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Toronto World Model Startup Veeda AI Launches with $90M in Seed Funding

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Insider Brief Veeda AI has raised more than $90 million in seed funding to build world models designed to give robots virtual environments where they can learn through trial and error, The Logic has reported. The Canadian startup, founded by former Nvidia AI researchers Sanja Fidler, Zan Gojcic and…

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  1. 2026-08-22 10:33 · AI Insider
    Toronto World Model Startup Veeda AI Launches with $90M in Seed Funding

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