Pascal Unger publishes essay arguing AI startups need Differentiation, Focus, Velocity, and Ambition to win against the frontier labs. Emphasizes that "feature companies" are dead and AI startups must aim to become the platform for their entire industry.
Focal co-led Yrikka's $1.5M pre-seed round alongside Garuda Ventures. Yrikka provides an AI red-teaming API to identify vulnerabilities in AI systems for high-stakes applications like defense, clinical diagnostics, and industrial automation.