Inflection AI
AI company building personal AI assistants for meaningful conversation and productivity. Creator of Pi, a conversational AI designed for emotional intelligence and empathetic interaction. Co-founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Inflection trained one of the largest language models before pivoting its consumer product strategy.
Overview
Inflection AI was founded by Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind), Karén Simonyan, and Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn) with the mission of creating a personal AI for everyone. The company built Pi, a conversational AI assistant designed to be empathetic, helpful, and safe. Inflection AI trained its own frontier models, including Inflection-2.5 which rivaled GPT-4 on many benchmarks. In a pivotal industry moment, Microsoft hired CEO Mustafa Suleyman along with most of the technical staff to lead its consumer AI division in early 2024, in a deal that saw Microsoft pay $650 million to Inflection's investors. The company continues to operate with a restructured team focused on enterprise AI applications and its Pi product.
Funding History
Personal AI company raises massive round backed by Microsoft and NVIDIA.
AI startup founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman raises $225M to build personal AI assistant Pi.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much has Inflection AI raised in total?
- Inflection AI has raised a total of $1.5B across 2 funding rounds.
- Who are Inflection AI's investors?
- Inflection AI's investors include Microsoft Ventures, NVIDIA, Undisclosed.
- What does Inflection AI do?
- Inflection AI was founded by Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind), Karén Simonyan, and Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn) with the mission of creating a personal AI for everyone. The company built Pi, a conversational AI assistant designed to be empathetic, helpful, and safe. Inflection AI trained its own frontier models, including Inflection-2.5 which rivaled GPT-4 on many benchmarks. In a pivotal industry moment, Microsoft hired CEO Mustafa Suleyman along with most of the technical staff to lead its consumer AI division in early 2024, in a deal that saw Microsoft pay $650 million to Inflection's investors. The company continues to operate with a restructured team focused on enterprise AI applications and its Pi product.
- When was Inflection AI founded?
- Inflection AI was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
- Where is Inflection AI headquartered?
- Inflection AI is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
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