Flourish Raises $500 Million at Reported $2.5 Billion Valuation for Brain-Like AI

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Flourish has raised $500 million at a reported $2.5 billion valuation to build Cortex AI, a brain-like synthetic intelligence system designed to use less power than large language models.

The startup is bringing together neuroscientists and AI researchers to study the brain and use those findings to create a more efficient form of AI that learns like people do. The round included $100 million from Jeff Bezos.

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@techmeme

Flourish, which is building Cortex AI, a brain-like synthetic intelligence system that uses less power than LLMs, raised $500M, including $100M from Jeff Bezos (@stevenlevy / Wired) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

@stevenlevy

Here's an exclusive inside look at Flourish, a startup full of neuroscientists and AI researchers working together to make discoveries about the brain and use them to create a more efficient form of AI that learns like people do. https://t.

@jefrankle

RT @WIRED: With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under…

@jefrankle

RT @StevenLevy: Here's an exclusive inside look at Flourish, a startup full of neuroscientists and AI researchers working together to make…

@wired

With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.

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