Inflection AI
An AI company co-founded by Reid Hoffman, which pivoted from a B2C model (with its agent 'Pi') to a B2B model. It engaged in a unique deal with Microsoft involving a non-exclusive IP license and the hiring of key staff.
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Summary
Inflection AI, Inc. is an American technology company, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, operating as a public benefit corporation. Co-founded by Reid Hoffman, the company specializes in machine learning and generative artificial intelligence, developing both hardware and applications. Its product portfolio includes the empathetic chatbot Pi, powered by its in-house large language model Inflection-1, and the enterprise-grade AI system "Inflection for Enterprise," launched in collaboration with Intel. Inflection AI has undergone a strategic pivot, including a significant deal with Microsoft, which Reid Hoffman noted was structured to navigate potential FTC scrutiny. This pivot also involved transitioning its LLM inference stack from NVIDIA GPUs to Intel Gaudi accelerators for its enterprise solutions.
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Founded
2022-01-01
Company Name
Inflection AI, Inc.
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Core Business
Machine learning and generative artificial intelligence hardware and applications
Legal Structure
Public benefit corporation
Large Language Model
Inflection-1
Initial GPU Technology
NVIDIA GPUs
Primary Product (Consumer)
Pi (empathetic chatbot)
Primary Product (Enterprise)
Inflection for Enterprise (enterprise AI system)
Current GPU Technology for Inference
Intel Gaudi accelerators
Timeline
- Inflection AI, Inc. was founded. (Source: wikidata, wikipedia)
2022-01-01
- Released its personal AI assistant, Pi, designed for empathetic and safe conversations. (Source: web_search_results (KDnuggets))
2023-05
- Its in-house large language model, Inflection-1, which powers Pi, was detailed and compared to models like GPT-3.5. (Source: web_search_results (KDnuggets))
2023-08
- Underwent a strategic pivot, which included being "re-founded" and entering into a significant deal with Microsoft, structured to navigate potential FTC scrutiny. (Source: related_documents, web_search_results (LinkedIn))
2024-03
- Launched "Inflection for Enterprise", an enterprise-grade AI system, and announced a collaboration with Intel to accelerate AI adoption for enterprises. This also involved transitioning its LLM inference stack from NVIDIA GPUs to Intel Gaudi accelerators. (Source: web_search_results (Business Wire, Intel Newsroom, LinkedIn))
2024-10-07
Wikipedia
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Inflection AI, Inc. is an American technology company which has developed machine learning and generative artificial intelligence hardware and apps, founded in 2022. The company is structured as a public benefit corporation and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Web Search Results
- Inflection AI | LinkedIn
Inflection AI is a public benefit corporation leveraging our world class large language model to build the first AI platform focused on the needs of the enterprise. Inflection AI was re-founded in March of 2024 and our leadership team has assembled a team of kind, innovative, and collaborative individuals focused on building enterprise AI solutions. We are an organization passionate about what we are building, enjoy working together and strive to hire people with diverse backgrounds and [...] Inflection AI (1mo): š§ š¬ Can a chatbot really understand you? Mint recently spotlighted Inflection AI's Pi as a new kind of AI ā one designed not just to answer, but to listen. Built for emotionally intelligent conversations, Pi aims to feel less like a machine and more like a thoughtful friend. Where other AI tools focus on productivity, Pi focuses on connection ā remembering your past chats, responding with empathy, and offering support that feels genuinely human. Grateful to see our work at [...] Inflection AI getting recognized for pushing the boundaries of what conversational AI can be. š° #AI #EmotionalIntelligence #InflectionAI #Pi #Chatbots #HumanCenteredAI [Likes: 30, Comments: 7]; Inflection AI (1mo): š Scaling smarter, not just harder. At Inflection AI, we recently made a major shift ā porting our LLM inference stack from NVIDIA GPUs to Intel Gaudi accelerators. In a new piece for The New Stack, our own Raghav Garg breaks down what that transition looked like: the challenges,
- Inflection AI - Wikipedia
Inflection AI, Inc. is an American technology company which has developed machine learning and generative artificial intelligence hardware and apps, founded in 2022.( The company is structured as a public benefit corporation and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.( History ------- [edit] [...] The first product released widely by Inflection AI is a chatbot, Pi, named for āpersonal intelligence,ā that is intended to function as an artificial intelligence-based personal assistant.( Among the user experience goals that the company has stated for the Pi product are: providing an experience of emotional support for human users, in which the chatbot should be able to maintain an interactive text or voice-based dialogue with a human user that includes elements of kindness, a diplomatic tone
