Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build "AI factories," a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection's AI models on their own proprietary data.
Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.
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As debate continues over whether recent rogue AI agents signal progress toward AGI or a more ordinary engineering problem, Nvidia is offering its own answer.