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Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) • Series A

AIUC, a startup founded by an early Anthropic hire and former METR COO, raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Ribbit Capital with participation from First Harmonic to rein in rogue AI agents.

Twenty-five Fields medalists signed an open letter declaring a severe misalignment between AI companies and the mathematical community regarding LLM benchmarking. The researchers argue that treating mathematics as a competitive scoring metric for AI models undermines academic rigor and incentivizes shortcut-driven problem solving over genuine discovery. The declaration calls for stricter collaboration standards to protect mathematical integrity.

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