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This AI startup hit $12B in just 8 months – here’s what investors see in it
OpenAI just became the world’s most valuable startup at $500 billion. But Thinking Machines Lab’s rapid rise to $12 billion shows AI’s venture capital boom continues unabated.
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“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.”
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OpenAI just became the world’s most valuable startup at $500 billion. But Thinking Machines Lab’s rapid rise to $12 billion shows AI’s venture capital boom continues unabated.
New research from CSIRO and ANU shows how business incubators can redesign programs for measurable performance gains through diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
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