River AI raises $1.1B to build open-weight models individuals can train
soleio · x · 2026-08-11
River AI announced a $1.1B funding round co-led by General Catalyst to build open-weight models that individuals can train and continuously improve. Co-founder Igor Babuschkin (ex-xAI) discusses open weights, continual learning, and enterprise control, aiming for a personal AI for everyone with 20-minute training runs.
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