OctoML
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle, Washington
- Sectors
- Machine Learning, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage
- Startup
- Total raised
- $19.6M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $15.7M · Mar 2020 SEC Form D
#64 Matt McIlwain – MD Madrona Venture Group on all Things Venture Capital
Nataraj interviewed veteran VC Matt McIlwain of Madrona Venture Group on Startup Project podcast. Matt shared his insights into the state of venture capital and the impacts of AI, drawn from his 20+ years of experience. Some key takeaways: 1. Venture is a "tale of two cities" now - later stage startups are struggling, earlier stage companies embracing AI are thriving 2. Seattle has unmatched talent but lacks local capital - still over-reliant on Silicon Valley VCs 3. Incumbents have the edge currently in leveraging AI due to data, customers, ability to integrate via APIs - but long term, AI-native…
Shift AI Podcast: Seattle's place at the center of the AI universe, with Madrona's Matt McIlwain
On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we're featuring an episode of Shift AI, a podcast hosted by Boaz Ashkenazy, CEO of AI solutions provider Simply Augmented, with guest Matt McIlwain of Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group. A thriving tech hub requires access to ideas, people, and experiments that produce collective lessons sooner and with greater fidelity than anywhere else. This is what made the Seattle area the cloud capital of the world. It also positions the region as one of the world’s top centers of excellence for artificial intelligence. That’s one of the insights from Matt McIlwain, managing director…
Fixie Raises $17M Seed Round to Help Companies Integrate Large Language Models into Software
Fixie, a Seattle-based startup founded by former Google and Apple engineers, raised $17 million in seed funding to develop a cloud platform that helps companies integrate large language models into their software for automation and AI applications.
People
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Luis Ceze Founder, Co-founder, Executive Officer, Director
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Matt McIlwain Director