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Microsoft is actively seeking AI startups for potential acquisitions.
Microsoft is seeking acquisitions of AI startups to reduce reliance on OpenAI for future AI models.
KEY POINTS
- Microsoft is in acquisition talks with Inception, a Stanford-founded startup using diffusion for large language models.
- Microsoft's contract with OpenAI was amended in late 2025, now allowing Microsoft to build artificial general intelligence.
- Inception's diffusion-based approach generates multiple tokens in parallel, potentially increasing language model speed.
- Startup valuations have soared, with Inception seeking over $1 billion and competing acquisition interest from SpaceX.
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