Naveen Rao leads Unconventional AI to secure $475 million in seed funding
The new company Unconventional AI, founded by Naveen Rao, former head of artificial intelligence at Databricks, has completed a $475 million seed funding round, valuing the company at $4.5 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, with Lux Capital and others participating. Rao revealed that this is the first part of a planned $1 billion fundraising, and TechCrunch had previously reported that it was seeking substantial financing.