Artificial Intelligence

Jupid: Interview With Founder & CEO Slava Akulov About The AI-Based Accounting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:34 AM

Jupid is an AI-based accounting platform designed for small businesses. Jupid’s goal is to deliver affordable and AI-driven accounting and tax compliance for US entrepreneurs with revenues under $300K. The company offers free LLC formation and is forging embedded partnerships with regional banks and credit unions. Slava’s vision is to fully automate accounting, empower small business owners, and potentially redefine the traditional accountant’s role. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Jupid founder and CEO Slava Akulov to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

DataBahn.ai: $17 Million Series A Raised For Transforming Enterprise Data Pipelines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

DataBahn.ai, the creator of a security-native data pipeline platform built for modern enterprise workloads, announced it has raised $17 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Forgepoint Capital, with participation from S3 Ventures and returning investor GTM Capital, bringing the company's total capital raised to $19 million.

Synthflow AI: $20 Million Secured For Advancing Voice AI Platform For Automated Phone Calls

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Synthflow AI, a voice AI platform for automated phone calls, announced a $20 million Series A investment round to drive the next wave of enterprise adoption for AI voice agents. The funding round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Atlantic Labs and Singular.

Claira: $7 Million Seed Funding Secured To Transform Financial Deal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Claira, an AI-based Deal Intelligence platform for financial institutions, announced the closing of $7 million seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Barclays, Citi, and Reimagine Tech Ventures, with additional participation from Activant Capital, KDX, and OPCO Ventures.

Pangram: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Detection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Pangram, which is an accurate and reliable technology for detecting text created by AI, announced it has closed a round of pre-seed and seed funding totaling $3.98 million. The most recent investments of more than $2.7 million added to the previous pre-seed funding of $1.25 million. ScOp led the seed round, and they were joined by Script Capital and Cadenza, along with a handful of individual investors. Haystack VC was a lead investor in the initial, pre-seed funding round.

Mandolin: $40 Million Secured For Enhancing Access To Life Saving Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mandolin, a leading AI automation platform for specialty drug access, announced that it has raised $40 million in funding from Greylock Partners, SignalFire, Maverick, SV Angel, along with Jerry Yang (co-founder of Yahoo!) and Guillermo Rauch (CEO of Vercel). Launched by repeat entrepreneurs Will Yin (CEO) and Rohit Rustagi (COO), Mandolin is utilized by many of the nation’s largest infusion providers, pharmacies, and health systems.

Pipefy: Interview With CTO Daniele Gemignani About The Workflow Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Pipefy is a global AI platform that orchestrates autonomous AI Agents, transforming the way companies manage processes, optimize workflows, and democratize access to advanced technology. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pipefy CTO Daniele Gemignani to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Mahalo: $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Post-Purchase Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2025

Mahalo - a new end-to-end post-purchase experience (PPX) platform - announced $2.6 million in pre-seed funding and the launch of their software for small and midsize manufacturers. Motivate Venture Capital led the oversubscribed round, with participation from Diagram and Bridge Venture Fund.

BackOps AI: $6 Million Seed Funding Round Raised for Transforming Logistics Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2025

BackOps AI, an AI operations platform transforming supply chain workflows, announced a $6 million seed round led by Construct Capital, with continued support from existing investors Gradient and 10VC. And this brings the company's total funding to $8 million in under a year as it accelerates its mission to become the intelligent operating layer for modern logistics.

An Interview With Appian’s Chief Product Architect Matt Hilliard On Software Simplicity, AI, And Building Enterprise Software

By Shan Sadiq ● Jun 24, 2025

Decagon: $131 Million Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For Conversational AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Decagon, a leader in conversational AI agents for customer experience, announced $131 million in series C funding, pushing its total funding to $231 million just one year after emerging from stealth. The funding round valued the company at $1.5 billion and drew five times more investor demand than capacity, underscoring Decagon’s momentum and market leadership. This funding round was co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz (Growth Fund), with participation from existing investors A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and BOND, and new investors Avra, Forerunner, and Ribbit Capital.

Tastewise: $50 Million Raised For Scaling GenAI Tools For The Food Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Tastewise is a GenAI platform powering execution for the food and beverage industry that announced a $50 million Series B to scale its generative AI-based marketing and sales tools for global brands. The funding round was led by TELUS Global Ventures, with participation from Duo Partners, Peakbridge, Disruptive AI, and PICO, bringing Tastewise's total funding to date to $72 million.

Operant AI: Interview With CEO Vrajesh Bhavsar About The Runtime Application Defense Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Operant AI is known as the world's only Runtime AI Defense Platform. The company's 3D Runtime Defense Suite discovers, detects, and defends over 80% of the OWASP Top 10 most critical attacks across APIs, K8s, and LLMs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Operant AI CEO Vrajesh Bhavsar to learn more about the company.

Multiverse Computing: $215 Million Secured For Scaling Quantum AI Model Compression

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Multiverse Computing, a quantum-inspired AI model compression company, has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology capable of reducing the size of LLMs (Large Language Models) by up to 95% while maintaining model performance. Having spent last year developing the technology and rolling it out to initial customers, the company also recently announced a €189 million ($215 million) investment round. The Series B funding round will be led by Bullhound Capital with the support of HP Tech Ventures, SETT, Forgepoint Capital International, CDP Venture Capital, Santander Climate VC, Quantonation, Toshiba and Capital Riesgo de Euskadi - Grupo SPRI.

