AlphaGo co-creator Thore Graepel seeks tens of millions for reasoning startup
Bloomberg says Graepel is seeking tens of millions from initial backers, with a possible later tranche in the hundreds of millions; neither is reported closed.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Bloomberg Technology
Why it matters
Graepel is raising against a research thesis rooted in AlphaGo: combining learned judgment with search and planning. The reported amounts are targets, not closed funding, and the product and commercial path remain unspecified.
Thore Graepel (@ThoreG), the machine-learning researcher who helped build AlphaGo, is seeking tens of millions of dollars for a new AI reasoning startup, Bloomberg reported on September 24th. The initial financing is being sought from a small group of backers, according to people familiar with the matter.…
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