Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff to build collaborative AI, raised a $480M seed from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others at a $4.48B valuation
New York Times Cade Metz
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Discussion
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@niloofar_mire
Niloofar
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I joined @humansand last November! Models shouldn't treat everything like math with one verified answer. No two humans are alike—we're fuzzy, ambiguous, and super diverse! That's why current modeling paradigms can only go so far. 🔗Here's a little something I wrote about my [image…
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@kevg1412
Kevin Gee
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One of the most incredible teams I've ever seen, working on one of the most important missions ever. If you care about building a better world, where AI truly collaborates with Humans, rather than simply tries to replace them, this is a team to watch.
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@jerber888
Jeremy Berman
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To make the sort of AI we envision, we're building a new class of training environments and RL methods. We come from xAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, Reflection, AI2, Stanford, and MIT. Reach out if you're interested in joining. [image]
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@gharik
Georges Harik
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Sometimes you feel compelled to do things. At the University of Michigan, I was drawn to artificial intelligence, what could be more appealing than studying what thinking was? and how could we make something that really thought? So I did my PhD in Computer Science focusing on AI,
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@theandipenguin
Andi Peng
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I am thrilled to introduce humans& alongside my good friends and co-founders @ericzelikman & @noahdgoodman & @gharik & @YuchenHe07. [image]
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@dylan522p
Dylan Patel
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We are all calling this startup Human Sand. Sorry I make the rules, it's a fire name.
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@trace_cohen
Trace Cohen
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$480M seed round! We're so back.
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@gan_chuang
Chuang Gan
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Wow, $480M funding!!! I can envision a future where frontier research labs gradually replace university research labs. I find it increasingly difficult to convince students, or even myself, that faculty positions offers the next generation to pursue truly long-term and
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@signulll
@signulll
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not knocking these guys at all, but can someone tell me in one sentence what these guys do? i read the manifesto & tweets but i am as confused as ever. i'm sure they have a lot of tricks up their sleeve but i am unable to even understand the mission & purpose (maybe i am a
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@saurabh_shah2
Saurabh Shah
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I've joined humans&! My last blog post explains why I think a human-centric approach is the missing piece in modern AI systems. I'm super psyched about the technical direction of the company. Perhaps even more important, though, is the team; the humans at humans&. My coworkers
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@humansand
@humansand
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Today we introduce humans&, a human-centric frontier AI lab. We believe AI can be reimagined, centering around people and their relationships with each other. At its best, AI should serve as a deeper connective tissue that strengthens organizations and communities [image]
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@alexisjross
Alexis Ross
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I joined @humansand and moved to SF! 🚀 Reflections on my decision and the pursuit of ~ikigai~ 😄✨: https://alexisjihyeross.github.io/ ...
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@__charlie_g
Charlie George
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Happy to share that I joined @humansand in November! I'm excited for a future where advanced AI is endlessly curious about humanity, deeply cares about us, and we care for it in turn. Let's build AGI for the humans!