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Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus AI Lab Prentis in Talks to Raise $100M

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch AI ·

Prentis, a new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, is negotiating a $100 million funding round. The lab focuses on automating routine computer tasks, betting this will surpass coding as AI's primary application. The round would value the startup at a significant but undisclosed amount.

Meridian48 take
The high-profile founders and large raise signal strong investor belief in AI-driven task automation, but the space is crowded with incumbents like Microsoft and startups alike.
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