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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of November: xAI And Anthropic Raise Billions Again

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Last month, xAI and Anthropic raised a combined $9 billion as AI funding remained red-hot. xAI , $5B, artificial intelligence: Generative AI startup xAI raised $5 billion in a round valuing it at $50 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Other sectors, including IT management and robotics, also saw big rounds.

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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: xAI And Anthropic Headline Big Week For AI (Again)

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Of course, it was led by two well-known AI startups — including xAI , which had its second massive haul of cash in just six months. xAI , $5B, artificial intelligence: Generative AI startup xAI raised $5 billion in a funding round valuing it at $50 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. The immediate investment was $1.25

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Stability AI backs effort to bring machine learning to biomed

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Stability AI , the venture-backed startup behind the text-to-image AI system Stable Diffusion, is funding a wide-ranging effort to apply AI to the frontiers of biotech. Few groups have the engineering expertise and resources necessary to develop this kind of AI, though.

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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of May: xAI And CoreWeave Lead Big Month For AI

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Not surprisingly AI led the way — as it always seems to do — with a trio of a billion-or-more rounds. xAI , $6B, artificial intelligence: Elon Musk ’s generative AI startup, xAI , officially announced its long-awaited fundraise — making it the second-most-valuable generative AI company in the world behind only competitor OpenAI.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Safe Superintelligence Leads With Massive $1B Raise

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A proposed California bill that has proven controversial in the industry is looking to put safety regulations and guardrails on AI — although many companies, including OpenAI, worry it may be too burdensome to many AI firms. Sakana AI locked up a $100 million round led by Khosla Ventures , Lux Capital and New Enterprise Associates.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Sila And Formation Bio Headline Huge Week Of Large-Money Deals

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Formation Bio , $372M, biotech: Every week there is a big biotech raise and this week’s is really big. Formation Bio, an AI-enhanced pharma company, raised a $372 million Series D led by a16z. More and more biotech startups are using AI to help with their drug processes and investors are clearly taking note.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: xAI Laps Field In Another Slow Week

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xAI , $6B, artificial intelligence: Elon Musk ’s generative AI startup, xAI, officially announced its long-awaited fundraise — making it the second-most-valuable generative AI company in the world behind only competitor OpenAI. Grok is trained off data from another Musk-owned company, X, formerly Twitter.

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