- Inflection AI and Intel Launch Enterprise AI System - Intel Newsroom
Whatās New:Today, Inflection AI and Intel announced a collaboration to accelerate the adoption and impact of AI for enterprises as well as developers. Inflection AI is launching Inflection for Enterprise, an industry-first, enterprise-grade AI system powered by IntelĀ® GaudiĀ® and IntelĀ® Tiber⢠AI Cloud (AI Cloud), to deliver empathetic, conversational, employee-friendly AI capabilities and provide the control, customization and scalability required for complex, large-scale deployments. This [...] How It Works:Inflection AI fine-tunes its model to be native to each organization, expediting user adoption and improving the usefulness of use cases through alignment with the companyās tone, purpose, and unique product, service, and operating information. Inflection 3.0 enables enterprise customers with faster time-to-value through employee-friendly generative AI experiences, while offering price, performance and security/compliance advantages. [...] Fine-Tuned for Enterprisesā Leveraging the fine-tuning and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) expertise that powered Inflection AIās Pi, Inflection for Enterprise models are unique to each businessā ethos and way of operating.Modeled on data and insights from a companyās history, policies, content, tone, products and operating information, Inflection AI helps drive productivity and alignment across an organization.
- Introducing Inflection for Enterprise - Business Wire
--Today, Inflection AI announced the launch of Inflection for Enterprise, the enterprise AI system powered by Inflection 3.0. Inflection AI develops one of the world's leading LLMs, which millions of people have used and loved for its combination of intelligence and thoughtfulness. Now, the power of Inflection AI is harnessed in the first enterprise-grade AI system designed to accelerate the adoption and impact of AI for the worldās largest enterprises. [...] SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inflection AI, in collaboration with leading AI analyst firm GAI Insights, has released a new report that details the costs vs. benefits of different AI deployment strategies for enterprises. The study reveals that relying solely on cloud-based AI inference can lead to higher costs, IP security risks, and vendor lock-in; while companies that bring inference in-house instead of buying from a provider gain significant financial and strategic advantages that [...] PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inflection AI, the leading artificial intelligence company building secure AI for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Doug Mandell as General Counsel. Mandell brings extensive experience scaling global legal operations at high-growth technology companies, having previously served as General Counsel for three technology companies, including an AI-focused enterprise. Mandell joins Inflection AI from Withers, a global law firm, where he served
- Inflection-1: The Next Frontier of Personal AI - KDnuggets
Inflection.AI is an AI start-up with a mission to create a personal AI for everyone for their unique needs. In May 2023, they released their personal AI assistant - Pi.ai- designed to be empathetic and safe. One of the major challenges with Large Language Models (LLMs) is the concerns around safety, data privacy and the accuracy of the outputs. Inflection.AI has a goal of achieving high-quality, safe, and useful AI LLMs. [...] Inflection.AI is an integrated AI studio that does all its AI training and inference in-house and has built Inflection-1 - their in-house LLM using Pi.ai. What is Inflection-1? ===================== When youāre using LLMs such as ChatGPT, the responses donāt feel very personal to you specifically. Imagine having an AI assistant or companion that understands the way you think, is empathetic, and is useful to your daily needs. This is Inflection-1. [...] How did Inflection.AI achieve this exactly? Using Pi.ai. A personal AI that brings you and technology closer. Pi is powered by the AI model Inflection-1. Inflection-1 was built to create a personal assistant that can talk to you, just like a human. Inflection-1 is similar in size and capabilities to GPT-3.5, with some making remarks that is it better than GPT-3.5, Chinchilla, and LLaMA. It was trained using thousands of NVIDIA H100 GPUs on large datasets.
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Inflection Street, Cadence, Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, 89011, United States
Coordinates: 36.0615982, -114.9671802
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