Moondream
Moondream, founded in 2024 in Seattle, USA, builds open-source AI models that combine vision and language processing to support advanced visual AI applications.
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Moondream, founded in 2024 in Seattle, USA, builds open-source AI models that combine vision and language processing to support advanced visual AI applications. The model is small, running with 1.6 billion parameters, which allows the software to run on phones and edge devices.
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Timeline
- 2026-10-13M&AAcquired by Prime Intellect
- 2024-11FundingPre-Seed$5M
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- 2024-11Pre-Seed$5M
Investors · GitHub Fund、Felicis Ventures、Ascend、M12 GitHub Fund
Source · SVTR Weekly #077
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M&A deals
- 2026-10TargetPrime IntellectAcquisition