February 22, 2024 10:55 PM GMT+8 Updated 5 months ago
二月 22, 2024 10:55 PM GMT+8 更新于 5 个月前
Feb 22 (Reuters) – U.S. writing assistant startup Jasper has acquired Clipdrop, an artificial intelligence-powered photo application from Stability AI, the company told Reuters, as Jasper expands its offerings beyond text editing to photos.
路透 2 月 22 日 – 美国写作助理初创公司 Jasper 告诉路透社，该公司已收购 Stability AI 旗下人工智能照片应用程序 Clipdrop，将其产品范围从文本编辑扩展到照片。
The deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, marks a reversal in strategy for Stability AI, a London-based startup known for its image generation AI model, which acquired Clipdrop under a year ago.
这笔交易的条款尚未披露，标志着 Stability AI 战略的逆转。 Stability AI 是一家总部位于伦敦的初创公司，以其图像生成人工智能模型而闻名，一年前收购了 Clipdrop。
In an emailed statement, Emad Mostaque, CEO at Stability AI, said the deal will allow the company to continue to focus on developing “cutting-edge open models”.
Stability AI 首席执行官 Emad Mostaque 在一份电子邮件声明中表示，这笔交易将使该公司能够继续专注于开发“尖端开放模型”。
Founded in July 2020, Paris-based Clipdrop uses open source AI models to allow users to generate and edit photos. It had raised seed investment from Air Street Capital before being sold to Stability AI in March 2023 for an undisclosed amount. At the time, Clipdrop said it had more than 15 million users.
总部位于巴黎的 Clipdrop 成立于 2020 年 7 月，使用开源 AI 模型来允许用户生成和编辑照片。它已从 Air Street Capital 筹集了种子投资，然后于 2023 年 3 月以未公开的金额出售给 Stability AI。当时，Clipdrop 称其拥有超过 1500 万用户。
“This is a great way for us to not only expand the product capabilities, expand our AI talent, but also expand our footprint into Europe,” said Timothy Young, Jasper’s CEO.
Jasper 首席执行官蒂莫西·杨 (Timothy Young) 表示：“这对我们来说是一个很好的方式，不仅可以扩展产品功能、扩大我们的人工智能人才，还可以将我们的足迹扩展到欧洲。”
Jasper and Stability AI are among users of and investors in generative AI, an area populated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Jasper 和 Stability AI 是生成式 AI 的用户和投资者，该领域由 OpenAI 的 ChatGPT 占据。
Both companies have raised over $100 million from venture investors at billion dollar valuations, and are now trying to prove they can sustain the growth in the fast-moving race with other startups and big tech companies.
两家公司均以数十亿美元的估值从风险投资者那里筹集了超过 1 亿美元的资金，目前正试图证明自己能够在与其他初创公司和大型科技公司的快速竞争中维持增长。
Jasper, known for its AI-based writing tool, has seen layoffs and CEO changes as it tries to focus on serving enterprises, instead of consumers, in the past year. It plans to offer Clipdrop through its platform, while keeping it available as a standalone product.
Jasper 以其基于人工智能的写作工具而闻名，在过去的一年里，由于试图专注于为企业而不是消费者服务，因此出现了裁员和 CEO 变动。它计划通过其平台提供 Clipdrop，同时保持其作为独立产品的可用性。
【来源】https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ai-startup-jasper-acquires-image-generator-clipdrop-stability-ai-2024-02-22/
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