It’s the first volley in the A.I. race by Reflection, which was founded in 2024 by two former Google DeepMind researchers, Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou.
The company has raised billions of dollars from investors including Nvidia, Sequoia, Disruptive Technology Advisers and 1789 Capital, the investment firm at which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner. Reflection was most recently valued at $25 billion.
It certainly took them a while to finally release a model. Would not be surprised if Nvidia ends up acquiring them. Even with all of its funding Mistral seems incapable of keeping up with China. Not sure there is a Western lab that can at this point.
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It’s the first volley in the A.I. race by Reflection, which was founded in 2024 by two former Google DeepMind researchers, Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou.
The company has raised billions of dollars from investors including Nvidia, Sequoia, Disruptive Technology Advisers and 1789 Capital, the investment firm at which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner. Reflection was most recently valued at $25 billion.
It certainly took them a while to finally release a model. Would not be surprised if Nvidia ends up acquiring them. Even with all of its funding Mistral seems incapable of keeping up with China. Not sure there is a Western lab that can at this point.