Artificial Intelligence

Findem: $51 Million Closed To Advance AI-Driven Hiring Through Expert-Labeled Talent Dataset

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 22, 2025

Findem, an AI-based talent acquisition and management platform that combines human expertise with machine intelligence, announced that it has raised $51 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its domain-specific Talent AI. The funding round includes a Series C led by SLW, with participation from Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital, Four Rivers Group, and growth financing from J.P. Morgan, bringing Findem’s total funding to $105 million.

Rubrik: Agent Cloud Launched To Advance Scalable Enterprise AI Agent Deployments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 22, 2025

Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, has announced the launch of the Rubrik Agent Cloud, a platform designed to help enterprises deploy AI agents at scale while maintaining complete visibility, control, and security.

Anrok: $55 Million Series C Closed For Expanding Global Sales Tax Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Anrok, the global sales tax compliance platform for modern digital businesses, has raised $55 million in a Series C funding round led by Spark Capital, with participation from Sapphire Ventures and existing investors Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures.

Moonshot AI: $10 Million Seed Round Raised For Expanding AI-Based Website Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Moonshot AI, a generative AI company transforming websites into self-optimizing digital experiences, announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding. The round was led by Mighty Capital, with participation from Oceans Ventures, Uncorrelated, Garuda Ventures, and Almaz Capital. The funding will enable Moonshot AI to accelerate product development, expand its engineering team, and scale its technology to new industries beyond e-commerce.

Skan AI Buying Metaculars To Expand Enterprise Agentic AI Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Skan AI, a leader in enterprise process intelligence, has announced the acquisition of Metaculars, a company known for developing AI agents that enhance enterprise operations. The acquisition strengthens Skan AI’s position as the only platform that unites process intelligence with agentic execution, advancing its mission to build the next-generation Observation to Agent platform.

Logic: $4.3 Million Seed Funding Raised And Plain-English AI Automation Platform Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Logic, a Seattle-based AI automation company, has officially launched its plain-English decision automation platform, ending its year-long beta period. The platform, backed by $4.3 million in seed funding from Founders’ Co-op, Audacious, Neo (founded by Ali Partovi), Brex executives, Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis, and other investors, is now generally available to all business users.

Seneca Launched With $60 Million To Advance AI-Based Wildfire Defense Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Seneca, a resilience technology and infrastructure company, has launched publicly with a $60 million financing round aimed at transforming how the world combats wildfires. The funding round, led by Caffeinated Capital and Convective Capital with participation from major investors including First Round Capital, Transition VC, Advance Venture Partners, Nextview Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Stepstone Group, DCVC, Offline Ventures, Roar Capital, and Slow Ventures, is believed to be the most significant venture capital investment in fire technology to date.

RecordPoint Buying Redactive To Enhance AI Capabilities In Data Security And Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

RecordPoint, a global leader in data governance and compliance solutions, announced the acquisition of Redactive, an Australian artificial intelligence company specializing in sensitive data discovery and classification. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Databahn.ai: Interview With Co-Founder & President Nithya Nareshkumar About The AI-Based Data Pipeline And Fabric Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Databahn.ai is a technology company that offers an AI-powered data pipeline and fabric platform, designed to help enterprises manage their telemetry and security data more efficiently and cost-effectively. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Databahn.ai Co-Founder and President Nithya Nareshkumar to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Peer AI: $12.1 Million Raised To Advance Drug Approvals With Intelligent Agentic Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Peer AI, a leader in agentic artificial intelligence for life sciences regulatory documentation, announced it has raised $12.1 million in funding to transform how drug developers create, review, and submit regulatory documents. The funding round was led by Flare Capital Partners and SignalFire, with participation from Greycroft, Atria, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, and Mana Ventures.

Tycho.AI: $10 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Mission-Resilient Autonomy For Unmanned Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Tycho.AI, a leading unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology company specializing in resilient navigation and AI systems for autonomous vehicles, has raised $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate product development and scale government deployments. The funding round was led by FirstMark, with participation from existing investor Pillar VC.

Finster AI: $15 Million Closed For Enhancing Financial Intelligence With AI-Driven Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Finster AI, an AI-native platform designed for investment banks and asset managers, has raised $15 million in combined Series A and Seed funding to accelerate its mission of redefining the future of financial intelligence. FinTech Collective led the Series A round, while the Seed round was led by Peak XV, with continued participation from Hoxton Ventures.

Veeam To Buy Securiti AI For $1.725 Billion To Unite Data Resilience With DSPM, Privacy, And AI Trust

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Veeam Software announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Securiti AI for $1.725 billion, a move aimed at unifying data resilience with data security posture management (DSPM), privacy, governance, access, and AI trust across hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments. The combined company plans to give CIOs, CISOs, and CDOs a single command center spanning production and secondary data to identify, govern, secure, recover, and roll back data and AI workloads with precision—while safely accelerating AI initiatives.

