Venture capitalists are questioning the neolab math
Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy speaking to Ben Bergman at Tech Insider: Growth Mode. JY Studio A version of this story originally appeared in Business Insider's weekly VC Insider newsletter. Sign up for BI's VC Insider newsletter here. Ben here. Up until recently, it was a great time to be the founder of a neolab, the lavishly funded, research-first AI startups founded by top talent who defected from the likes of OpenAI or Google DeepMind. We reported last month that Jeff Dean, Google's former chief scientist, is seeking a valuation as high as $50 billion for his new AI science startup. OpenAI co