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人工智能初創公司Sierra獲得4.5億美元估值融資

由前Salesforce聯合CEO Bret Taylor和前Google高管Clay Bavor創立的初創公司Sierra,最近完成了一輪融資,公司的估值達到45億美元。這次融資由Greenoaks Capital領投,ICONIQ和Josh Kushner的Thrive Capital也參與其中。根據CB Insights的數據,今年每三個創投美元中就有一個投向人工智能初創公司。

背景介紹

Sierra這間總部位於舊金山的公司在今年一月的估值為10億美元,現時通過Greenoaks Capital領導的1.75億美元融資大幅提升估值。Bret Taylor是OpenAI董事會主席,曾與Marc Benioff共同管理Salesforce,也擔任過Twitter的主席。Taylor在Google工作時,與Sierra的共同創辦人Clay Bavor相識,Bavor在Google服務近二十年,曾領導虛擬現實和Google Labs的工作。

公司目標與技術

Sierra專注於幫助企業,例如ADT、Sonos、Weight Watchers和Casper,個性化和實施AI代理以改善客戶服務。Taylor和Bavor在今年早些時候推出了這個初創公司。Taylor表示:「我們認為無論是技術公司還是像ADT這樣150年的公司,都能從AI中受益,而技術現在已經準備好。」Sierra計劃擴展到國際市場和其他行業。

Taylor描述Sierra為「會話式AI」,並不喜歡「聊天機器人」這個詞,甚至在公司辦公室禁止使用該詞。Sierra旨在創造更具會話風格的互動,並以OpenAI的ChatGPT為例,對比航空公司機器人的煩人經歷。Taylor指出:「當你想到聊天機器人時,你會想起那些令人煩躁、機械化的東西——你能感受到其中的區別。」Sierra正努力讓他們的代理更加「有同理心和會話性」。

個性化服務

Sierra的團隊允許每位客戶根據其企業品牌自定義代理的個性。服裝公司Chubbies選擇了一個名叫Duncan Smothers的年輕代理,以更具諷刺意味的方式呈現。Taylor表示,一些奢侈品牌選擇了帶有更嚴肅語氣的英國口音。「我們真的認為,你的會話式AI代理不僅僅是交易工具,而是品牌大使。」Taylor說,「這實際上是你價值觀的表達。」

Sierra使用Bavor和Taylor所描述的「星座」模型,其中包括一個「監督者」。這項技術使用一個模型進行繁重的工作,期望不會100%可靠,但使用第二個模型作為備份,以「檢查」其他模型並幫助提高準確性。公司目前依賴於OpenAI、Anthropic和Meta等大型語言模型。

市場競爭與未來展望

這個領域存在競爭。Taylor的前公司Salesforce以及與OpenAI合作的Microsoft正在探索AI代理領域。Taylor將Sierra比作建構在Amazon Web Services和其他雲基礎設施上的雲軟件公司。「在雲時代,你有Shopify、Salesforce、ServiceNow和Adobe——我認為相同的事情會在AI中發生,Sierra就是其中之一。」Taylor說。

Sierra的融資緊隨著矽谷一系列重大AI公告之後。OpenAI以1570億美元的估值籌集了數十億美元。根據消息來源,Perplexity正在進行一輪估值達90億美元的融資。今年有三分之一的創投美元投向了AI初創公司。

Taylor表示:「當這樣的技術浪潮發生時,我認為很多人都在試圖下注。我不知道哪家公司會贏,但這是一個明智的投資,顯然客戶體驗和客戶服務是一個巨大的機會,我們認為我們在這個領域是領導者,並因而看到了大量的需求。」

編者評論

Sierra的成功反映了人工智能在企業應用中的潛力和需求。Taylor不僅依靠技術創新,更著重於品牌價值和客戶體驗的提升,這是其取得成功的關鍵之一。這種「會話式AI」的概念,將機械化的互動轉變為更人性化的交流,這對於提升用戶滿意度至關重要。此外,Sierra的個性化服務策略,讓不同品牌能夠展示其獨特的價值觀,進一步強化了品牌與客戶之間的聯繫。隨著AI技術的發展,如何在技術與人性化之間取得平衡,將是未來企業在這一領域競爭的關鍵。

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