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NEA led a 0M round into Fei-Fei Li’s new AI startup, now valued at over B
NEA led a $100M round into Fei-Fei Li’s new AI startup, now valued at over $1B

NEA led a $100M round into Fei-Fei Li’s new AI startup, now valued at over $1B

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In a significant boost to the AI industry, prominent venture capital firm NEA has led a $100 million funding round into Fei-Fei Li’s new AI startup. This substantial investment has elevated the startup’s valuation to over $1 billion, underscoring its promising potential. Renowned for her groundbreaking work in computer vision and artificial intelligence, Li’s latest venture is poised to make a significant impact on the field.

Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator
Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator

Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator

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Elon Musk’s Grok released a new AI image-generation feature on Tuesday night that, just like the AI chatbot, has very few safeguards. That means you can generate fake images of Donald Trump smoking marijuana on the Joe Rogan show, for example, and upload it straight to the X platform. But it’s not really Elon Musk’s AI company powering the madness; rather, a new startup — Black Forest Labs — is the outfit behind the controversial feature.