Artificial Intelligence

Scala: $8.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Contact Center Operational Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Scala has emerged from stealth, announcing its official launch alongside $8.5 million in funding, including a seed round co-led by Madrona and FUSE. The Bellevue, Washington-based company is positioning itself as an operational intelligence platform built specifically for modern contact centers as those environments increasingly shift toward hybrid operations where human agents work alongside AI.

Inference Research: $20 Million Seed Funding Closed For Quantitative Trading Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Inference Research has launched as an AI-native quantitative trading firm positioned at the intersection of digital assets and traditional finance, alongside the anticipated closing of a $20 million seed funding round led by Avenir Group.

LateralCare Names William Reau As CEO And Mani Nedunchelian As CTO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

LateralCare has appointed William Reau as chief executive officer and Mani Nedunchelian as chief technology officer as the company looks to scale revenue alai, its AI native platform for revenue cycle management.

Seamflow: $4.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Building AI Software For The Testing And Inspection Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Seamflow, a London-based startup building AI software for the testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) industry, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding as it looks to modernize compliance-heavy workflows that underpin global commerce The round was co-led by Initialized Capital and Northzone, with participation from Nebular, Entrepreneurs First, and Transpose Platform. The financing also included angel investors, including Mario Götze and Charlie Songhurst.

Samaya AI Launches Agent Control Plane And Adds NVentures And Databricks Ventures Backing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Samaya AI announced it has introduced a new architecture, the Agent Control Plane (ACP), positioning it as a control and governance layer for building and operating finance-focused AI agents that reason in real time within a specialized investment context. The Mountain View-based company also disclosed new investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Databricks Ventures, which it plans to use to extend development of ACP and expand customizable agents for financial workflows.

Leah Partners With PwC UK To Power Agentic Operating Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Leah, an agentic AI company behind Leah Agentic OS, has entered a partnership with PwC UK aimed at helping organizations design, deploy, and scale coordinated AI agents as they build modern operating models within Global Business Services. The companies said the collaboration combines PwC UK’s industry and functional expertise with Leah’s agentic operating system to support the design and stand-up of new operating models across shared services environments.

Newo: $25 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Voice Infrastructure for SMB Call Handling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Newo.ai announced it raised a $25 million Series A round led by Ratmir Timashev, the co-founder of Veeam Software and co-founder of OH.io, as the company looks to scale its AI voice and messaging infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses. The San Francisco-based startup said the financing brings its total capital raised to about $32 million, following earlier angel, seed, and SAFE rounds, with Aloniq, Constructor, Acrobator, and s16vc also participating.

Smart Bricks: $5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For Real Estate Investing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Smart Bricks, a frontier AI lab building agentic AI infrastructure for real-estate investing, announced it has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun, with participation from funds and angels across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.

ManageMy: $45 Million Closed For Expanding Agentic AI Workflows And Underwriting Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

ManageMy, an intelligent orchestration platform for insurers, said it has raised $45 million, including $20 million secured in a recent Series B round co-led by Ventura Capital and OCVC, with backing from BNF and a consortium of strategic leaders in traditional insurance and insurtech.

Brandlight: $30 Million Series A Raised For Enterprise AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2026

Brandlight announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate development and scaling of its enterprise platform focused on helping brands manage AI search visibility and navigate what it described as a convergence of AI search, advertising and commerce. The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Cardumen Capital and G20 Ventures.