人工智能创业公司受困高昂成本，并购谈判破裂
据华尔街见闻报道，多家备受瞩目的人工智能创业公司，包括Perplexity、Writer和Neeva，因训练人工智能模型的成本过高和来自谷歌等搜索巨头的激烈竞争，正在寻求出售。
知情人士透露，去年，被誉为“谷歌杀手”的Perplexity管理层就合并问题与至少四家公司进行了讨论。然而，由于对人工智能模型训练成本的担忧，所有讨论均未达成交易。去年年底，Perplexity搁置了合并谈判。
为了应对成本压力，Perplexity在B轮融资中以5.2亿美元的估值筹集了7360万美元。与此同时，Neeva已被数据库软件提供商Snowflake收购。
人工智能创业公司面临的挑战凸显了人工智能技术商业化的困难。尽管人工智能技术潜力巨大，但其训练和部署成本仍然高昂。此外，谷歌等搜索巨头在人工智能领域的优势地位也给初创企业带来了巨大的竞争压力。
分析人士指出，人工智能创业公司需要找到创新的方法来降低成本并提高效率，才能在竞争激烈的市场中生存。同时，它们也需要探索与大公司合作或寻求收购的机会，以获得必要的资源和支持。
英语如下：
**Headline:** AI Giants Struggle With High Costs, Star Startups Seek Sales
**Keywords:** AI costs, merger talks, valuation funding
**Body:**
Artificial intelligence startups are struggling with high costs and are exploring sales after merger talks fell apart, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Highly touted AI startups including Perplexity, Writer and Neeva are seeking to sell as the cost of training AI models has become prohibitively expensive and competition from search giants like Google has intensified, according to people familiar with the matter.
Perplexity, once dubbed a “Google killer,” held merger discussions with at least four companies last year, the people said. But all the talks fell apart over concerns about the cost of training AI models. Perplexity shelved the merger talks late last year.
In a bid to address the cost pressures, Perplexity raised $73.6 million in a Series B funding round at a valuation of $520 million. Neeva, meanwhile, has been acquired by data warehousing software provider Snowflake.
The challenges facing AI startups underscore the difficulties of commercializing the technology. While AI has the potential to be transformative, the costs of training and deploying itremain high. Additionally, the dominance of search giants like Google in AI poses a significant competitive challenge to startups.
Analysts say AI startups will need to find innovative ways to reduce costs and improve efficiency in order to survive in a competitive market. They may also need to explore partnerships with larger companies or seek acquisitions to gain access to needed resources and support.
【来源】https://wallstreetcn.com/articles/3707716
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