Artificial Intelligence

BlackLine: Interview With CTO Jeremy Ung About The Cloud-Based Accounting Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 6:05 PM

BlackLine is a cloud-based software platform designed to automate and streamline financial and accounting processes for organizations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BlackLine Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Ung to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Fastbreak AI: $40 Million Series A Closed To Accelerate Growth In Professional And Youth Sports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:13 AM

Fastbreak AI has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its technology across professional leagues and the rapidly growing youth and amateur sports market. The round included Greycroft and GTMfund, along with participation from the NBA, NHL, and TMRW Sports. Additional investors included professional athletes such as PGA Tour golfers Patrick Cantlay and Kurt Kitayama, as well as former NFL players Larry Fitzgerald Jr. and Luke Kuechly, along with other venture capital and growth equity firms.

Franklin Templeton Signs Partnership With Wand AI To Expand Enterprise Agentic AI Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:45 AM

Franklin Templeton announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Wand AI to advance the use of agentic artificial intelligence across its global operations. The collaboration formalizes a progression from initial pilot programs to broad enterprise deployment, marking a significant advancement in the application of AI within the asset management sector.

Flint: $15 Million Series A Raised To Scale Personalized AI-Native Learning Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:59 AM

Flint, an AI-powered education platform focused on enabling personalized learning at scale, has announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A round, co-led by Basis Set Ventures and Patron. The round included participation from USC Viterbi, AME Cloud Ventures, and education leaders such as Blackboard founder Matt Pittinsky, with follow-on support from Afore Capital and Y Combinator. The new funding represents a key step in Flint’s effort to expand access to personalized, transparent and equitable AI-driven learning across classrooms worldwide.

DealMaker: $20 Million Raised To Advance Expansion And AI-Driven Capital Raising

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:11 PM

DealMaker, a leading retail capital-raising platform, has raised $20 million in a financing round comprising both equity and debt, led by new investor Information Venture Partners, along with participation from existing partner CIBC Innovation Banking. The company, which recently relocated its headquarters to New York City, will utilize the capital to support product innovation, enhance its platform capabilities, and sustain its growth across the United States.

Metropolis: $1.6 Billion Capitalization At About $5 Billion Valuation Secured To Expand AI Recognition Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:27 PM

Metropolis Technologies announced it has raised $1.6 billion in new capital to accelerate the expansion of its applied AI platform across physical infrastructure and consumer environments. The financing includes a $1.1 billion Term Loan B arranged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., along with a $500 million Series D round led by a fund managed by LionTree. The funding values the company at approximately $5 billion.

Hexaware Buys CyberSolve To Expand AI-Led Identity Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:55 PM

Hexaware Technologies has acquired CyberSolve, a global provider of identity and access management solutions, in a move aimed at strengthening enterprise cybersecurity programs as identity becomes central to digital transformation. The companies will collaborate to help organizations modernize their identity foundations, automate governance and controls using artificial intelligence, and maintain secure environments across complex hybrid technology landscapes.

Avallon: $4.6 Million Seed Round Raised To Expand AI Claims Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:46 PM

Avallon has raised $4.6 million in seed funding to scale its AI agent technology that automates insurance claims operations. The round was led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, 1984, Liquid2, and Booom. The company plans to use the capital to expand hiring and further develop its platform, moving beyond current applications in Workers Compensation and Automotive claims to offer a comprehensive AI system designed for all Property and Casualty lines and healthcare.

Inception: $50 Million Closed To Scale Diffusion LLMs For Real-Time AI Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:46 PM

Inception, a company developing diffusion large language models known as dLLMs, has closed a $50 million funding round. The financing was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Mayfield, Innovation Endeavors, NVentures, M12, Snowflake Ventures, and Databricks Investment. The company will utilize the capital to expand its research, product development, and engineering efforts, focusing on accelerating model performance across text, voice, and code applications.

Synchron: $200 Million Series D Closed To Advance Commercial Brain-Computer Interface Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:06 PM

Synchron has raised a $200 million Series D financing round to accelerate the commercialization of its Stentrode brain-computer interface platform and advance the development of a next-generation neural interface system. The company, headquartered in New York with an engineering hub in San Diego, is focused on restoring digital communication and control for people with paralysis through a minimally invasive approach to brain-computer interfacing.

Kabilio: €4 Million Raised To Expand AI Platform For Accounting Firms In Spain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:17 PM

Barcelona-based startup Kabilio has raised €4 million in funding to scale its AI-driven platform designed to automate accounting and tax workflows for advisory firms across Spain. The round, which is one of the larger pre-seed financings in the country this year, included participation from international venture investors and public innovation support.

Fintary: $10 Million Series A Raised To Automate Insurance Commission Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:00 PM

Fintary, an AI-powered platform that streamlines commission and financial operations for insurance organizations, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Infinity Ventures, with participation from Sierra Ventures and existing investors, bringing the company’s total funding to $12.8 million.

Planbase: $2.1 Million Raised To Launch AI-Native Employee Management Platform For Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:21 PM

Planbase has launched what it calls the first AI-native employee management platform designed specifically for healthcare clinics, announcing the release along with $2.1 million in funding backed by Y Combinator, LocalGlobe, and a group of prominent angel investors. The company stated that the funding will support expansion into additional mid-sized and large clinics across the United States, as well as the hiring of software engineers to accelerate product development.

