Imbue, a San Francisco, CA-based AI research lab formerly known as Generally Intelligent, raised $200 million in a Series B funding round, valuing the company at over $1 billion.

SaaS Investors

The funding comes from participants such as the Astera Institute, Nvidia, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, and Notion co-founder Simon Last. 

Founded in 2020 and based in Berkeley, CA, Astera Institute is an investment firm that supports science and technology projects.

Imbue Use of Funds

The funding will accelerate the development of Imbue's AI systems.

About Imbue

Imbue is focused on developing AI systems that can reason and code, with an emphasis on robust reasoning skills. The company is training very large models with over 100 billion parameters and sees its work as a foundation for future, more general-purpose AI systems. Imbue's goal is to build practical AI agents that can accomplish larger goals and safely work for us in the real world.

Funding Details

Company: Imbue

Raised: $200.0M

Round: Series B

Funding Month: September 2023

Lead Investors: Astera Institute, Nvidia, Kyle Vogt, and Simon Last

Additional Investors:

Company Website: https://imbue.com/ 

Software Category: AI Systems

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/imbue-raises-200m-to-build-ai-models-that-can-robustly-reason/