General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation TechCrunch By: Rebecca Bellan 18 June 2026 at 16:20 The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medalβs dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 17 June 2026 at 18:43 World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
Decartβs new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving β with some caveats TechCrunch By: Rebecca Bellan 10 June 2026 at 14:07 Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on.