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South Africa-founded startup launches AI model with 10 million-token memory
TechCabal - Jul 09, 2026
Refiant AI launched Protea, a suite of large language models that can process up to 10 million tokens. Protea is available for free on Refiant's platform without a waitlist or approval process.

South Africa-founded Refiant AI raises $5 million to build leaner AI models
TechCabal - Apr 09, 2026
Refiant AI closed a $5 million seed round led by VoLo Earth Ventures to enhance its AI model compression platform. The startup's technology can compress a 120-billion-parameter model to run on a standard laptop with just 12GB of RAM, retaining 95-99% of its original performance.
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