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☆ A16z's Jennifer Li went from business school to computer science to the startup world. Here's how she parlayed that experience into AI investing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-20 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewJennifer Li didn't know from the get-go that she was interested in computer science and software engineering. AdvertisementIn school, Li made the unusual jump from business to computer science. Related storiesShe studied technology commercialization and management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a well-known science and engineering school in upstate New York, and later earned another master's degree at Carnegie Mellon University in computer science. Both of her parents are engineers, and Li said that she began exploring the world of computer science and engineering to satisfy a curiosity of how things are created. Computer science helped with that system of thinking."

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Aug 15 (Reuters) - Abnormal Security, an AI-powered email security startup, said it has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, meeting a milestone for software companies as it eyes an eventual initial public offering, the company told Reuters. It also hired former Forescout chief executive Michael DeCesare as its president and Maya Marcus as its chief people officer. Evan Reiser, chief executive at Abnormal, said the company will continue to invest in products and get ready to be a public company as the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) improve, without specifying the timeline. Abnormal Security last raised $210 million in May 2022 at a valuation of $4 billion from investors including Insight Partners and Greylock Partners. Now more than ever, we need AI solutions to protect against AI threats," said Asheem Chandna, a partner at Abnormal investor Greylock.

Persons: Michael DeCesare, Maya Marcus, Evan Reiser, Reiser, DeCesare, Asheem Chandna, Krystal Hu, Lincoln Organizations: Reuters, Insight Partners, Greylock Partners, Microsoft, Xerox, Mattel, Thomson Locations: Europe, Japan, U.S, cybersecurity, New York

☆ How the 23-year-old founder of GPTZero turned his student anti-cheating tool into a leading startup that detects AI-generated text online
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Over the course of the holiday break last year, Tian built what would become the main tool for his startup, GPTZero. They became some of the earliest adopters of GPTZero, Tian explained. "You have to imagine, this is before TurnItIn even knew what AI detection was, and OpenAI wasn't considering this at all either," Tian said. As customer and media interest grew in GPTZero, Tian realized he had built something that could be a full-fledged startup. Tian and the GPTZero team acknowledge that errors can happen with GPTZero as well, but that focusing on "human" detection can be one way around it.

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