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Through our recently launched $1 billion investment fund, announced at Cisco Live, we are strategically partnering with leading startups like Cohere, Mistral, and Scale AI, amongst others. These partnerships deliver a dual benefit: empowering our customers on their AI journeys while simultaneously building a portfolio of next-gen solutions across networking, security, and observability. This is, no doubt, a pivotal moment for us - and we're all in to empower businesses to unlock the transformative power of AI in a way that prioritizes security, reliability, and responsible implementation. For those who want more insights into our committed investments in the new AI fund - check out the insights from Mark Patterson, and Derek Idemoto: https://lnkd.in/gaWYkvAi

Samsara’s Evan Welbourne shares his thoughts on the impact #GenAI and #LLM technology will have on enterprises. Check out his thoughts in VentureBeat:

All major LLMs grapple with hallucinations, and none have yet managed to fully eliminate them. How can enterprises continue to progress and mitigate risks with various approaches? Join us as we delve into the solutions, examining how well they work along with our panelist Jay Godse, Venture Builder, Product and Technology, AI Accelerator at Munich Re at the North America Emerging Tech Summit on October 3rd. Join the conversation → bit.ly/49ufUKp #GenAI #AIStrategy #AIFuture #AIInnovation

Samsara’s Evan Welbourne shares his thoughts on the impact #GenAI and #LLM technology will have on enterprises. Check out his thoughts in VentureBeat:

➡️As #mathematician, #statistican, these discussions spark our conversations to harness the power of private models and leveraging the collective genius of open-source ones. 🚨Then the hardware hurdle. With AI’s first growth mindset, there is an appetite that means the supply chains have got to get creative, finding clever ways to fine-tune other parts of their tech stack to keep the momentum going. 👍It was an evening filled with insightful exchanges, making for a memorable meeting of minds. Lu Zhang Trevor Mottl

Samsara’s Evan Welbourne shares his thoughts on the impact #GenAI and #LLM technology will have on enterprises. Check out his thoughts in VentureBeat:

📣 Breaking News Saritha Rai spoke with Arrcus, Inc. CEO Shekar Ayyar about the exciting announcement Arrcus made regarding new investment from NVIDIA and reinvestment from key supporters including Prosperity7 Ventures, Lightspeed, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Clear Ventures, and General Catalyst. Shekar discussed the significance of this for Arrcus and how the networking space has become a key part of how enterprises are thinking about the evolution of their AI architecture. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e8YTQQQz #Arrcus #NetworkDifferent #Bloomberg #AI #Datacenters

Great article on Bloomberg on the new investment into Arrcus, Inc. made by NVIDIA and other key investors. Read full story below:

Back from a super hectic week in the Bay Area, meeting some of the world's top VCs together with Israel Innovation Authority VP and head of international division, Shlomi Kofman, previously Consul General to the Pacific Northwest in San Francisco. 2 main takeaways from the week: 1. "Software eats the world" is so 2014, a surprisingly growing amount of funds are heavily invested in #deeptech, and looking for bold ideas that include deep research and physical components, such as hardware and AI infrastructure, robotics, semiconductor, bio materials, data center tech, homeland security, space, supply chain, manufacturing, renewable energy and more. The world isn't flat any more, and Silicon Valley is back into silicon. 2. Israel's brand as a startup hub is strong and firm as ever, after demonstrating impressive resilience amid october 7th and delivering in unbearable conditions. Not a single fund from the 25+ funds we've met reduced or plans to reduce it's exposure to Israeli innovation- on the contrary- there's strong interest to see more Israeli opportunities and lead or join deals, including outside the traditional fields of Cyber, Fintech and #SaaS. The decrease in valuations, availability of strong human capital and Israeli academia were also mentioned as a plus. In addition, seems that Greylock, Sequoia Capital and Accel who announced in the last couple of weeks the opening of new Israeli offices/funds, will not be the last funds to do so, stay tuned. #nomatterwhat 🇮🇱

Did you know that Australia is the home of 2.3% of the world's tech unicorns ($1b plus valuation companies). Deep tech is clear strength of Australia and it is why Japanese corporates are looking at Australia. The Australian Japan Business Cooperation Committee (AJBCC) is lifting the lid on what is driving Japanese businesses and Australian startups. If you are interested, then this webinar could be for you. Richard Andrews, Cristina Merino Ishizuka, Jonathan Raju, Annie Jiang, Emily Doran, Takero Izuhara, Tim Mclennan, Ken Jefferd, Invest Victoria