AI startup Applied Compute is in talks for new funding, valuation expected to double to $3 billion
- Applied Compute, founded by former OpenAI researchers, is in talks for a new funding round.
- The company's valuation is expected to reach about $3 billion, more than double its previous valuation.
- Applied Compute focuses on helping enterprises run and fine-tune open-source models using their own data.
- The company's current annualized revenue is about $50 million, nearly a fourfold increase from last November.
- Investor Elad Gil is in talks to lead this funding round, which is expected to reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
According to The Information, AI startup Applied Compute, founded by former OpenAI researchers, is in talks for a new funding round that could value it at about $3 billion, more than double the valuation when it announced its previous round four months ago.
The company focuses on helping enterprises run and fine-tune open-source models using their own data. The fundraising comes against a backdrop of strong recent revenue growth.
Applied Compute's current annualized revenue is about $50 million, nearly a fourfold increase from the revenue level disclosed by CEO Yash Patil last November.
Investor Elad Gil is in talks to lead this round, with the financing expected to reach hundreds of millions of dollars. It is unclear whether the valuation includes the newly injected capital. The round has not yet been finalized, and specific terms could still change.
人工智能初创公司Applied Compute正在进行新一轮融资谈判，估值预计将翻倍至30亿美元
据《信息》报道，人工智能初创公司Applied Compute由前OpenAI研究人员创办，正在进行新一轮融资谈判，估值预计将达到约30亿美元，超过四个月前宣布的上一轮估值的两倍。
该公司专注于帮助企业使用自己的数据运行和微调开源模型。这轮融资是在近期强劲的收入增长背景下进行的。
Applied Compute目前的年化收入约为5000万美元，几乎是首席执行官Yash Patil去年11月披露的收入水平的四倍。
投资者Elad Gil正在谈判领导这一融资轮，预计融资金额将达到数亿美元。目前尚不清楚估值是否包括新注入的资本。这轮融资尚未最终确定，具体条款仍可能发生变化。