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Oliver Cameron
Odyssey
@olivercameron
CEO at @odysseyml, building AI to understand and simulate the world. Previously self-driving cars. @ycombinator alum.
Palo Alto, CA
odyssey.ml
Joined February 2008
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Jun 17
    When @jeffrey_hawke and I started @odysseyml in 2023, we believed general world models would become a new class of foundation model. Three years later, it now feels true. And today, we're announcing a $310M Series B. AI can now understand and simulate the world!
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    Jun 17
    We’ve raised a $310M Series B to accelerate world models! We believe AI that can understand and simulate the world will be one of the most important technologies of our time. We're excited to partner with Natural Capital, Amazon, GV, AMD, IQT, and others to bring this to life.
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    Dec 20, 2022
    AI is changing everything, and it's not just ChatGPT or self-driving cars. You'd be surprised at just how broadly AI is being applied across tons of industries. I’ve now invested in 50 AI startups, and here are some recent investments using AI in fascinating applications 👇
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Jan 6, 2022
    Here's @ylecun in 1993(!) demoing LeNet-1. This was the world's first convolutional neural network for handwriting recognition. Today—29 years later—this same approach powers the majority of computer vision. Such a historical moment, and breakthrough for machine learning.
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    Dec 24, 2021
    3 years ago, I started angel investing in machine learning and autonomous robot startups. I'm now 35 startups in, learning a lot, and having a blast. The future is going to be incredible. Here are just a few of the startups making it happen 👇
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Apr 28, 2023
    I’m calling it: my 8 year old daughter will never need to learn to drive.
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Jan 12, 2023
    We’ve all rightfully been taken by LLMs and how impressive the current state-of-the-art is. But, don’t sleep on computer vision. The progress is similarly insane.
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    Mar 30, 2023
    I find it so fascinating how fine the line is between the world being changed or not. Were it not for one person at @OpenAI waking up super paranoid that they absolutely had to build ChatGPT, it's likely we wouldn't be going through LLM mania today, and that hundreds of
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Dec 18, 2020
    Our self-driving technology hit a big milestone recently. The speed at which computer vision, robotics, machine learning, sensors, and compute is advancing is mind-blowing. The result? Ride after ride after ride looking like this one 😍
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    Dec 8, 2018
    ❤️ The new  Watch irregular heart rhythm detector saves a life, less than 24 hours after launching. reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/c…
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Apr 27, 2023
    OK that was nuts. I was just driven by a fully driverless @Cruise car through crazy downtown SF in daytime. I’ve taken hundreds of rides but my mind is still blown. I can summon this thing 24/7 all across the city now.
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Jul 11, 2022
    I started working on self-driving cars 6 looong years ago. It's a dream come true to now wake up to videos like this every day. Today thousands of people have experienced @cruise fully driverless rides. Pumped to make that millions.
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    Oliver Cameron
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    May 15, 2021
    Today I got fully vaccinated and became an American citizen. I moved to the US (from the UK) in 2011 for @ycombinator and have felt fortunate to be here ever since. I owe a lot to this country.
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Jan 5, 2020
    This was classic Steve Jobs. On the back of Michael Dell's infamous “shut Apple down and give the money back to the shareholders” comment, he annihilated Dell laptops with the new iBook. "It's got some nice fans on the back" Better products always win over talk.
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    Oliver Cameron
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    Jan 27, 2023
    I feel like I’m living in the year 3000 when I ride around San Francisco like this.
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