Some 70 years before the current frenzy of record-breaking fundraising by modern AI giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic, the Rockefeller Foundation made what may have been the first investment in the history of AI. With a $7,500 grant from the foundation in 1956, four eminent mathematicians orga...
Source: [France24](https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260801-the-dartmouth-workshop-the-7-500-investment-that-gave-birth-to-ai-2-2)