Volantis: $9 Million Secured For Photonic Compute Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Volantis, a semiconductor startup building photonically integrated computers for the AI era, has announced its emergence from stealth and a $9 million seed round of funding. The funding round includes backing from Alex Wang (Scale AI) and Trevor Blackwell (Y Combinator). Sam Altman backed Volantis in April 2022, betting on the need for foundational breakthroughs in computing long before today’s AI infrastructure limitations became apparent.

Nominal: $75 Million Raised For Real-Time Test Stack For Physical Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Tesla Launches Robotaxi In Austin At A $4.20 Flat Fee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Tesla has officially announced the Robotaxi, which has debuted in Austin, Texas over the weekend. Initially, customers would pay a flat fee of $4.20. Tesla said that Cybercab, its fully autonomous vehicle, will begin offering rides in your area in the future.

Outset: $17 Million Series A Raised For Helping Enterprises Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Outset, an AI-moderated research platform that provides the scale and speed of a survey with the depth of a one-to-one interview, announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A round to bring AI-based research to Fortune 500 enterprises. The funding round was led by 8VC, with participation from new investor Future Back Ventures, a venture arm of Bain & Company, and existing investors Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Rebel Fund, Genius Ventures, Ritual Capital, and Alt Capital.

Swimlane: $45 Million Raised For Developing AI Hyperautomation For Security Organizations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Swimlane, an AI hyperautomation company, announced a $45 million growth funding round led by Energy Impact Partners and Activate Capital, along with Trinity Capital. The company is also expected to achieve profitability in Q3-2025, driven by sustained revenue growth, improved operating efficiency, and disciplined cost management.

Bolo AI: $8.1 Million Seed Raised For Developing AI Tools For Heavy Industries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Bolo AI is an enterprise AI company building intelligent tools for the people powering heavy industry, which announced an $8.1 million Seed round led by True Ventures, with participation from Bench Strength, Accomplice, J Ventures, and Beat Ventures.

Nabla: $70 Million Series C Raised For Delivering Agentic AI To The Center Of Clinical Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Nabla, which is one of the most widely adopted AI assistants in clinical care, announced it has raised $70 million in Series C funding. Led by HV Capital, with Highland Europe joining as key investor, DST Global, and existing investors Cathay Innovation and Tony Fadell's Build Collective, this funding round brings Nabla's total raise to $120 million.

Maven AGI: $50 Million Secured For Enterprise-Grade AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2025

Maven AGI, an enterprise AI company unifying the full customer journey, announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from Cisco Investments, SE Ventures (the venture capital firm backed by Schneider Electric), and existing investors Lux Capital, M13, and E14. Several new investors are also becoming Maven customers and strategic partners, highlighting the company's role as foundational infrastructure in the emerging AI-powered enterprise. This funding round brings the company's total funding to $78 million.

ai.work: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Worker Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

ai.work announced it exited stealth and raised $10 million in seed funding led by A* and lool ventures with participation from Firstminute Capital, FirsthandVC, Timeless Partners, SV Angel, Eckstein Capital, Liquid2, Crossover VC, and other strategic angel investors.

QueryPal: Interview With Founder & CEO Dev Nag About The AI-Based Customer Support Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

QueryPal is a company that is transforming customer support with AI-powered ticket automation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed QueryPal founder and CEO Dev Nag to learn more about the company.

Definely: $30 Million Series B Raised For Legal Tech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

AI-based legal tech company Definely announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to accelerate its global expansion and AI product roadmap. The funding round includes investors from Europe and North America, and it is led by growth investor Revaia, alongside Alumni Ventures, Beacon Capital, and legal tech company Clio. And early investors, including Octopus Ventures, Zrosk Investment Management, The Raine Group, and Cornerstone VC, have also participated in the round. This additional funding brings the total raised by Definely since its founding to $40 million.

Swimlane: $45 Million Secured For AI Hyperautomation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Swimlane, an AI hyperautomation for the whole security organization, announced a $45 million growth funding round led by Energy Impact Partners and Activate Capital, along with Trinity Capital.

Twine: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Benny Porat About The AI Digital Cybersecurity Employees Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Twine is a company that builds AI Digital Employees who execute tasks from A to Z to help cyber teams close the talent gap. The company’s first digital employee, Alex, learns, understands, and takes away the burden of identity and access management tasks, proactively completing your organization’s cyber objectives. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Twine co-founder and CEO Benny Porat to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Kargo: $18 Million Raised To Transform Inventory Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Kargo, a leader in industrial AI technology, announced an $18.4 million investment led by Matter Venture Partners, with participation from previous investors Sozo Ventures and Founders Fund, and existing customers and new strategic investors Lineage and Armada Supply Chain Solutions.

Autonomize AI: $28 Million Series A Raised For Healthcare And Life Sciences Agentic Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Autonomize AI, a pioneer in AI-driven healthcare solutions, announced that it raised $28 million in Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to $32 million to date. Valtruis, The Cigna Group Ventures, Tau Ventures, and other strategic investors led the round. Plus, Asset Management Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, and Capital Factory are some of the company’s existing investors who also participated.

Filament Syfter: $4.8 Million Series A Raised For Data Engine For Private Market Dealmakers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Filament Syfter, a leading AI-enabled data engine purpose-built for private market dealmakers, announced it has raised $4.8 million in a Series A funding round led by FINTOP Capital.