Odyssey, a world model AI startup, has raised a $310 million Series B round at a $1.45B valuation. The round was led by Natural Capital with Amazon, AMD Ventures, and GV participating. Odyssey's world models gather data from the physical world and simulate it with accurate physics.
The startup was founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and CTO Jeff Hawke in 2023. It offers a handful of world models for various use cases, including video-game creation and robotics. With Amazon's backing, Odyssey will optimize its models to run on AWS's Trainium chips.
The company has now raised $337 million to date and has an impressive list of angel investors, including Jeff Dean and Cruise founder Kyle Vogt. Odyssey's world models have the potential to revolutionize industries beyond text- and chat-based large language models.
