The Anthology Fund (a play on the Anthropic name) is a new AI fund aimed at supporting the next generation of AI startups— and it’s accepting applications. It will invest in seed and Series A startups with check sizes starting at $100K.
If accepted, startups will also get access to Anthropic’s most advanced AI models with $25,000 in free credits.
OpenAI announced that it is teaming up with Los Alamos National Laboratory to explore how advanced AI models, such as GPT-4o, can safely aid in bioscientific research. I’m a bit disappointed because this was the plot of the science fiction horror book I always wanted to write.
The goal is to test how GPT-4o can help scientists perform tasks in a lab using vision and voice modalities.
According to The Information, VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has “secured thousands of AI chips” — including highly sought after Nvidia H100s — to dole out to its AI portfolio companies in exchange for equity. The initiative is aptly named Oxygen, because these chips are that integral to AI companies. The chips are almost impossible to secure for small startups too, because Big Tech companies hoover up all the supply.
I’m at Fortune’s MPW dinner in San Francisco, where OpenAI CTO Mira Murati had a quick, wide-ranging conversation about the state of the company.
What I found most interesting was her comments on the weird board structure: The previous non-profit board structure didn’t have accountability to anyone but themselves, she said. That is the old board that ousted CEO Sam Altman.
