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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

billion valuation ), to enable automated management of cloud backups! 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! Mazel tov Ori Soen and team Montara on your $5.4M

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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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AUGUST 3, 2024

In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B There’s been huge progress in AI in the past two weeks including new models from Meta , Google DeepMind , OpenAI searchGPT and voice models, Hugging Face SlolLM. It’s a testament to the fact that Israeli tech delivers #NOMATTERWHAT.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

David and Craft are considered top SaaS investors and David said that basically, the industry has been waiting for a catalyst, something that will accelerate digital transformation and help SaaS companies grow faster, and Generative AI seems to be it. Interestingly Craft Ventures divides AI opportunities into three main buckets: ??

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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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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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JUNE 20, 2023

And the model we had in mind, there's a book called Valuation, which our, our firm has had an updated every year for the past 20 years or more. So I look, I I'll give you an example, uh, the answer to that using like generative AI, which is like the hottest conversation topic in the world right now, right?

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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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DECEMBER 27, 2022

The company later went public in Feb of 2022 at an $11 billion valuation and has since been looking for a buyer and is currently valued at $2.98 The rise of generative AI is likely to have a significant impact on the gaming industry in 2023. Generative AI for games market map ( source ). billion in 2016 ( source ).

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Generative AI is a beacon of hope In this grim scenario, Artificial Intelligence, and more specifically Generative AI, emerges as the global industry’s lifebuoy, attracting investments and elevating valuations of entities across the spectrum.

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Big congrats Yevgeny Dibrov and team Armis on your $200M series D (at a valuation of $4.3 Mabruk Matan Bar and team Melio on your $150M series E (at $2 billion valuation ) to integrate cash flow management, accounts receivable and accounts payable solutions! billion), to protect the entire attack surface of companies!

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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. Kudos Adi Perry and team with on securing a $10M seed round to turn cities into communities with generative AI! billion in revenue this year).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

billion round at a $61 billion valuation. DeepSeek AI sparked a nationwide push in China to deploy its LLMs everywhere from hospitals to local governments. Mira Murati s Thinking Machine Labs said to raise $1B at $9B valuation. A new foundation model called Magma , claims to be the first for multimodal AI agents.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Bitcoin topped a record of all time at $87,000, Chinese gaming giant Tencent reported 47% surge in profits from gaming and AI, and Perplexity is nearing $500M funding round at $9 billion valuation as it started introducing ads.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This video of Einstein speaking, was generated from a single image: Additionally, ByteDance has dedicated a team within its video editing platform , CapCut , to further AI development, signalling its commitment to creating next-generation AI-powered content 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. 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. Keep on creating!

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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. YouTube launched a bunch of generative AI video capabilities for creators and Google made several upgrades to the impressive NotebookLM.

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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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MARCH 6, 2025

Fast forward six months, and OpenAI is in talks of raising $40 billion, at a valuation of $340 billion. Ilya Sutskever’s SSI is currently raising money at $20 billion valuation (pre-launch) and the list goes on. This week, Anthropic announced a $3.5 billion round, valuing the company at $61.5

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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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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Flash , and announced it will launch an ‘ AI search mode ‘ to compete with new rival chatbots. Databricks secured a new $10B funding round at a $62B valuation and Perplexity raised $500M at $9 billion valuation. Google launched a new ‘reasoning’ model, Gemini 2.0 There have been some BIG rounds.

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