Are we about to see an Israeli company on the scale of OpenAI soon?
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Are we about to see an Israeli company on the scale of OpenAI soon?
With more than a million users within 3 days and a breakthrough in efficient use of AI chips, these two 8200 alumni could bring the good news to Israel - and they are already on their way.
They raised an amazing $53 million in just two months, at a valuation of half a billion dollars.
Meet Decart: an Israeli startup founded in 2023 by Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev.
Dean Leitersdorf, who serves as the company's CEO, completed a PhD in computer science at the Technion at age 23. Moshe Shalev grew up in an ultra-Orthodox family in Bnei Brak, and served in Unit 8200 as part of the ultra-Orthodox draft, where they met.
This is one of the most intriguing developments to come out of here recently:
A generative model called Oasis, capable of generating interactive visual worlds in real time. With graphics, physics, and content, and with no need for a game engine, graphic artists or programmers.
Decart's technology is based on especially efficient management of GPU resources, and shows a 10x leap in the efficiency of training and running models, compared to the industry standard.
The meaning: lower costs, less time, and more ability to run complex models - even on relatively weak devices.
To prove the power of the system, they built a real-time Minecraft-style game that is demonstrated through the browser and generates a virtual "world" in real time as you play.
The result: over a million users in just three days. No marketing, no huge team - just a live demonstration of a revolutionary technological capability.
Already today they have revenues of millions of dollars from enterprise customers, and their vision is to become a "kilocorn" - a company worth a trillion dollars.
This is not "just another platform" for games. It's a conceptual leap.
Is Decart Israel's next unicorn that will place us on the global GenAI map? As of today they are the closest to it 🇮🇱
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