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Backed by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta insiders, Bespoke Labs raises $40M: can better environments beat bigger models?

Bespoke Labs, a 40-person AI startup, raised $40M from insiders at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta to explore whether improved training environments can outperform larger models.

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The engineers building some of the industry’s most closely watched AI models are personally backing a 40-person startup…

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techfundingnews.com — original article Red Dot backs Tangos’ $20M raise as its AI agents now investigate financial crime Ex-Meta policy VP joins board as Worldmodeldata raises £7M seed. Can it hit 1M hours of data before its rivals do? Kling AI closes $3B round at $18B valuation as Alibaba and Tencent back China’s Sora rival: report
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