Naveen Rao, former Head of AI at Databricks, has raised $475 million in seed capital at a $4.5 billion valuation for the new startup, Unconventional AISee rank-.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from Lux Capital and DCVC. The funding is the first installation to target up to $1 billion for the round, Rao told BloombergSee rank-.
TechCrunch was first to report, back in October, the unconventional AI is seeking this mega funding As for Rao’s new opener, though the final price was lower than the $5 billion sources said he was asking for. If they end up raising around $1 billion, we’ll see how much the company is worth.
Unconventional AI is set to build a computer that is good for AI. Rao before wrote in x The goal is to create a computer that is “as efficient as biology.”
DataBricks that Rao expected earlier, Mosaicml in 2023at a cost of $1.3 billion. Prior to Mosaicml, Rao FoOded a Machine Learning Platform Nervous systemwhat Intel Corp. which was obtained in 2016 for reported More than $400 million.