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Elorian, a Palo Alto startup that raised 55 million dollars in seed funding at a 300 million dollar valuation before it had a product, released its first model on Friday. Glimpse launched as a research preview with API access, while its chat interface remains waitlist-only, according to TechCrunch. Led by former Google DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai, the company is making a narrow and unfashionable claim: for all their skill with language and code, today's frontier models still cannot really see.

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Vercel's October AI Gateway Production Index, published Thursday and reported by TechCrunch on October 16, contains a result that should recalibrate what builders think a winning model launch looks like. Jev, a small decision model from TypeSafe AI released in limited form in September, reached 35.3 percent of paid teams on Vercel's AI Gateway in its first two weeks, nearly double the 18.1 percent reach of Anthropic's Sonnet 5.5 in second place.

Read more about Jev Broke Vercel's Adoption Record by Doing Less: The Rise of the Decision Model

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On October 15, the Simons Foundation announced a partnership with Anthropic and OpenAI committing 15 million dollars in combined funding and resources to help mathematicians navigate the rapid rise of AI in their field. The foundation will manage and award the money, including through an open call for proposals, supporting workshops and programs where researchers evaluate recent AI-assisted results, learn new tools, share perspectives, and shape collective standards for AI use.

Read more about Simons, OpenAI and Anthropic Put 15 Million Dollars Behind Checking AI Math