Artificial Intelligence

Vivident: $1.5 Million (Seed) Raised To Develop AI-Based Character IP Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Vivident, a company developing AI-powered character IP technology, has secured $1.5 million in seed funding from global investors across South Korea, Japan, the United States, and Hong Kong. This funding round included participation from leading venture firms, including Hashed, Mashup Ventures, TheVentures, Modhaus, Sfermion, CVC Z Venture Capital, Decima Fund, and CMCC Global's Titan Fund.

Package.ai: AI-Based Platform Secures $14 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Package.ai, an AI-based platform transforming customer engagement and last-mile logistics for big-box retailers and service providers, announced a minority growth investment led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm. SGE’s investment marks the first institutional fundraise for Package.ai, which has been mostly bootstrapped since its founding.

Rockfish Data: Funding Raised To Help Enterprises Leverage Synthetic Data For Operational Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Rockfish Data - a pioneer in synthetic data generation platform for operational workflows - announced the closing of a $4 million seed fundraising round. This funding round was led by Emergent Ventures with participation from Foster Ventures, TEN13, Dallas VC, NewBuild Venture Capital, and others. This brings the total amount raised close to $6 million.

Maki: Conversational AI Agent Company Raises $28.6 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

Maki – a conversational AI agent transforming talent acquisition – announced the closing of its $28.6 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Blossom Capital, with participation from DST Global and existing investors Frst, GFC, and Picus Capital.

qbiq: Automated Architectural Solutions Company Raises $16 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

qbiq, one of the largest and first AI companies focused on automating architectural planning, announced the closing of a $16 million Series A round led by global software investor Insight Partners. The funding round included participation from JLL Spark, 10D, Ocean Azul, Random Forest and M-Fund.

Indigo: AI-Based Home Negotiation Company Raises $8 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2025

Indigo, an AI-based platform for home negotiations, announced it secured $8 million to offer insight, collaboration, and transparency to real estate teams, buyers, and sellers nationally. The seed funding round was led by Pete Flint at NFX, Clelia Warburg Peters at Era Ventures, and Paul Irving at GTM Fund. They were joined by 1Sharpe Ventures and Jake Seid. In the three months following the launch, Indigo experienced tremendous growth, exceeding 20% market share of home offers in its initial markets.

Botika: $8 Million (Seed) Secured For AI-Generated Fashion Model Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Botika, an innovator in AI-generated fashion models designed to empower online clothing companies of all sizes, announced the launch of its new mobile iOS app. Botika has also closed an $8 million seed funding round, co-led by Stardom and Secret Chord Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp.

Forethought: Interview With Co-Founder & President Deon Nicholas About The AI-Based Customer Support Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 23, 2025

Forethought is the most advanced generative AI agent for customer support, trained on your unique data set. The company’s AI-driven solutions integrate seamlessly to resolve issues instantly, predict and prioritize tickets, and assist agents with relevant knowledge. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Forethought co-founder and president Deon Nicholas to learn more about the company.

Nevermined: AI Payment Infrastructure Company Raises Over $4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Nevermined, a leading provider of AI payment infrastructure for AI-to-AI transactions, announced it has raised over $4 million in funding to accelerate the adoption of AI-Commerce by enabling AI agents to pay and get paid. This funding round was led by Generative Ventures, with participation from Polymorphic Capital, NEAR, Halo Capital, Factor Capital, Lyrik Ventures, and Arca. This funding round includes funding from notable AI luminaries like David Minarsch and Oak from Valory, the builders of Olas, Richard Blythman and Mark Schmidt from Naptha, and Ben Fielding from Gensyn.

Eve: $47 Million (Series A) Closed To Build Legal AI For Plaintiff Law Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Eve, an AI platform for plaintiff law firms, announced it raised $47 million in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures.

Databricks: $15 Billion (Series J) Raised At $62 Billion Valuation For Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Data and AI company Databricks announced the final closing of its Series J funding. Existing investor QIA, the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, along with new investors, including Temasek and entities administered by Macquarie Capital, participated in the funding round - which values the company at $62 billion. Plus, Meta has joined as a new strategic investor.

Angel Kids AI: Interview With Co-Founder & COO Josh Thurman About The Safe AI-Based Browser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Angel Kids AI is a new way for children to interact with the digital world. With Angel’s unique AI technology, content is customized to ensure all online interactions are age-appropriate. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Angel Kids AI co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Josh Thurman to learn more about the company.

Prophecy: Data Copilot Company Secures $47 Million (Series B Extension)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Data copilot company Prophecy announced a $47 million Series B extension to accelerate the AI-powered transformation of the data integration market. Smith Point Capital led the round, with HSBC joining as a new investor and participation from existing investors including Berkeley SkyDeck, DallasVC, Insight Partners, JPMorgan Chase and SignalFire. This new funding comes from 3.5 times revenue growth in FY'24 with 160% net revenue retention from existing customers.

TeamBridge: Interview With Co-Founder & Co-CEO Arjun Vora About The Process Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

TeamBridge is a company that helps teams unlock their potential by organizing their process in one place, then automating it like never before possible. Pulse 2.0 interviewed TeamBridge co-founder and co-CEO, Arjun Vora, to learn more about the company.

Trump Administration Announces $500 Billion Stargate AI Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

President Donald Trump has announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion for building artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure with the goal of staying competitive against rival nations in technological advances. This joint venture is called Stargate and the goal is to build data centers while also creating over 100,000 jobs in the U.S.

CU Boulder, Colorado State University, Colorado School Of Mines, And Elevate Quantum Launch New Incubator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

This year, in collaboration with Elevate Quantum, three Colorado universities have announced that a new facility for fostering quantum technologies is coming to Colorado.