Groundbreaking collaboration harnesses AI-driven insights and advanced manufacturing to create next-generation adjuvants for emerging biological threats

SaponiQx, a leader in saponin-based adjuvant discovery, is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Probius, a pioneer in quantum molecular spectroscopy for AI-driven discovery, and Ginkgo Bioworks. This partnership, fully funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for the Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Program, aims to accelerate the discovery and development of next-generation vaccine adjuvants to combat emerging viral, bacterial, and fungal threats.

d-Matrix Unveils Corsair, the World’s Most Efficient AI Computing Platform for Inference in Datacenters

Enables 60,000 tokens/second at 1 ms/token for Llama3 8B in a single server and 30,000 tokens/second at 2 ms/token for Llama3 70B in a single rack.

Zeta Surgical gets FDA 510(k) approval for Zeta navigation system

The medical technology company plans to deploy its Zeta Surgical Navigation System in the US through its Pioneers Programme, a limited market release, with a broader launch planned in 2025.

Aizip Teams Up with Renesas to Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Ultra-Efficient Small Language Models (SLMs) and AI Agents for On-Device Arm-based Applications

Aizip, in close collaboration with Renesas, announced today the demonstration of ultra-efficient small language models (SLMs) and compact AI agents on Arm-based micro-processor units (MPUs) for a wide range of applications in edge markets. This advancement paves the way for efficient and effective human-AI interactions in home appliances, enterprise kiosks, and many other edge devices.

DeepMotion Selected for ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Real-Time Live! Showcase

We are thrilled to share that DeepMotion has been selected to participate in the ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Real-Time LIVE! showcase. The Real-Time LIVE! showcase is one of the highlights of the SIGGRAPH, featuring live demonstrations of the latest technologies that are shaping the future of graphics and interactive techniques - we’re excited to show you what we’ve been working on!

Introducing Gizmo: Ultra-Efficient AI Agents based on Small Language Models (SLMs) for On-Device Applications

Aizip, Inc., a technology and market leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for edge applications, today announced ultra-efficient small language models (SLMs) and compact AI agents for a broad range of applications in edge markets.

Eugene Zhang, TSVC’s Founding Partner, and Spencer Greene, TSVC’s General Partner, on Chinese firms looking to venture out in new markets

A Tech Investor's Guide to AI in 2024

Kevin He is founder & CEO of DeepMotion (a TSVC portfolio), a Silicon Valley technology startup focused on building the largest AI-generated animation platform for accessible digital human motion. He gave his insights on generative AI.

Zum Announces $140M Funding Round, Accelerating Its Mission Toward a Cleaner, Greener Future

Zūm has announced a $140 million funding round, another significant step in its mission to make school transportation safe, reliable and sustainable. This elevates the company’s valuation to $1.3 billion and brings Zum’s total fundraise to $350 million. TSVC invested in Zum Seed round.

AI gives birth to AI: Scientists say machine intelligence now capable of replicating without humans

Artificial intelligence models can now create smaller AI systems without the help of a human, according to research published Friday by a group of scientists who said the project was the first of its kind.

Turn Text Into 3D Animation: DeepMotion Launches MotionGPT™, a New Era in Animation

DeepMotion, a long time leader in AI-powered motion capture technology, announces MotionGPT™, a groundbreaking tool that harnesses the power of Generative AI to transform text prompts into intricate 3D animations. MotionGPT not only simplifies the animation creation process further but transcends physical barriers, enabling a more diverse audience of creators and industries with effortless cost-effective 3D animation.

Can specialized AI chip startups take on Nvidia?

One specific entry point is AI cloud computing—the chips needed to power data centers. D-Matrix, based in Santa Clara, CA (where Nvidia is headquartered), raised a $110 million Series B in September for its semiconductors that target AI workloads in data centers.

TSVC Nets First Fund From Institutional Backers

Partners of venture-capital firm TSVC, which focuses on seed startup investments, had only tapped entrepreneurs in their personal networks to raise past funds, such as their $25 million fourth fund, which closed in 2018. At the end of 2021, amid a record frothy market, the Los Altos, Calif.-based firm decided to raise a larger fund from institutional investors. The timing would prove tricky as the market went cold shortly after.

No, it’s never too early to make sure a founder is telling the truth

When analyzing an investment, seed-stage venture firm TSVC starts by calling customers up to verify the startup’s claims — even if there are only a handful and aren’t paying yet, its general partner Spencer Greene told TechCrunch. Even if the company picks who the firm should call to verify, Greene said customers are surprisingly frank about how good or bad a business is. He pointed out that these calls don’t just verify the number of users but they also give a good idea of how much a company would pay for a contract with the startup — to see if it aligns with the company’s pitch.

5 Generative AI Trends in the Digital Workplace

In the recruiting space, Spencer Greene, managing partner at TSVC, a venture capital firm backing AI job simulation platform Vervoe, said he sees HR teams lean on the company’s machine learning (ML) model and natural language processing (NLP) to identify the best talent and help employees move internally to the most suitable role.

Aizip and Analog Devices win 2023 Best of Sensors Award in AI

Sensors Converge and Fierce Electronics presented the Best of Sensors Awards at the 2023 Sensors Converge Conference and Expo on June 21 in Santa Clara, California. The award in the AI and Machine Learning category went to Aizip and Analog Devices for SARAD-T, which stands for "Scalable And Robust Anomaly Detection for industrial preventive maintenance." AIzip is a TSVC portfolio.

Hollywood writers fear losing work to AI

"Chun Xia is a founding partner of Silicon Valley-based technology investment firm TSVC. He envisages a future where sitcom writers use AI-generated scripts as a foundation for further development", quoted in this BBC report on Hollywood writers strike.

Red Hat’s code restrictions draw mostly sympathetic response from open-source providers

Over the 30 years of its existence, Red Hat Inc. has cultivated a nice-guy image for its practice of releasing all the fruits of its software development efforts as open-source code for anyone to use. But over the past three weeks that image has taken a hit. Although the company’s action may be inconsistent with the spirit of open source, “it’s also been nearly 40 years since the GNU Project was founded and the world has changed in that time,” said Spencer Greene, general partner of venture capital firm TSVC Management LLC, referring to the free software movement that goes by the recursive acronym “GNU’s Not Unix.”

How Early Zoom Investor TSVC Finds ‘Defensible’ Seed Startups To Back

The rapid deployment of AI across industries in recent months suits the longtime talents of TSVC, a seed investor in deep tech companies where AI coupled with domain expertise has led to breakthroughs...

Zūm’s Path to Product-Market Fit — How The Student Transportation Company Found Product-Market Fit Twice

Zūm co-founder Ritu Narayan tells the story of how her transportation company found product-market fit in both B2C and B2B. TSVC invested in Zum's seed round in 2016.