// OVERVIEW
$12B AI model maker backed by Nvidia, Bain Capital, and DST that pivoted entirely to open source.
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// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
15 SIGNALS
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mention·20VC·SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
“That memo was chilling. It's like we couldn't raise the round... a great team with proven leader, very strong CTO... they just couldn't raise the capital they needed to execute.”
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mention·Parsers VC·SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
“The conventional wisdom has favored closed, proprietary model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic), but large investors are now backing open-weight competitors at frontier valuations.”
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