Odyssey Raises $310 Million Series B at $1.45 Billion Valuation, Picks AWS Trainium
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Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 17
Odyssey Raises $310 Million Series B at $1.45 Billion Valuation, Picks AWS Trainium
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 17
Summary
$310 million in new funding values Odyssey at $1.45 billion, giving the 2023-founded world-model AI startup unicorn status and lifting total capital raised to $337 million.
Natural Capital led the Series B, with Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV and others joining as Odyssey pushes AI beyond chatbots into models that simulate the physical world with accurate physics.
Odyssey says AWS is now its preferred cloud provider and will optimize its models for Amazon's Trainium chips, setting up an alternative to Nvidia-heavy AI infrastructure.
Founded by former self-driving executives Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, the company gathers real-world camera data and sells world models for uses including game creation, robotics and interactive video from text prompts.