AI coding assistant startup Augment emerges from stealth with a $227M Series B at a $977M post-money valuation, following a $25M Series A led by Sutter Hill
what the fuck is going on?! - nearly 1 billion dollar valuation - $252M raised - ‘Augment is using fine-tuned “industry-leading” open models of some sort.’ - collection of random executives with no background in this - 50 employees!?
One year ago, I left Google Brain (now DeepMind) to join a very early startup. We had fewer than 10 people at that time, and have grown many times since. Today, I am extremely proud to share our milestone. We are Augment. You can read about us here. https://techcrunch.com/...