Investor Dustin Moskovitz says Vicarious, which just closed a $15 million funding round, will "revolutionize every industry."

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"The lesson learned is [founders should] set expectations higher [for themselves and their companies]." - says Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook co-founder and Vicarious investor

Artificial intelligence research start-up Vicarious announced today that it has received a $15 million Series A round led by Good Ventures. The funding values the company at more than $100 million.

"The technology that Vicarious is developing has the potential to improve all lives and revolutionize every industry," Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook co-founder and founder of Good Ventures, said in a sweeping statement to the press. Moskovitz also announced he will join Vicarious's board of directors.

Vicarious, co-founded in 2010 by Dileep George and D. Scott Phoenix, said the $15 million will be used exclusively for research and development of its Recursive Cortical Network, the company's flagship software that aims to "learn" like the human brain.

The first step in developing software comparable to human thinking is to master one sensory perception, Phoenix told Inc.

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