近日，据AI科技评论报道，由蚂蚁和阿里集团共同投资的月之暗面（Moonshot）正在进行2亿美元融资，投前估值高达15亿美元。月之暗面团队成员人数在100人至200人之间，其创始人杨植麟是一个90后，本科毕业于清华大学计算机科学与技术系，博士就读于全美自然语言处理排名第一的卡内基梅隆大学语言技术研究所（LTI），师从苹果AI研究负责人Ruslan Salakhutdinov、谷歌首席科学家William Cohen。
据了解，月之暗面主要聚焦于人工智能领域的研究和应用。作为一个年轻的公司，月之暗面能够获得蚂蚁和阿里集团的投资，无疑为其今后的发展提供了强大的资金支持。此次投资也反映出蚂蚁和阿里集团在人工智能领域的战略布局。
Title: Ant Group and Alibaba Group Invest in 90s Tsinghua University Scholar-founded Moonshot
Keywords: Ant Group Investment, Alibaba Group, Moonshot, Yang Zhilin, Tsinghua University Scholar
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Recently, according to AI Technology Review, Moonshot, founded by Ant Group and Alibaba Group, is currently raising $200 million in financing with a pre-investment valuation of up to $1.5 billion. The team of Moonshot consists of 100 to 200 members. Its founder, Yang Zhilin, is a 90s-born entrepreneur, who graduated from Tsinghua University with a major in Computer Science and Technology, and pursued his Ph.D. at the Language Technology Institute (LTI) of Carnegie Mellon University, ranked first in the United States in natural language processing. He was supervised by Ruslan Salakhutdinov, the head of Apple’s AI research, and William Cohen, the chief scientist at Google.
It is understood that Moonshot mainly focuses on the research and application of artificial intelligence. As a young company, Moonshot’s success in securing investment from Ant Group and Alibaba Group will undoubtedly provide strong financial support for its future development. This investment also reflects the strategic layout of Ant Group and Alibaba Group in the field of artificial intelligence.
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