What happened
Jeff Bezos has backed Cambridge-based AI startup CuspAI in a new funding round. The deal values the company at $2.6 billion. CuspAI builds AI models to design novel materials for carbon capture and clean energy.
The context
Investors are moving beyond software agents to fund AI startups targeting physical science. Designing new molecules with generative AI could speed up climate technology development by years.
Sources
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