Databricks, Perplexity co-founder pledges $100M on new fund for AI researchers

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TechCrunchJun 23, 2025

Databricks, Perplexity co-founder pledges $100M on new fund for AI researchers

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Andy Konwinski is pledging $100 million of his own money for a new kind of institute to fund researchers. It's already backed Ion Stoica's new lab.

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