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JANUARY 17, 2024

2023 was the year of generative AI, but more specifically, the year we witnessed the power and potential of LLMs, large language models. Both startups and large tech companies leaned in hard, incorporating automation tools and generative AI applications across verticals. Visual generative AI made strides as well.

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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). Daniel Roth now said that Israel will be added next week. (h/t

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APRIL 15, 2024

But in the coming age of generative AI, endless synthetic content and misinformation – there might be an opportunity for traditional media companies to regain their reputation as a 4th branch within a democracy. How can media companies transform generative AI from threat to opportunity ? What do you think?

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT is only 2 years old, considering the amount of capital that has been invested in generative AI startups since. Task completion: monitor the prices for the best holiday packages, products and deals Startup Opportunity: Platforms enabling secure AI-to-AI transactions.

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deal architect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. For all the noise around Generative AI, I have not seen many use cases which would.

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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 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 In 2022, VCs poured $1.37

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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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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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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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MARCH 6, 2024

Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before.

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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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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The country ranks 3rd globally in private AI investment, demonstrating its strong position in the global AI market. The new AI landscape included in the report (below) is a great evolution of the Israeli Generative AI landscape we (Remagine Ventures) published in Calcalist in May 2024. Vertical AI is a stronghold.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

All the videos from the event , as well as our newly published landscape of the UK startups building the Metaverse can be found here. This video is a short excerpt from my panel on the opportunities for brands and platforms in the Metaverse. Video copyright, Taylor Wessing ; automated video summary credit: Munch ).

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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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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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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.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

OpenAI for enterprise key features: Enhanced privacy, SOC2 No usage caps performs up to two times faster 32k context in Enterprise, allowing users to process 4x longer inputs or files Samsung Electronics, Google and others have restricted employees from using generative AI bots for fear that confidential information will be leaked.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Real-time AI : The emergence of real-time AI is transforming creative workflows and enabling novel applications like AI bandmates and personalised education. Startups can focus on developing real-time AI tools for specific creative domains, such as music production, video editing, or interactive storytelling. ?

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Zuckerberg said it will continue investing in AI with intense CAPEX, adding $65bn into AI development. Pika launched its new video model, 2.1, It decouples visual encoding for multimodal understanding and generation. Until now, the majority of investment and VC profit in generative AI was at the infrastructure level.

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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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