants in the Israeli tech ecosystem in Israel and abroad – keep on creating! Google launched a new ‘reasoning’ model, Gemini 2.0 There have been some BIG rounds.

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