Artificial intelligence pioneers back $550M fund for AI startups

> Dominic Barton, former global managing partner at McKinsey and chair of mining group Rio Tinto, is joining Radical as both an adviser and investor

Personally I don't think that's a good sign. It represents the full transition away from anything actually technically interesting and full on into corporate scammers (not that a lot of VC wasn't there anyway). I would steer well clear of any MBB consultant version of what they imagine AI is.