Of the 50 companies on the list, only 5 are products of, or acquisitions by, pre-existing big tech
companies: Bard (Google), Poe (Quora), QuillBot (Course Hero), Pixlr (123RF), and Clipchamp
(Microsoft). 

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Of the remaining list members, a whopping 48% are completely bootstrapped, with no outside
funding, according to PitchBook data. This suggests that it’s possible to get a large AI product off
the ground quickly, and with relatively little capital—though another 15% have raised upwards of
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$50 million already!

One of the main differences between VC-backed and bootstrapped companies? The tech stack.
Depending on the model size, setting up and training your own model can cost millions of dollars.
How Are Consumers Using Generative AI_ _ Andreessen Horowitz