Over two recent weeks a landslide of stories mostly revolved around large language models (LLM). Llama 3 was the biggest news, but the debut of new models by Microsoft, Mistral, and X.ai also pointed to a downstream impact. We also have a couple of nine-figure funding rounds, a nine-figure acquisition, and a new unicorn valuation is confirmed.

Read the news through the links below and watch my discussion with Eric Schwartz of Voicebot.ai, in which we break it all down via the YouTube video above.

Generative AI News

Top Story of the Week 🔦

8 Charts that Explain Enterprise Generative AI Adoption in 2024

LLMs on Parade 🎉

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

Cognition Labs Claims $2B Valuation After 6 Months and $175M Investment in Generative AI Coding Assistant Devin
Generative AI Coding Startup Augment Splashes Out of Stealth With $252M
Generative AI Customer Service Startup Parloa Raises $66M
Nvidia Spends $700M to Buy Run.ai and Bolster AI Management and Infrastructure
Perplexity Enterprise Debuts Alongside New Funding Round and $1B Valuation
Apple Buys French AI Startup Datakalab

Generative AI in the World 🌎

Amazon Music Introduces ‘Maestro’ Generative AI Playlist Builder

Generative AI News Rundown - LLM Palooza with Llama, Mistral, Phi & Grok, Plus New Funding, Adobe, Apple, and More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 379

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