Inside AI unicorn Anthropic’s unusual US$750 million fundraise
The startup’s new round led by Menlo Ventures surprised some industry insiders for its form of a special purpose vehicle and its function to help price bets by giants Amazon and Google.
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Billionaire Li Ka-Shing backs Aussie biocomputing startup combining AI and brain cells
Cortical Labs, an Australian startup developing a new type of artificial intelligence that combines lab-grown human brain cells with computer chips, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Hong Kong’s richest person, Li Ka-shing.
Venture fundraising in US hits 9-year low
The amount was also less than half the level raised in the preceding three months.
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US$6bn year for Australian VC investment in 2022
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