Former Google, Apple Researchers Raising $50 Million for New Visual AI Startup

Former Google, Apple Researchers Raising  Million for New Visual AI Startup

By Kevin McLaughlin
Publication Date: 2026-01-10 19:48:00

Andrew Dai, a veteran AI researcher who recently left Google DeepMind after 14 years, is launching a new startup focused on AI models that understand and process text, images, video and audio simultaneously, Dai said. The new startup, Elorian, is in talks with investors to raise a seed round of …