Mike Volpi
@mavolpi
Do or do not, there is no try. -Yoda
We’ve entered the era of AI agents. Voice may be the interface, but video is the next unlock. Today, we’re launching Hedra Live Avatars, the most advanced streaming avatar model in the world. - Low cost: Just $0.05/min — 15x cheaper than existing solutions - Ultra-low latency:…
Today, I’m thrilled to finally share what we’ve been building at @traversal_ai and announce our launch out of stealth—backed by $48M in seed & Series A funding led by @sequoia and @kleinerperkins, with NFDG, @hanabicapital, and an incredible group of angels. Traversal is…
Fascinating how the world assigns credit to accomplishments. The story of @scale_ai is one of hard work and perseverance of the people who hustled there, not about those who bought a lottery ticket in the beginning.
Congrats to the entire @scale_AI team - for everyone that works there today and all those who have contributed over time. And, for @alexandr_wang, working with you has been one of the best experiences of my career. Thank you. You will be missed, but we will keep building.
My note to Scale employees today—
I love this new angle that @alexrkonrad is taking with his stories. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that he wrote about @florafaunaai :) upstartsmedia.com/p/flora-raises…
This is an awesome story about one of my favorite entrepreneurs. Chris’ relentless pursuit of the AV dream is inspiring. First AV trucking company to go truly driverless. And his work at Waymo led to the service we all love. Hat tip to you @chris_urmson
Meet Chris Urmson, Co-Founder and CEO of Aurora.
I've known @melisatokmak for a few years now since her days @scale_AI. She's a force of nature and her business is gem. Delighted that we are able to join her in her journey. Congrats!
After it took days to book an HVAC appointment in the sweltering heat, I built @Netic_AI: the AI revenue engine for businesses that keep America running. Silicon Valley ignored essential services for too long, so we raised $20m from @foundersfund, @greylock, @mavolpi to fix it.
My friends @ClickHouseDB crushing it. Let's go..... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Super excited to back @weberwongwong and @florafaunaai. The Roman bust was their idea 🤣
We raised $6.5 million to build the world's most powerful creative tool.
NIce work by @TheMostlyGreat and the team @TryArcade seeing this one coming. wsj.com/articles/ai-ag…
Many years of hard work by a group of amazing people @aurora_inno have made this possible. Someday, trucks driving themselves will seem very normal. But, this is a special milestone.
We are making history — our Dallas to Houston hauls are the longest trips in autonomy on American public roads with no one behind the wheel. See how: aurora.tech $AUR
This headline is silly & clickbaity. Scale is doing exactly what every growth company should do: set ambitious targets. Facts about Scale that weren’t in the headline: - Rev grew 2.5x YoY in 2024. - >$1.5B in new business over 2024 - projecting further sizable growth in 2025.
I’m excited to share @Cohere’s newest model, Embed 4! Embed 4 is the optimal search engine for secure enterprise AI assistants and agents.
Wohoo. Congrats!
I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new tech media brand, Upstarts Media 🎉 Upstarts will focus on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO 📈 We will publish a newsletter, videos and a podcast, and host our own events. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/upstartsme…
Very cool. Nicely done @gsivulka and @HebbiaAI !
Annoucing the @HebbiaAI and @OpenAI strategic partnership to build AI agents that automate 90% of investing, banking, and legal work. Finance is forever going to change. openai.com/index/hebbia
Just so proud of @shardul_shah and the team and @IndexVentures for this win. Shardul's relationship with the @wiz_io team began way back with Adallom and lead to the first check into Wiz. Tireless conviction for this company and the people over the year. Just. Amazing.
Google has announced its intention to acquire @Wiz for $32bn, subject to regulatory approval. Huge congrats to @AssafRappaport, @amiluttwak, Roy Reznik, Yinon Costica and their team for building a once-in-a-generation company. A few thoughts on their extraordinary journey.…
Just one more of Elon's false claims about me: I never funded anyone for Tesla protests. I don’t condone violence. But it's clear Americans are angry at him – it’s easier to explain away their anger, than to accept that actions have consequences.
An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla “protests”: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America. ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman,…
Great step in the @cartesia_ai journey. Love the double announcement of funding and Sonic 2.0. Unquestioned leader of SSM technology.
We've raised a $64M Series A led by @kleinerperkins to build the platform for real-time voice AI. We'll use this funding to expand our team, and to build the next generation of models, infrastructure, and products for voice, starting with Sonic 2.0, available today. Link below…