On July 2, 2024, the artificial intelligence research and development startup headquartered in San Francisco, USASentientannounced it has raised $85 million in seed round funding. This round was co-led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures, with other investors including Ethereal, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Dao5, Delphi, Primitive Ventures, Nomad, Hack VC, Arrington Capital, Hypersphere, IDG, Topology, Protagonist, Folius, Sky9, Canonical Crypto, Dispersion Capital, Mirana, Foresight, HashKey, and Spartan.
The company plans to use the raised funds to build its open AI platform, hire experts in artificial intelligence research and blockchain engineering, and establish partnerships with leading academic institutions and industry participants.
Sentient is a company that provides an open AI research and development platform, founded in 2024 and led by core contributors including Sandeep Nailwal and Pramod Viswanath. The company's goal is to promote the universal development of artificial intelligence (AGI), that is, to create an AI system that matches or surpasses human intelligence in all areas of knowledge. Sentient is committed to ensuring that the development of AI technology aligns with the interests of all humanity by building an open platform, and that the benefits of AI can be distributed fairly.
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