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AI & Enterprise
Silicon Valley VC backs 2-year education institute as alternative to college, with big tech partners
Andreessen Horowitz will invest $35 million in Horowitz Andersen Academy, a two-year education institute planned for San Francisco, the Wall Street Journal reported. The unaccredited program targets students aged 16 to 22 and will be run by an independent entity led by Udemy co-founder Gagan Biyani. Anthropic, Google, Meta Platforms, Nvidia and OpenAI will join as founding partners, providing software, computing resources and office space for classes.
AI & Enterprise
Race to develop \'world models\' targets robots, games and weather forecasting
AI scientists who see limits in large language model research are moving to develop \"world models\" that understand and respond to physical environments, AP reported on June 25. Such models aim to teach AI the statistical structure of space and time, including how light falls on surfaces and how objects respond to force. Researchers say language models cannot handle complex physical interactions, while others focus on building interactive game worlds.
Crypto
Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman dies suddenly
Ondo Finance, a company that offers tokenised stocks, said its founder and CEO Nathan Allman died unexpectedly at age 32. Ondo Finance posted the announcement on social media platform X on May 26 local time and did not disclose the cause of death. The company said Ian De Bode will take over as CEO. Allman previously worked at Goldman Sachs on digital asset services for institutional investors and founded Ondo in 2021.