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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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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? Everyone moved to earlier stage – part of the decline in late stage investing is the ‘baggage’ of companies that previously raised money at inflated valuations that they would struggle to justify in today’s market.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Sierra AI , founded by Bret Taylor (former co-CEO of Salesforce, CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI) is currently raising hundreds of millions of dollars at $4 billion valuation, just a year or so from launch after unlocking AI voice agents for companies.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

billion valuation ), to enable automated management of cloud backups! Way to go Maor Sason and team Appcharge on your $26M series A to help gaming companies keep more of their in-app-purchases revenue! It grew revenues by 6400% from $1M in November 2023 to to $65M today in just one year.

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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. With attractive valuations and immense growth potential, the Israeli tech ecosystem remains resilient—no matter the circumstances. Interesting overview of vertical AI companies by IVP ( source ) Revenue per employee. via Trung T.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Generative AI will really become magic when it moves from 'playful' to 'useful' – we will use multiple generative AI tools at work in the future, like we use grammarly and canned responses today… AI will become more vertical, and specific per role — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) November 5, 2022.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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! Great milestone Dvir Hoffman and team CommBox on your $15M series B to build the future of customer experience powered by AI!

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