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JULY 5, 2023

Is generative AI headed in the same direction? Generative AI, on the other hand, seems to be going from strength to strength. Have we reached generative AI peak? Are we on the way up or down in generative AI use and adoption? The post Has Generative AI hype peaked?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

And not a particular sector, but AI startups, in particular generative AI attracted close to $50 billion in funding last year, globally. Most of that funding went to foundational models like OpenAI, Anthropic and Inflection AI which collectively raised $18 billion in 2023. Generative AI is game changer.

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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. We’ve seen new foundational models, open source LLMs and all sorts of new companies building the co-pilots for every category.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

The state of Generative AI startups in Israel According to The Global AI Index by Tortoise Media, the first index to benchmark nations on their level of investment, innovation and implementation of artificial intelligence, Israel is the 7th most attractive AI hub globally. Are they too late?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The fields that generative AI addresses—knowledge work and creative work—comprise billions of workers. Generative AI can make these workers at least 10% more efficient and/or creative: they become not only faster and more efficient, but more capable than before. Sequoia, Generative AI: A Creative New World.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Iuri Struta , S& P Global ( source ) I was listening to Bret Taylor , the founder and CEO of Sierra, former co-CEO of Salesforce, ex CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI on the 20VC podcast. He talked about where we are in the timeline of generative AI and it made me realise that we’re making an interesting shift now.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s a bit crazy to think that even a year ago, the term ‘generative AI’ was not exactly on everyone’s lips. To put things in context, let’s start with the basics: 2023 witnessed an impressive influx of $15 billion invested in generative AI startups, significantly surpassing last year’s $4 billion.

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JUNE 2, 2024

The case for continued AI momentum: ? It’s still early innings for LLMs – Microsoft and Google are still early in their rollouts of generative AI in search, productivity software, cloud and more. Meta is working on its open source LLaMa. In that sense, it’s become table stakes rather than hype.

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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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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. Sapphire Ventures created a dedicated landscape for AI powered design tools.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year. – Startup Nation Central: One Year of Israeli Innovation in War NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Big congrats Oded Melamed and team Quantum Source on securing a $50 million series A to advance photonic quantum computers! via Trung T.

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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). That’s all for this week.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

But because a large percentage of it is open-source AI is not limited to nation states, AI-powered cyber-attacks, deepfakes and AI software paired with commercially available drones can create “poor-man’s smart weapons” for use by rogue states, terrorists and criminals. AI Attack Surfaces. Massive Data Sets.

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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. The Genesis physics engine is an open source model capable of creating 4D dynamical worlds based on real physics.

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