Open-source AI platform Sentient completes an $85 million seed round of financing, led by Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures. This round of financing also includes participation from several well-known investment firms such as Ethereal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Delphi Ventures, Hack VC, Arrington Capital, HashKey Capital, Canonical Crypto, LD Capital, and Foresight Ventures. Sentient aims to build open-source AI models through community contributions to compete with OpenAI.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Open-source AI platform Sentient announced the completion of an $85 million seed funding round. The round was led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures. Other participants include Ethereal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Delphi Ventures, Hack VC, Arrington Capital, HashKey Capital, Canonical Crypto, LD Capital, and Foresight Ventures. Sentient is leveraging community contributions to build open-source AI models with the aim of competing with OpenAI. (Theblock)