Y Combinator

Artificial Intelligence

Can $2 Billion Startup Generalist AI Solve the Robot Training Conundrum?

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Training the AI robots that can interact in the physical world requires a gargantuan set of relevant training data that doesn’t yet exist.

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Investments

Silicon Valley Incubator Backs Its First Defense Company

Y Combinator is backing Ares Industries, a defense company that builds “low-cost cruise missiles.” It previously avoided the defense market.

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