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Radical Ventures
Coverage of Radical Ventures in the Nexus archive.
- Why Jeff Dean says he left Google after 27 years to build a 4-person AI startup
Jeff Dean, former chief scientist at Google, left the company after 27 years to establish Discovery Loop, a small AI startup. During a talk at Stanford University, Dean emphasized that smaller startups can accelerate innovation by using cloud compute from providers like Google. Discovery Loop aims to automate scientific experimentation and tackle broad societal issues listed in challenges such as "Reverse Engineer the Brain."
- Robotics startup Generalist AI is raising $400 million at a $2 billion valuation
Generalist AI, a robotics startup, is raising $400 million at a $2 billion valuation. Radical Ventures led the funding round, with Nvidia and Bezos Expeditions among the returning backers.