james

Building interactive world models | VP of Engineering @odysseyml.
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[james @jamesgrieve]

@nonieengel @odysseyml @thecultureslop Let’s work out how to make this happen @nonieengel!

[james @jamesgrieve]

@ManTle_Ma Great work on this paper - nowhere near enough discussion about the intricacies of data pipelines for video models!

[Josephine Parquet @josephinePqt1]

🎬 Field Notes: I sat down with @JennySeidensch1 , researcher at @odysseyml (just raised $310M), on world models - models that predict the next state of the world.

We got into multimodality, the feedback loop problem, use cases, and Jenny's next research direction. 👇

[Odyssey @odysseyml]

We're exploring what becomes possible when AI can deeply understand and simulate the world. Join us!

https://t.co/siYiL6KCll

[james @jamesgrieve]

@agkaimal @odysseyml So much of you in this AK!!

[james @jamesgrieve]

@olivercameron @jeffrey_hawke @odysseyml So excited to be on this ride with you, @jeffrey_hawke and the rest of the team!

[james @jamesgrieve]

@ahguzelUK @odysseyml You have added so much @ahguzelUK!

[james @jamesgrieve]

@odysseyml @TobiahRex 🥹 ❤️

[james @jamesgrieve]

Today is a huge day for everyone at @odysseyml . We are proud to announce our Series B raise of $310M at a valuation of $1.45B 🦄, led by Natural Capital with participation from Amazon, GV, AMD Ventures, EQT, IQT and many other amazing investors. This raise both validates the amazing work from our team over the last 3 years and provides us the capital necessary to carry that work forward into the future. I could not be more excited about what the next year will bring as we continue to push on the frontier of what is possible with world models and continue to learn from experience! 🚀

[james @jamesgrieve]

@odysseyml Blog post: https://t.co/LhsVuLjkRo

[james @jamesgrieve]

@odysseyml Amazing ❤️

[Odyssey @odysseyml]

We’ve raised a $310M Series B to accelerate world models!

We believe AI that can understand and simulate the world will be one of the most important technologies of our time.

We're excited to partner with Natural Capital, Amazon, GV, AMD, IQT, and others to bring this to life.

[james @jamesgrieve]

@olivercameron @odysseyml And the world itself is shaped by our interactions 🌎

[Odyssey @odysseyml]

World models can now create imagined experiences for AI—environments where agents continuously learn, adapt, and improve.

We suspect multi-agent interaction may be a critical ingredient for recursive AI and general intelligence.

https://t.co/rIUKZZVl9f

[Odyssey @odysseyml]

Back in a minute.

[Odyssey @odysseyml]

Learning From Experience

[james @jamesgrieve]

@MozarellaPesto @odysseyml @olivercameron Love to see models being trained on the first day!

[james @jamesgrieve]

A second announcement from @odysseyml today - this time it's a research preview of our first interactive multi-agent world model. Go try the demo now!

[Odyssey @odysseyml]

Introducing Agora-1, a multi-agent world model.

Multiple participants—human or AI—can now interact inside the same world simulation, all in real-time.

Try our playable research preview today, with Agora-1 simulating a multiplayer GoldenEye deathmatch!

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Introducing Starchild-1 from @odysseyml, the first ever real-time multimodal world model.

This a model that can generate interactive simulations of the world that you can—for the first time ever—hear.

Starchild-1 represents a big step towards a general-purpose world simulator.