Google ranks as our featured story section with the launch of the Gemini LLM and the new AI Studio. Mistral and Microsoft were other big newsmakers with the introduction of small LLMs this past week. And there is a lot on the new product and funding front, the EU AI Act, an OpenAI and news media tie-up, and a lot more.

Generative AI News

Featured Stories of the Week 🔦

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

Mistral Has $415M in New Funding, a Big Valuation, and a New LLM to Challenge GPT-4
SoundHound AI Acquires Restaurant Voice AI Startup SYNQ3
Speech AI Startup AssemblyAI Raises $50M
Indian Generative AI Startup Sarvam AI Raises $41M
Business Generative AI Startup Kognitos Raises $20M
Generative AI Tutoring Startup Kyron Learning Raises $14.6M
Generative AI Video Startup HeyGen Raises $5.6M

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

Generative AI in the World 🌏

Google Cloud Will Serve Generative AI to McDonald’s Restaurants
Mastercard Unveils Generative AI Retail Tool Shopping Muse
The EU AI Act is Approved but It's Not Done Yet - A Breakdown of Some Interesting Details
OpenAI Strikes ChatGPT Content Deal with Axel Springer, Publisher of Politico, Insider, and BILD

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