Bret Taylor's AI Startup Sierra Hits $4.5B Valuation Just A Year After Launch: OpenAI Chair's Latest Venture Towers Over These Century-Old Brands
Bret Taylor's AI Startup Sierra Hits $4.5B Valuation Just A Year After Launch: OpenAI Chair's Latest Venture Towers Over These Century-Old Brands
Sierra, the AI startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO and OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor, has achieved a valuation of $4.5 billion following a successful funding round.
由前Salesforce聯席CEO兼OpenAI主席Bret Taylor共同創立的人工智能初創公司Sierra,在一輪成功的融資後實現了45億美元的估值。
What Happened: On Monday, a year after its public launch, Sierra raised $175 million in a funding round led by Greenoaks Capital, reported Reuters.
發生了什麼:週一,在公開推出一年後,Sierra在一輪由Greenoaks Capital領投的融資中籌集了17500萬美元,據路透社報道。
Thrive Capital and Iconiq also participated in the round. The company had previously raised $110 million from Sequoia Capital and Benchmark at a nearly $1 billion valuation.
Thrive Capital和Iconiq也參與了這輪融資。據悉,該公司此前曾在一次近10億美元估值的融資中從Sequoia Capital和Benchmark籌集了11000萬美元。
Despite growing concerns around AI bubbles, the funding has positioned Sierra as one of the most highly valued startups. The company has surpassed $20 million in annualized revenue, the report noted, citing sources familiar with the matter.
儘管圍繞人工智能泡沫日益增加關注,但這輪融資使Sierra成爲其中一家估值最高的初創公司之一。報道指出,該公司的年收入已超過2000萬元,消息人士稱。
This latest funding round values Sierra higher than established brands such as Nikon Corp. (OTC:NINOY) and Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M), which have market capitalizations of $4.43 billion and $4.30 billion, respectively.
這輪最新的融資使Sierra的估值高於尼康公司(OTC:NINOY)和梅西公司(NYSE:M)等老牌品牌,它們的市值分別爲44.3億美元和43億美元。
Co-founded by Taylor and Google veteran Clay Bavor, Sierra specializes in selling AI-powered customer service chatbots to enterprises. It serves clients such as WeightWatchers (NASDAQ:WW) and SiriusXM Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI).
由Taylor和Google老將Clay Bavor共同創立,Sierra專注於向企業銷售基於人工智能的客戶服務聊天機器人。它爲WeightWatchers(NASDAQ:WW)和SiriusXm Holdings Inc(NASDAQ:SIRI)等客戶提供服務。
Why It Matters: Sierra's skyrocketing valuation comes amidst a surge in funding for AI startups. For instance, earlier this month ChatGPT-parent OpenAI secured more than $6.5 billion in new funding at a valuation of $157 billion.
爲什麼重要:在人工智能初創公司資金激增的背景下,Sierra的估值迅速攀升。例如,本月早些時候,ChatGPt母公司OpenAI以1570億美元的估值獲得了超過65億美元的新融資。
In March this year, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced an additional $2.75 billion investment in Anthropic. This follows an initial $1.25 billion investment from Amazon in September 2023, raising its total commitment to $4 billion.
今年三月,亞馬遜公司(納斯達克:AMZN)宣佈向Anthropic額外投資27.5億美元。這是繼2023年9月亞馬遜首次投資12.5億美元后,將其總承諾金額提高到40億美元。
At the time, the investment was made based on Anthropic's valuation of $18.4 billion.
當時,這項投資是基於Anthropic的184億美元估值進行的。
In May 2024, Elon Musk's AI startup xAI raised a staggering $6 billion in its Series B funding round, pegging a reported valuation of $24 billion.
2024年5月,埃隆·馬斯克的人工智能初創企業xAI在其B輪融資中融資60億美元,報價估值爲240億美元。
In July, Cohere Inc., backed by Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) reached a $5.5 billion valuation becoming one of Canada's largest startups.
7月,由英偉達公司支持的Cohere Inc. 達到了55億美元的估值,成爲加拿大最大的初創公司之一。
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