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January 22, 2025

Aleph Alpha raised $500m then ditched the AI race. What comes next?

After pivoting away from LLMs, the German AI darling unveils a new tool to help B2B customers

German AI startup Aleph Alpha has released a new AI tool enabling customers to customise third-party models, incorporating different languages and industry-specific data.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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