Meta's aggressive AI recruiting campaign, featuring multi-million-dollar compensation packages and outreach directly from Mark Zuckerberg, has successfully poached key researchers from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Newly hired talent will be organized as a new "superintelligence" division.
Synthflow AI raised $20 million in Series A funding to scale its no-code enterprise voice AI platform. Synthflow claims its platform has processed 45 million calls for more than 1,000 customers, and saved 5 million hours of contact center operations.
Abridge raised $300 million in Series E funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to scale its AI platform that converts medical conversations into compliant documentation in real-time. Abridge currently serves over 150 health systems; studies show it reduces clinician burnout by up to 70%.
Meta's aggressive AI recruiting campaign, featuring multi-million-dollar compensation packages and outreach directly from Mark Zuckerberg, has successfully poached key researchers from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Newly hired talent will be organized as a new "superintelligence" division.
Harvey AI, a legal AI startup, raised $300 million in Series E funding at a $5 billion valuation—a 67% increase from just four months ago. Harvey plans to expand its workforce and diversify beyond legal services into other professional areas, like tax accounting.
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has raised $2 billion for her mysterious six-month-old startup, Thinking Machines Lab, at a $10 billion valuation. Notably, the startup has revealed virtually no details about its actual product or plans.
Meta's controversial partial acquisition of Scale AI, Microsoft's Sora-powered video generator, Moments Lab's Series B, Anysphere's third funding round, Multiverse Computing's Series B, a deep learning-assisted painting restoration technique, and more.
Highlights from the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote, OpenAI's new tools for building agents, Gleamer's recent acquisitions, and OpenAI's decision to invest in CoreWeave as tensions with Microsoft continue to rise.
Next week is packed with AI events, including NVIDIA GTC 2025 and top meetups happening alongside it. Check out our latest newsletter to explore key events, networking opportunities, and live demo sessions. Plan your AI week with Data Phoenix!
