BREAKING
Elorian AI raises $55M pre-product
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seed raised
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valuation
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since leaving Google
Founded by ex-DeepMind's Andrew Dai
Today's VLMs vs Elorian's bet
Current VLMs
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Convert images to text first
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Struggle with spatial and physical tasks
Elorian approach
visual AGI
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Treat images as manipulable representations
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Focus on reasoning, not generation
Backers and open questions
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Striker, Menlo, Altimeter lead
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NVIDIA and Jeff Dean invest
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No product or benchmarks
A pedigree-led bet on visual AI
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A new AI lab has raised fifty-five million dollars before shipping any product.