Computerworld October 3, 2024
Prasanth Aby Thomas

The company has also asked investors to avoid investing in two AI application firms — Perplexity and Glean.

OpenAI has raised $6.6 billion from investors like Thrive Capital and Tiger Global, but the AI company also sought assurances that investors would avoid funding five competing firms, according to a Reuters report.

The competitors include Anthropic, Elon Musk’s xAI, and Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a startup launched by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.

These companies directly compete with OpenAI in advancing large language models, a capital-intensive effort.

Additionally, OpenAI named two AI application firms — AI search startup Perplexity and enterprise search company Glean.

On Wednesday, the San Francisco-based startup announced it completed its latest funding round, reaching a $157 billion valuation —...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Investments, Technology, Trends
Generative AI Is Helping To Clear Up Brain Fog
Getting started with AI agents (part 1): Capturing processes, roles and connections
Unlocking The Genetic Code: AI Reveals New Insights Into Psychiatric Disorders
5 questions for the Abundance Institute's Neil Chilson
AI agents are unlike any technology ever

Share This Article