Sequoia backs Pydantic to expand beyond its open source data-validation framework

A U.K.-based, open-source startup is launching its first commercial product with the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most renowned venture capital firms. Pydantic on Monday launched an observability platform called Logfire, five months after trialing it in open beta, and announced $12.5 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia. However, the company is…

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Meta Llama: Everything you need to know about the open generative AI model

Like every big tech company these days, Meta has its own flagship generative AI model, called Llama. Llama is somewhat unique among major models in that it’s “open,” meaning developers can download and use it however they please (with certain limitations). That’s in contrast to models like Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s GPT-4o (which powers ChatGPT) and…

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