New Money for AI Companies

AI 公司獲得新資金


Introduction

Two AI companies, General Intuition and Baseten, are getting a lot of money to grow.

兩家 AI 公司 General Intuition 與 Baseten 正獲得大量資金以促進成長。

Main Body

General Intuition wants 300 million dollars. Rich people like Jeff Bezos want to help. The company uses many videos to teach AI how to move and think in the real world. They want to sell a new product this summer or autumn.

General Intuition 尋求 3 億美元。像 Jeff Bezos 這樣的富豪也想提供幫助。該公司利用大量影片來教導 AI 如何在現實世界中移動與思考。他們希望在今年夏天或秋天推出新產品。

Baseten is getting 1.5 billion dollars. Now, the company is worth 13 billion dollars. This is much more than five months ago.

Baseten 獲得了 15 億美元。目前,該公司的估值為 130 億美元。這比五個月前高得多。

Baseten helps AI work faster. They also make AI cheaper to use. Many investors like this idea.

Baseten 幫助 AI 運作得更快。他們還降低了 AI 的使用成本。許多投資者非常看好這個想法。

Conclusion

These two companies want to be the best in their parts of the AI world.

這兩家公司都希望在各自的 AI 領域中成為頂尖。

Vocabulary Learning

💡 Making Things 'More' (Comparatives)

In the text, we see: "This is much more than five months ago."

When we want to compare two things or say something has changed, we use More.

The Rule: If a word is long, just put more in front of it.

  • Fast \rightarrow Faster (Short word)
  • Expensive \rightarrow More expensive (Long word)
  • Cheap \rightarrow Cheaper (Short word)

From the Article:

  • "Baseten helps AI work faster." \rightarrow (Fast \rightarrow Faster)
  • "make AI cheaper to use." \rightarrow (Cheap \rightarrow Cheaper)

A2 Tip: Use 'Much more' when the difference is very big. Example: 13 billion dollars is much more than 1 billion dollars.

Vocabulary Learning

grow (v.)
To become larger or more successful
Example:The small company wants to grow and open more offices.
product (n.)
Something that a company makes to sell
Example:The company is selling a new phone product.
worth (adj.)
The value of something in money
Example:This old painting is worth a lot of money.
investors (n.)
People who put money into a company to make more money
Example:The investors gave the company money to build a new factory.
Practice A2 words in a crossword