Topic: founding team

  • Sesame AI, from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta

    Sesame AI, from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta

    Sesame has raised $250 million in Series B funding and is launching a limited beta program for its AI-powered smart glasses, led by former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe. The company's AI assistant generates natural, expressive speech directly, as demonstrated in early demos that attracted over a milli...

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  • Studio555 Secures $4.6M to Launch Interactive Interior Design App

    Studio555 Secures $4.6M to Launch Interactive Interior Design App

    Studio555 secured €4 million in seed funding to develop an interactive interior design app that blends gaming elements with design, led by HOF Capital and Failup Ventures. The app, founded by ex-King employees, aims to make interior design intuitive and playful, removing technical barriers and la...

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  • Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Challenge AI Industry's Path

    Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Challenge AI Industry's Path

    Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs (AMI), founded by Yann LeCun, secured a record $1.03 billion seed investment to pioneer "world model" AI, positioning itself as a European challenger to U.S. and Chinese tech dominance. The company's vision critiques the limitations of large language models (LLM...

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