CONVICTION

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Recent News about Conviction

• Baseten lands $1.5B Series F to power low-cost AI inference at scale

  Baseten has closed a US$1.5 billion Series F round at a valuation of up to US$13 billion. Australian VC Blackbird invested over US$200 million, its largest single check to date, alongside lead investors including Spark Capital and Altimeter Capital.

  Source: Forbes Australia2026-06-23T21:07:11.499Z

• Trajectory lands $15M seed to build continual-learning AI layer

  A group of ex‑Google DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI and Meta Superintelligence Labs researchers launched Trajectory on May 27, 2026 with $15 million in seed funding at a $115 million post-money valuation. The startup aims to provide infrastructure so enterprise AI models continuously improve from real-world user interactions rather than remaining static after training.

  Source: WIRED2026-05-27T17:00:00.000Z