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Huge congratulations to @reflection_ai , @MishaLaskin and @real_ioannis on the $2B raise. Their approach to safety stands out: rigorous science conducted in the open, where the global research community can identify risks and develop solutions together. The AI ecosystem needs
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At the next #GenSF meetup on November 10th, Lightspeed Partner @GuruChahal hosts a fireside chat with Deputy CISO @JasonDClinton & Researcher Keane Lucas from @AnthropicAI, and @VirtueAI_co Co-Founder @SanmiKoyejo to unpack how LLMs are changing both offensive and defensive
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today, we're announcing our fundrai-- jk. we're shipping. meet raindrop experiments 🧪
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Lightspeed portfolio company @Reflection_AI announced $2B in financing to advance their mission of building frontier open intelligence that’s accessible to everyone and thereby massively expanding the impact of AI. Congratulations to Co-Founders @MishaLaskin and @real_ioannis
Today we're sharing the next phase of Reflection. We're building frontier open intelligence accessible to all. We've assembled an extraordinary AI team, built a frontier LLM training stack, and raised $2 billion. Why Open Intelligence Matters Technological and scientific
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💡 Insights & innovation at the #AWS & @lightspeedvp #Cyber60 event during #SFTW! 🔐 Thanks to @Xbow, @TrustVanta, @ConductorOneInc, @guruchahal & @JasonDClinton for sharing their vision of an AI-driven, integrated & proactive approach to the future of cybersecurity. 🎬 Up next
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5 minutes. One conversation. Weeks worth of ideas. That’s the kind of energy that makes #2025Velocity different from other events.
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Today we're launching Tasklet — an AI agent for automating your business. Unlike ChatGPT, @TaskletAI actually does the work for you: connecting to your tools, triggering automatically, and handling tasks while you sleep.
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We are bringing the open model frontier back to the US to build a thriving AI ecosystem globally. Thankful for the support of our investors including NVIDIA, Disruptive, DST, 1789, B Capital, Lightspeed, GIC, Eric Yuan, Eric Schmidt, Citi, Sequoia, CRV, and others.
Today we're sharing the next phase of Reflection. We're building frontier open intelligence accessible to all. We've assembled an extraordinary AI team, built a frontier LLM training stack, and raised $2 billion. Why Open Intelligence Matters Technological and scientific
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Today we're sharing the next phase of Reflection. We're building frontier open intelligence accessible to all. We've assembled an extraordinary AI team, built a frontier LLM training stack, and raised $2 billion. Why Open Intelligence Matters Technological and scientific
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Today, we’re announcing our $1B Series C fundraise, and the opening of Factory 1. It's time to rebuild America’s electric grid.⚡ Let’s go ⬇️
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Today we are announcing our $1B Series C, but money isn’t the story. The story is what we’ll do with it, and the scale of the challenge ahead. Our mission isn’t constrained by capital, supply, or demand. It’s constrained by talent. To build America’s next great power company, we
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Today we’re announcing $1B of Series C funding and calling on engineers, operators, and creatives everywhere to join the charge to build the future of American power. In less than two years, Base has become one of the fastest growing energy companies in the country. We’ve
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🚀 EvenUp raises $150M Series E led by @BessemerVP with support from @baincapvc, @relxhq, @lexisnexis, @bcapitalgroup, @signalfire, @lightspeedvp & more — reaching a $2B+ valuation. 2,000+ firms served, $10B+ in damages secured, and 10K+ cases per week powered by AI. Read more
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200K+ cases resolved. $10B+ in settlements. @evenuplaw just raised a $150M Series E to keep closing the justice gap for injury victims by combining vertical AI with deep domain expertise. Congratulations to Co-Founders @mieszray, Saam Mashhad, and Rami Karabibar on this latest
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Enterprise-grade AI intelligence >> transparency + auditabilty+ steerabilty + reliability == AI safety. @AnthropicAI and @DarioAmodei have understood this since the beginning! True enterprise AI SOLUTIONS will all include “safety” technologies as first class citizens.
Last week we released Claude Sonnet 4.5. As part of our alignment testing, we used a new tool to run automated audits for behaviors like sycophancy and deception. Now we’re open-sourcing the tool to run those audits.
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One day. Countless takeaways. #2025Velocity wasn’t just a conference; it was the playbook for what’s next in enterprise security and AI. Thanks to everyone who joined us and made it such an unforgettable evening.
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→ @PeriodicLabs, turning AI into an engine for scientific discovery. Cc: Co-Founders @LiamFedus and @EkinDogus
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→ @Paid_AI, focused on AI agent cost management and billing, tracking real margins and providing tools to automate billing and revenue operations. Cc: Co-Founders @medinism, Manoj Ganapathy, Arnon Shimoni, and @RajIsTheWorst
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