VentureBeat March 28, 2024
Yesterday, a new startup called Hume AI announced it had raised $50 million in a Series B round led by EQT Ventures with participation from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Metaplanet, Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures, and LG Technology Ventures.
The startup was co-founded and is led by CEO Alan Cowen, a former researcher at Google DeepMind. Beyond Cowen’s pedigree and a general frothing interest in AI startups from the VC world — what else could command such a sizable round?
Hume AI’s differentiator from numerous other AI model providers and startups is in its focus on creating an AI assistant — and an API for that assistant that other enterprises can build chatbots atop of, as well...