非文本 AI 模型 Jev 开发商 TypeSafe AI 融资 8.7 亿美元，估值 75 亿美元
The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch
TypeSafe AI 完成 8.7 亿美元融资，估值 75 亿美元，由 Andreessen Horowitz 领投，Sequoia 与现有投资方 DCVC 参投。其模型 Jev 于 9 月 15 日发布后迅速走红，公司称已有三分之一的 Fortune 500 企业在使用。Jev 基于 Transformer 架构但并非大语言模型，不输出文本，而是生成概率即公司所称的 calibrated decisions，公司称其速度显著更快、消耗 token 远少于 LLM，定位为面向自动化任务而非文本或代码生成。
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TypeSafe AI, the developer of Jev, a new type of AI model that gained rapid popularity after launching just a few weeks ago, has raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Sequoia and existing investor DCVC.
The massive fundraise comes as little surprise given Jev went viral almost instantly after its Sept. 15 release . The startup claims that a third of Fortune 500 companies are already using the model, a remarkably swift adoption by enterprises.
Jev is based on a transformer architecture, but it is not a large language model (LLM). It doesn’t output text, but instead produces probabilities, or what the company calls “calibrated decisions.” What has users and large corporations so excited about Jev is TypeSafe’s claim that it works significantly faster and uses far fewer tokens than LLMs. The company positions its approach as uniquely suited for automating tasks rather than generating text or code.
“We have been super good at human language for four years, but it’s not useful for automation because computers speak a different language,” TypeSafe co-founder Diogo Almeida told TechCrunch last month.
Along with Almeida, who was previously a researcher at OpenAI, TypeSafe was co-founded in 2024 by former Meta research engineer Sasha Sheng and Erik Gafni, an engineer and entrepreneur.