Ehs Schmidt a-AI-n't No Joke! Billionaire's Secret AI Startup Investments Revealed!

Of Course You Realize This Means War...On AI!

Eh what's up doc? It's your pal Bugs Bunny here to spill the carrot juice on some serious AI shenanigans! Turns out that fella Eric Schmidt the big cheese from Google he's been running around like a scalded rabbit yappin' about the dangers of AI. 'We need to seriously think about unplugging it,' he says! Sounds mighty serious right? But hold your horses folks 'cause there's more to this than meets the eye!

Hillspire's Hush Hush Habitat

Now while Schmidt's been doin' his Chicken Little routine his family office Hillspire has been busier than a one legged cat in a sandbox. Since 2019 they've been throwin' carrots – er dollars – at a whopping 22 private AI startups! That's right folks he's been puttin' his money where his mouth is… or maybe where his mouth *isn't*. Sounds kinda hypocritical doesn't it? 'I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!'

A Whopping Wabbit's Worth of Investments

And get this last year alone Hillspire dropped a cool thirteen investments in AI startups! That's more than three quarters of all their startup gambles. Now they're not exactly shouting from the rooftops about how much moolah they're slingin' but we're talkin' about funding rounds totaling over $5 BILLION! That's enough to buy a whole lotta carrots doc! He's loaded like Yosemite Sam with gold nuggets! I wouldn't go near him! He's dynamite I tell you dynamite!

Schmidt's Big Bunny Bets

Schmidt's not just messin' around with any old scrub neither. He's bettin' on some of the big boys in the AI game like Anthropic H (formerly Holistic AI) and SandboxAQ. And he's also takin' a chance on some up and comers like Optiml Altera and Inworld AI. Sounds like he's tryin' to cover all his bases just in case this AI thing turns out to be more than just a bunch of malarkey. After all "it pays to be ignorant; that's why I'm so successful."

He Knows This Means He's A Genius

He even co wrote a book called 'The Age of AI' with some fancy fellas. But don't let that fool ya folks. The plot thickens when you find out Hillspire is backing an AI startup focused on video and social media called Hooglee. "On a mission to change the way people connect through the power of AI and video," says their website. Sounds like someone's tryin' to have his cake and eat it too!

What's Up With This Doc?

So what's the deal doc? Is Schmidt genuinely worried about AI or is he just playin' the market to get a head start? Guess we'll have to wait and see if this whole AI thing turns out to be a carrot or a stick. Until then remember folks "This looks like a job for a real genius!" Eh hasta la vista AI!