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AI Distillation Is The New Fear-word😱
Your AI Product - News Report - February 5th
Samuel Pierre-Gilles
February 05, 2025
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Riding off the high of yesterday’s catchup recap, Today’s News issue covers the news from the past week, so it’ll be short and sweet.
In this Issue:
Your Weekly Industry News Recap
The Raise Recap
The Headliner
AI companies are sweating over distillation, a technique that allows smaller models to "learn" from larger ones—sometimes without permission. 🚨 This means competitors (or bad actors) could clone expensive AI models without the insane training costs. While it boosts efficiency, it also raises serious concerns about intellectual property theft and AI regulation. Is distillation the key to democratizing AI, or a ticking time bomb for the industry’s largest proprietary model makers? 🤔🔥 Have a read
Your Weekly Industry News Recap
EU AI Act Goes Live: AI regulations just got real—businesses now need to comply with the EU AI Act to stay in the game. ⚖️🤖 Read more: Link
Google’s Weather AI Makes Waves: Google's WeatherNext AI is setting new standards in climate prediction—could this be the future of forecasting? ⛅ Read more: Link
OpenAI’s O3 Mini Launches: OpenAI unveils O3 Mini, a new reasoning AI model designed to go head-to-head with DeepSeek and Mistral. 🔥🧠 Read more: Link
Anthropic & Reuters Build AI for Tax Pros: AI for accountants? Thomson Reuters and Anthropic team up to create a trustworthy AI tax assistant. 💰📑 Read more: Link
ServiceNow's New AI Can Solve Complex Business Problems: AI is learning to handle enterprise-level challenges with ServiceNow's latest agentic AI tools. 🏢Read more: Link
Cyberhaven Unveils AI Security Solution: AI usage in the enterprise is exploding, and Cyberhaven just launched a new security tool to keep things in check. 🔐 Read more: Link
Agentic AI and Data-as-a-Product: AI-driven data solutions are evolving—are businesses ready for the next wave of agentic AI? 🤔📈 Read more: Link
AI Music Platform "Riffusion" Launches: AI-generated music might be the next big thing—Riffusion aims to be the Spotify of AI-generated music. 🎵 Read more: Link
Cisco’s “Internet of Agents”: AI is about to talk to AI—Cisco unveils a new framework for secure AI collaboration across different systems. 🔗 Read more: Link
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The Raise Recap 📈💰
Earth AI Raises $20M: Mining meets AI! Earth AI secures $20M to revolutionize mineral exploration with machine learning-driven predictions. ⛏️Read more: Link
Conifers AI Raises $25M: Cybersecurity just got an AI upgrade—Conifers AI lands $25M to boost security operations and SOC automation. 🔒Read more: Link
ElevenLabs Hits $3.3B Valuation: AI voice startup ElevenLabs closes a major funding round, now valued at $3.3B—big things ahead! 🎙️💰 Read more: Link
Reid Hoffman’s Manas AI Launches: The LinkedIn co-founder backs a new AI-powered drug discovery startup aiming to shake up pharma. 💊 Read more: Link
AI Chip Startups Celebrate DeepSeek Chaos: AI chipmakers are cashing in on market uncertainty, securing fresh investments amid DeepSeek’s struggles. 🖥️💸Read more: Link
Finance Firms Flocking to AI Investments: The AI finance boom continues—investors are throwing cash at AI-driven trading and fintech startups. 📈 Read more: Link
AI Investments in Enterprise Analytics Skyrocket: As AI takes over data analytics, investors are pumping millions into agentic AI and data-driven business tools. 📊🤖 Read more: Link
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Stay well, and see you next week!
-✌🏽 Sam
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