HoloMD: $1.6 Million Raised To Advance AI-Supported Psychiatric Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:07 PM

HoloMD has closed the first tranche of its $3 million seed round, securing $1.6 million to accelerate the development of its AI-powered Remote Therapeutic Monitoring platform for psychiatry. The Rockville-based company will host a virtual investor briefing on November 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET to provide updates on clinical deployment progress and upcoming growth initiatives.

Evrotrust: €6.6 Million Investment Secured To Advance Digital Identity Expansion Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:02 PM

Evrotrust, a European identity and qualified trust service provider, has secured €6.6 million in funding from TCEE Fund IV, advised by 3TS Capital Partners, to support its expansion across Germany, Austria, and Central and Eastern Europe. The investment comes amid rising demand for compliant digital identity and signing solutions as the European Union moves toward adopting interoperable digital identity frameworks.

Mindsmith: $4.1 Million Seed Funding Raised To Accelerate AI-Native Corporate Learning Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:48 PM

Mindsmith, a Provo-based AI-native e-learning platform, has raised $4.1 million in seed funding to expand its approach to corporate training that merges artificial intelligence with modern learning science. The funding round was led by Next Frontier Capital, with participation from WndrCo, Grix, and several notable industry founders, including Pluralsight co-founder Aaron Skonnard and Lucid co-founder Karl Sun. Skonnard has also joined Mindsmith’s board of directors.

Ceres: $13 Million Raised And John Tincoff Appointed To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:21 PM

Ceres AI, the San Francisco-based data and artificial intelligence company focused on agricultural and environmental intelligence, has raised $13 million in new funding led by Remus Capital.

Reevo: $80 Million Closed To Launch AI Native Go-To-Market Platform Unifying Marketing, Sales, And Customer Success

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:23 AM

Reevo, a company building an AI-native platform to unify the entire go-to-market ecosystem, has launched with $80 million in funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins. The funding will support continued product development, research, and engineering expansion, as well as revenue growth. The platform aims to replace fragmented legacy systems and consolidate marketing, sales, and customer success workflows into a single, coordinated operating system.

mimic: $16 Million Raised For Advancing Physical AI And Deploy Dexterous Robotics Across Global Industries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:21 AM

mimic, a Zurich-based physical AI and robotics company, has raised $16 million in new funding to accelerate the development and deployment of its frontier AI models and humanoid robotic hands. The seed round was led by Elaia and Speedinvest, with participation from Founderful, 1st kind, 10X Founders, 2100 Ventures, and the Sequoia Scout Fund. The new capital brings the company’s total funding to over $20 million and will support the expansion of pilot deployments with leading industrial organizations worldwide.

Bob Flores Joins Brinker Advisory Board To Advance AI-Driven Disinformation Defense

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:18 AM

Brinker, a Wilmington-based narrative intelligence company focused on countering disinformation and influence operations, announced that Bob Flores, former Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, has joined its advisory board. The appointment is intended to strengthen Brinker's position as a platform that transitions the field from manual detection to real-time, technology-driven mitigation at a global scale.

Daylight: $33 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Autonomous Cybersecurity Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:40 AM

Daylight has raised $33 million in a Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $40 million. The round was led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Maple VC, and several prominent industry founders and investors. The financing marks one of the fastest follow-on rounds in the cybersecurity sector this year, reflecting accelerating demand for a new approach to enterprise security operations.

CommanderAI: $5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance AI-Based Sales Platform For Waste Haulers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:39 AM

CommanderAI has raised a $5 million seed round to scale its AI-driven sales intelligence platform designed specifically for the waste hauling industry. The round was led by 11 Tribes Ventures and Watchfire Ventures, with participation from additional strategic investors. The new funding will support the company’s commercial expansion and continued product development as it aims to modernize sales processes in a sector that has historically lacked advanced technology tools.

DataDasher And Orion Launching Integrated AI Workflow Platform For Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:25 AM

DataDasher AI announced a strategic collaboration with Orion to create a unified, intelligent workflow environment for financial advisors. The integration connects Orion’s live portfolio data and Redtail’s CRM records directly into the DataDasher platform, providing advisors with a single connected workspace that centralizes data, automates processes and enhances client engagement.

MoEngage: $100 Million Closed Fo Expanding AI Customer Engagement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:24 AM

MoEngage announced it has raised $100 million in new funding from existing investor Goldman Sachs Alternatives and new investor A91 Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $250 million. The company, which provides an insights-led customer engagement platform for consumer brands, has seen its North America business grow substantially over the past year, now contributing the largest share of revenue.

Portal26: $9 Million Series A Raised To Accelerate Enterprise GenAI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:22 AM

Portal26, the GenAI Adoption Management Platform for enterprises, has secured a $9 million Series A funding round led by Shasta Ventures, with participation from Fusion Fund and the venture arm of a Fortune 500 financial services firm. The company previously raised $6 million in seed funding in 2022. The new capital will support continued product development and expansion as global enterprises work to deploy Generative AI programs at scale.