VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Great stuff Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on your $25M series A (weeks after a $21M seed) at a $500M valuation , to pioneer scalable, cost efficient generative AI training! In the wider tech world, Bitcoin nearly crossed the $100K mark, Anthropic raised another $4 billion(!) Mazel tov Ori Soen and team Montara on your $5.4M

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2024

OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December (codename: Orion ). Also, two OpenAI researchers published a paper describing a new continuous-time consistency model (sCM) that increases the speed at which multimedia including images, video, and audio can be generated by AI by 50 times compared to traditional diffusion models.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion on 78 generative AI deals —almost as much as was invested in all of the previous 5 years combined, according to PitchBook data. According to a new industry report by Skyquest , AI will contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. So far in 2023, generative AI startups raised $16 billion, according to Dealroom. billion, a 2.5x

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

I was interviewed by TheMarker (Hebrew only) on why Israeli startups haven’t been part of the mega funding rounds in AI. Amidst this bleak funding environment, AI has been a saviour, reports the WSJ. Companies categorized as AI in Crunchbase raised $25 billion in the first half of 2023, representing 18% of global funding.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 14, 2025

Luma AI has introduced Ray2 Flash , an upgraded text-to-video model for fast generation. Reka AI launched Flash 3 Reasoning , an open-source 21B model. Tencent released Hunyuan-TurboS the first ultra-large Hybrid-Transformer-Mamba MoE model and also launched a free image to video model.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The conference took place during a challenging time for gaming startups: in the same week Playtika, the largest gaming employer in Israel, announced it was laying off 615 people globally, of which 180 are in Israel. Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 Global gaming revenues. Generative AI for games market map ( source ).

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VC Cafe

MAY 1, 2023

Android may have a larger global market share, but Apple’s loyal customer base, strong brand, and profitable ecosystem made it the clear winner. Current Tech Wars Streaming Wars: The streaming wars are still raging, with platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Apple TV+ competing for viewership and market share.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

John (01:39): So when you proposed this topic of AI and authenticity, I jumped on it immediately because certainly that's one of the biggest complaints. I mean, you hear people out there saying, oh, well never use AI because that's inauthentic. So why don't you just globally set the table for how you're approaching that topic?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Startups leveraging AI attracted over 60% of all capital raised in 2023. The country ranks 3rd globally in private AI investment, demonstrating its strong position in the global AI market. Israel’s deep domain expertise in these sectors positions it as a potential global leader.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 26, 2024

This election year, generative AI poses new challenges, as cybercriminals can use it to create misleading content, such as deep fakes or fake images, videos, or audio. Michael Kaiser, CEO of Defending Digital Campaigns, had a fireside chat with David Graff, Google Trust and Safety’s VP of Global Policy and Standards.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

YouTube is offering creators access to VEO , new AI video models created by Google DeepMind , Salesforce announced it’s going ‘all in’ on AI agents and AI avatars and Amazon is integrating new AI video features for the creation of ads. ROI from Generative AI is a rising concern.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2024

The CrowdStrike global outage is estimated to have cost Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn. To add more heat, Microsoft launched generative AI search results for Bing. Mistral AI released two new open-source LLM models (Nemo in partnership with NVIDIA ) and Large 2. AI at Meta launched LLaMa 3.1, Thank you for reading.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

In November 2022 I published a post titled “ generative AI will go mainstream when it goes from playful to useful “, and I think you will agree that this transition is in full swing. 2023 was the year generative AI went mainstream The pace of advancement in generative AI has been astounding.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Amazon launched Alexa+ , an AI makeover of its home assistant. Alibaba Group has just released Wan2.1 , a family of open-source AI video models designed to generate high-quality images and videos from text and image inputs. Meanwhile, Veo 2, Google ‘s text to video model will cost 50 cents per second.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development. How do you iterate on video so it performs best on both TikTok and Instagram? via Captions ).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Here’s where the money is flowing in Agentic AI October 2024 broke a record in global venture capital deployed, $32 billion in a single month, with AI attracting $12.2B, or 38% of the total funding. The returns will likely be more concentrated. The stakes are higher, and the technical barriers to entry are substantial.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Baichuan AI is pivoting toward specialized AI models for finance and healthcare. AI has partnered with Alibaba to focus on AI applications in e-commerce rather than competing directly with OpenAI. Zhipu AI has developed “Ying,” a text-to-video AI model, opening new avenues in content generation.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

