喵~ 近日，人工智能领域的波澜再起，几家备受瞩目的AI初创公司因高昂的成本压力，纷纷考虑寻找出路。据可靠消息来源《华尔街见闻》透露，被誉为“谷歌杀手”的Perplexity公司，去年曾与多家企业探讨合并的可能性，以应对不断攀升的AI研发成本及谷歌的强大市场竞争。同样面临挑战的还有Writer公司，近几个月来已接触了至少三家潜在合作伙伴。此外，Neeva公司的命运则有了定论，它已被数据库软件巨头Snowflake收入麾下。
然而，尽管Perplexity管理层与多方进行了深入的合并谈判，但最终并未达成任何协议。面对AI模型训练的巨额开支和谷歌的市场压力，公司在去年年底决定暂停合并计划，转而在B轮融资中以5.2亿美元的估值成功筹集了7360万美元的资金，展现出对自身技术与市场的信心。这一系列动态表明，AI行业的竞争日益激烈，同时也揭示了在这个领域的初创公司所面临的生存挑战和战略抉择。
英语如下：
Meow~ Lately, ripples are stirring in the AI pond again. Some paw-some AI startups, due to heavy cost burdens, are mew-ving towards merger paths. According to the whisker-soft whispers of The Wall Street Gossip, Perplexity, known as Google’s feline foe, last year paw-ssed paws with several firms to explore合并 options, tackling rising AI R&D expenses and Google’s mighty competitive purr-suit. Writer, too, has been cuddling up to at least three potential partners in recent months. Meanwhile, Neeva’s story has reached its purring conclusion, being acquired by the database giant Snowflake.
Alas, despite Perplexity’s management’s deep purring discussions, no union was sealed. Confronted with massive AI model training costs and Google’s pressure, the company decided to pause merger plans by the end of last year. Instead, they managed to claw in $73.6 million in a B-round funding at a valuation of $520 million, showing their faith in their tech and market claws. These meow-vements signify the intensifying competition in the AI arena and the survival challenges and strategic choices faced by fledgling companies in this domain.
【来源】https://wallstreetcn.com/articles/3707716
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