Tian Keyu secures nearly $30 million for AI lab valued at $200 million

The former ByteDance intern’s world-model venture has backing from 5Y Capital and, according to RuntimeWire, IDG Capital. Bloomberg reports that the stealth startup has no public name or product and aims to compete with AI pioneers such as Fei-Fei Li in the emerging field of world models.

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• RuntimeWire: Tian Keyu raises nearly $30M for a world-model lab valued at $200M

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BL Bloomberg ByteDance Intern’s $200 Million AI Lab Takes On Fei-Fei Li · Bloomberg News 7:00 PM

RTW RuntimeWire Tian Keyu raises nearly $30M for a world-model lab valued at $200M · RuntimeWire Staff 7:33 PM

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