seed extension) to scale your AI-based video ad optimisation! in seed funding to launch your AI-based dubbing platform ! Kudos Alon Arvatz and team PointFive on your $20M series A to track cloud usage across multiple clouds to optimise costs! Way to go ?Asaf Asaf Yanai and team Alison.ai on securing a $13.3M seed round (an $8.2

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

We’ve come a long way from the dating videos from the 1980s – a place where mostly awkward people, and mostly men, sat in front of a camera in cable knit jumpers. The market size is over $US10 billion globally in revenue. Finding Love Online Online dating is very big business. Things are now much more real than that.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

More about Firgun and why it matters on VC Cafe : [link] I felt a knot in my stomach this week, watching the video of the tunnel where Hersh, Carmel, Alex, Eden, Or, Almog were held in inhumane conditions for for 11 months, only to be brutally mur ed. Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

which has become the most used open source LLM, Meta AI available across all their apps for free, a new affordable version of their Meta Quest VR headset, but perhaps most excitingly, Meta Orion, smart AR glasses with holographic display (still not officially launched).

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2024

LINKS FOR YOUR BROWSER Israel: Venture Funding To Israeli Startups Bounces Back AI21 unveils upgraded long-context Jamba models for enterprises Israel’s preemptive strike prevented a wider war Global: The dark side of generative AI is here – by me on VC Cafe The top 100 AI consumer apps Multi modal models and AI agents will transform human (..)

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Take generative AI as an example: these tools can make repetitive work tasks easier, but employees create risk when they upload sensitive information to third-party content generators. Advances in technology : For 33%, the rapid rate of technological advances is the biggest challenge.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Hyper-Personalization Powered by AI 2. Generative AI: Revolutionizing Creative Production 4. AI-Driven Marketing Orchestration 5. Generative AI: Revolutionizing Creative Production AI isnt just for writing blog posts. Generative AI is changing how we create content including videos and graphics.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Arm plans to launch a new AI chip this summer to compete with NVIDIA. YouTube Shorts adds Veo 2 to let creators make GenAI videos. Anthropic is said to develop hybrid AI model combining LLM, reasoning to take on OpenAI. Apple is rumoured to launch a new iPhone in Feb and is exploring humanoid robots. Baidu, Inc.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It’s just been the first anniversary since ChatGPT burst into the world and launched the term ‘generative AI’ into the mainstream. It’s been a big year for AI. billion invested in generative AI startups globally in the first half of 2023 according to Pitchbook.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2025

AI is having its moment. Global AI funding surged past the $100B mark for the first time ever in 2024 and just by this week’s announcements, it’s more than likely that will at least double that amount in 2025. Zuckerberg said it will continue investing in AI with intense CAPEX, adding $65bn into AI development.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Ron DeSantis have already used fake AI images of each other and we are still 16 months out from the vote. This is an election where the capabilities of Generative AI will quite simply have a massive influence. The potential repercussions on geopolitics and the global economy are staggering.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

NVIDIA introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a $249 compact generative AI supercomputer that delivers significant performance gains at half the previous model’s price. KLING AI launched v1.6, a new text to video model that achieved 195% improvement compared to the previous model.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2025

released Ernie X1 reasoning AI model to counter DeepSeek R1. Stability AI has introduced Stable Virtual Camera, turning 2D images into 3D video. Anthropic ‘s Claude introduced web search. Baidu, Inc. SpatialLM just dropped on Hugging Face – a Large Language Model for Spatial Understanding.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2025

LLMs for chip design ASIC and FPGA optimisation tools using AI Target 5100x performance improvements Focus on energy efficiency (10100x gains) 6. Build AI-first financial products without legacy constraints Target underserved markets in insurance and wealth management Focus on global payment solutions 7.

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