Zango: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ritesh Singhania About The Financial AI Agent Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 21, 2025

Zango is a company that is training AI agents to read and interpret complex regulations helping financial services automate manual workflows in compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zango co-founder and CEO Ritesh Singhania to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Union.ai: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ketan Umare About The AI Orchestration Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2025

Union.ai is a software company that helps organizations build, deploy, and orchestrate large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) workflows and data pipelines. Its flagship platform is built around the open-source project Flyte, which is now deployed by many companies in production. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Union.ai co-founder and CEO Ketan Umare to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Quickcode.ai: Interview With CEO Shannon Hynds About The AI-Based Trade Compliance Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2025

Quickcode.ai is a software-platform company that specializes in AI-powered trade compliance and tariff classification tools for importers, manufacturers, logistics firms, and compliance teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Quickcode.ai CEO Shannon Hynds to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Blobfish AI: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Andrew Prosikhin About The Conversational Voice Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2025

Blobfish AI is a company that builds conversational voice-AI technology to help businesses, especially sales and customer service teams, automate and scale human-like phone interactions, lead qualification, and contact center training. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Blobfish AI co-founder and CEO Andrew Prosikhin to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Andel: $4.5 Million Raised For Launching Employer-Focused GLP-1 Medication Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2025

Andel announced a $4.5 million capital raise at the HLTH conference to support the launch of its cooperative platform that enables employers to provide affordable access to GLP-1 weight-loss medications. The funding round includes participation from Lightbank, Seedcamp, Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Houghton Street Ventures, and Springboard.

Woz: $6 Million Raised For Building Enterprise-Grade AI Apps Combining Machine Intelligence With Human Expertise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2025

Woz, a San Francisco–based artificial intelligence company, announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding to expand its AI-driven app development platform designed to build production-ready, enterprise-grade software. The funding round was led by Cervin Ventures, with participation from Burst Capital, Y Combinator, Untapped Ventures, MGV, and the Lacob Family, co-owners of the Golden State Warriors.

Planyear: $12 Million Seed Round Secured To Transform Benefits Consulting With AI-Driven BEACON Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2025

Planyear, a San Francisco–based company building an AI-native platform for benefits consultants, announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding led by True Ventures. The financing will accelerate the expansion of BEACON, Planyear’s flagship automation platform designed to eliminate the administrative bottlenecks that dominate the employee benefits consulting industry.

FleetWorks: $17 Million Closed To Launch AI-Based ‘Always-On’ Dispatcher Transforming U.S. Trucking Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2025

FleetWorks, an AI-driven logistics technology company, has launched its always-on dispatcher platform for the U.S. trucking industry after raising $17 million in funding. First Round Capital led the round with participation from Y Combinator, Saga Ventures, and LFX Venture Partners. The investment will accelerate hiring, commercial expansion, and product development as FleetWorks seeks to modernize one of America’s most essential yet inefficient industries.

Lila: $350 Million Series A Raised To Advance Development Of Scientific Superintelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2025

Lila Sciences, an artificial intelligence company dedicated to building scientific superintelligence to solve humanity’s most complex challenges, has announced the completion of a $350 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $550 million. The financing will accelerate the development of Lila’s AI Science Factories and expand access to its autonomous scientific platform for customers tackling problems across healthcare, energy, and materials science.

ExaCare AI: $30 Million Series A Closed For Improving Post-Acute Admissions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2025

ExaCare AI, a leading innovator in post-acute care automation, announced the closing of a $30 million Series A funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from Foundation Capital, Bienville Capital, and several post-acute operators. The new funding will accelerate the company’s development of intelligent decision-making tools, clinical insights, reimbursement automation, and its go-to-market strategy. The company also announced the addition of five senior advisors to guide its expanding product roadmap.

Strella: $14 Million Series A Closed For AI-Based Customer Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2025

Strella, an AI-based customer research platform, announced the closing of a $14 million Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Decibel Partners, Bain Future Backed Ventures, MVP Ventures, and 645 Ventures. The new funding will enable Strella to expand its platform into mobile customer research, accelerate the growth of its engineering and research teams, and continue building AI-driven methodologies designed to make qualitative research faster, more innovative, and more accessible across organizations.

QumulusAI: $500 Million Non-Recourse Financing Raised To Accelerate AI Infrastructure Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2025

QumulusAI, a provider of GPU-powered cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has announced a $500 million non-recourse financing facility arranged by Permian Labs and distributed through the USD.AI Protocol. The financing structure marks a milestone in the use of blockchain-based credit markets to scale AI infrastructure at a global level.

Juniper Square Expanding Into Private Credit With Tenor Digital Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2025

Juniper Square, a leading fund operations partner serving over 2,000 private markets general partners (GPs), announced its acquisition of Tenor Digital, an AI-enabled platform designed for private credit lenders and loan administrators. The acquisition marks a significant step in Juniper Square’s expansion into the rapidly growing private credit market.

Conceal: $26 Million Series B Raised To Advance Growth Of Browser-Native Zero Trust And Security Service Edge Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2025

Conceal, the cybersecurity company pioneering browser-native Security Service Edge (SSE) and proxy-less Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) technology, announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding to accelerate product innovation, expand go-to-market operations, and grow its team. The funding round was led by Two Bear Capital, with continued participation from Allegis Cyber and Gula Tech Adventures.

Dialogue AI: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised For Transforming Customer Research With Live AI-Led Conversations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2025

Dialogue AI, an AI-native customer research platform powered by a live conversational AI interviewer, has announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round to accelerate product development and scale its autonomous research platform.

Google Investing $15 Billion In India’s First AI Hub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2025

Google has announced plans to establish India’s first artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, marking one of the company’s most significant global infrastructure investments to date. The initiative represents a $15 billion commitment over five years (2026–2030) and aligns with India’s Viksit Bharat 2047 vision to accelerate the nation’s AI-driven digital transformation.

Vantaca: $300 Million Raised At $1.25 Billion Valuation For Community Association Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2025

Vantaca, an AI-first platform transforming community association management, has secured more than $300 million in a minority growth investment led by Cove Hill Partners, valuing the company at $1.25 billion. Existing investor JMI Equity also participated, reaffirming confidence in Vantaca’s leadership and long-term strategy.