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January 29, 2026

‘Efficiency as a fundamental principle’: Google and Meta alumni raise $7.5m to build new approach to LLMs

BottleCap AI launched last year in Prague with the objective of improving the efficiency of LLMs by 100x

BottleCap AI, a Prague-based startup launched by Google and Meta alumni, has raised a $7.5m seed round to build more efficient foundational AI models.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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