AI Startup Magic Secures $320M, Partners with Google & Nvidia to Revolutionize Generative Coding

August 29, 2024
AI Startup Magic Secures $320M, Partners with Google & Nvidia to Revolutionize Generative Coding
  • Founded in 2022 by Eric Steinberg and Sebastian De Ro, Magic is driven by a deep passion for AI and computer science.

  • Recently, Magic raised $320 million in a funding round led by prominent investors, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, bringing its total funding to $465 million.

  • This substantial investment positions Magic among the well-funded generative coding startups, alongside competitors like Anysphere and Codeium.

  • Magic specializes in AI-driven tools designed to assist software engineers, effectively acting as an automated pair programmer.

  • The company's latest model, LTM-2-mini, features an impressive 100 million-token context window, the largest available in commercial models.

  • This extensive context capability allows LTM-2-mini to implement advanced features, such as a password strength meter and a custom UI framework calculator.

  • Magic is also focused on training a larger version of its model to further enhance its capabilities.

  • Co-founder and CEO Eric Steinberg expressed enthusiasm about their new partnership with Google and Nvidia, highlighting the advantages it brings to their AI models.

  • As part of this collaboration, Magic is developing two AI supercomputers: the Magic-G4, which utilizes Nvidia H100 GPUs, and the upcoming Magic-G5, based on Nvidia's Blackwell chips.

  • The company plans to scale the Magic-G5 cluster to tens of thousands of GPUs, aiming for improved efficiency in AI model training and inference.

  • Overall, Magic's innovations and partnerships position it as a leader in the AI space, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with generative coding.

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