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Fundamental just raised $255M Series A at $1.2B valuation for their "Large Tabular Model" While LLMs dominate text, Fundamental built the first foundation model for structured data — the billions of tables that power enterprise predictions. • $255M Series A led by Oak HC/FT, Valor Equity Partners • $1.2B valuation emerging from stealth • Already secured 7-figure Fortune 100 contracts • Strategic AWS partnership for deployment How it happened: • Identified LLM gap → structured data unsolved at scale • Built non-transformer architecture → handles billions of rows • Pre-trained on enterprise tables → pattern recognition • Secured Fortune 100 pilots → proved contract potential • Landed AWS partnership → enterprise distribution Takeaway: While everyone chases the next LLM, the biggest enterprise AI opportunity might be in structured data. Source: TechCrunch Brewed by Startup Beaker.