Dai Jifeng, a prominent figure in computer vision, has recently launched Naive.ai with approximately $300 million in funding, following a contentious departure from MiroMind. MiroMind, a venture backed by Chen Tianqiao's Shanda Group, had initially partnered with Dai Jifeng to develop an open-source deep research system. However, the collaboration dissolved after only five months due to disagreements over the transfer of core technology overseas. Dai Jifeng, formerly a researcher at Microsoft Research Asia and an executive at SenseTime, is now focusing his efforts on his new venture, Naive.ai. AI
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IMPACT Dai Jifeng's new venture, Naive.ai, could accelerate advancements in AGI research and development.
RANK_REASON Significant funding round for a new AI venture founded by a prominent researcher.