2023年4月14日

一些生殖AI公司已经从顶尖公司获得了资金,消息人士称。虽然估值低,YC AI公司仍然是热的。这是不到一个星期以来在硅谷传奇孵化器Y Combinator演示日,但已经,投资者正在徘徊。在Y Combinator的最新冬季2023批,许多创业公司已经降落来自知名风投的投资,内幕。公司专注于人工智能,生成人工智能特别是在最新一批看到大幅跳,最受追捧的一些投资者。风投公司承认一些兴趣可能是由炒作空间。“洒的人这个生成AI的仙尘在球似乎更周围嗡嗡声,“出现资本普通合伙人杰克sap说,并补充说,许多YC创业公司旋转到生成人工智能从不同的最初的焦点。然而,即使怀疑论者认为,真正的用例和技术进步的根源与兴奋。“歇斯底里的理由”,sap说。“公司使用这种技术来解决棘手的问题要重要的公司的未来。” An AI feeding frenzy VC buzz was common across generative AI startups both in the application and infrastructure layers. On the application side, Yuma, a ChatGPT for customer support, landed funding from Gradient Ventures and Frst, according to one person with direct knowledge of the financing who was not authorized to speak publicly. Lasso AI, which automates tasks on Google Chrome using ChatGPT and computer vision, scored capital from Initialized Capital, according to two sources, and the trend towards vertical-specific use cases of generative AI continued, with medical AI startup Latent raising from General Catalyst, three people said. Leveraging generative AI technology for data management and analytics was a popular focus for YC startups like Turntable and Outerbase. Nat Friedman, early-stage investor and former CEO of GitHub, placed a bet on this mission by investing in Turntable, according to three people familiar with the deal, at a $22 million post-money valuation, one person said. Initialized Capital and Latent declined to comment. Lasso AI, Turntable, Gradient Ventures, Frst, General Catalyst, and Nat Friedman didn't respond to a request for comment. Infrastructure startups and developer tools aiming to help engineers train, optimize, and run AI models more efficiently and build on top of AI models were equally hot amongst VCs. Chima, a startup that customizes generative AI models with customers' real-time proprietary data, underwent an especially competitive deal process, with investor Elad Gil eventually taking the lead, according to three sources. Chima and Elad Gil did not respond to a request for comment. And Rubber Ducky Labs, which helps companies improve their AI recommender systems, received an investment from Bain Capital Ventures, according to four sources, at a $15 million post-money valuation, one person said. Rubber Ducky Labs and Bain Capital Ventures declined to comment. Valuation immunity VCs also noted that AI was the one area where they didn't see valuations fall from previous highs. Lux Capital's Grace Isford told Insider that many startups from this batch were pitching investors on valuations that were "a bit compressed" from what was the norm last year. Typically, startups in this batch were hitting a sweet spot of a $2 million seed round at a $20 million valuation, Isford said, while in previous years the same companies would have been raising closer to $3 million at a $30 million valuation. But AI was the one sector where the price of deals hadn't fallen nearly as much, she said. And despite some investor concerns that YC's new deal would make startups too expensive for a down market, others were not concerned with the high cost of the buzziest YC startups. "There's always been a different pricing set for YC companies," another seed investor who attended Demo Day told Insider on background, but that their team was "confident that we're worth the dilution that we're requesting." Have a tip on a startup funding round? Contact the reporters Stephanie Palazzolo (spalazzolo@insider.com and encrypted messaging at 979-599-8091) and Madeline Renbarger (mrenbarger@insider.com and encrypted messaging at 512-968-0540) Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Subscribe to push notifications