Sapient Intelligence raised $22 million in a seed funding round led by Vertex Ventures, Sumitomo Group, and JAFCO to develop new foundational model architectures for AI.

Dec 11, 2024•8 months ago

Amount Raised

$22 Million

Round Type

seed

SingaporeMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceBiotechnology

Investors

JafcoSumitomo GroupVertex Ventures

Description

Sapient Intelligence, Singapore’s first foundation model AI startup, has successfully closed its seed funding round, raising $22 million at a valuation of $200 million. The funding will support their goal to create novel AI architectures that enhance reasoning capabilities, particularly addressing challenges faced by current GPT-style models.

Company Information

Company

Sapient Intelligence

Location

Singapore, Southeast Asia, Singapore

About

Sapient Intelligence is Singapore's first foundation model AI startup focused on developing a new generation of foundational model architectures designed to solve complicated and long-horizon reasoning tasks. The company aims to address the limitations of traditional GPT-style models through an innovative approach that blends Transformer components with recurrent neural network structures, inspired by neuroscience. Their models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in various tasks, including Sudoku solving and navigating complex problems. Sapient is also committed to enhancing the efficiency of training models by utilizing synthetic data and question-and-answer pairs.

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