Former DeepMind Researcher Raises $300M Pre-Seed Before Launching Any Product

Andrew Dai, a former DeepMind researcher with over a decade of experience building influential AI systems — including research that informed ChatGPT's development — raised funding at a $300 million pre-seed valuation before launching any product. Dai believes visual AI is one of the next major frontiers in artificial intelligence. The raise is one of the largest pre-seed rounds in AI history.