Artificial Intelligence

Translucent AI: $7 Million Raised For Healthcare Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

Translucent AI, a financial platform powered by AI and designed for healthcare operators, has announced a $7 million seed round funded by NEA, Virtue, FPV, and Redesign Health. Due to increasing financial difficulties within the healthcare sector, more provider organizations have been operating at a loss.

VOW: Seed Funding Raised To Transform Live Events

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2025

VOW is an AI-driven operating system designed for the live experience economy, recently closing its initial Seed round led by KB Partners and other notable investors. Founded by Jennifer Brisman, VOW unifies event planning tools, communications, seating, and guest coordination into a single intelligent platform, used by brands like NBC's Saturday Night Live, PFL-MMA, and GLAAD Media.

Chai Discovery: $70 Million Series A Raised For Reprogramming Interactions Between Biochemical Molecules

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

Chai Discovery, an AI company specializing in predicting and reprogramming biochemical interactions to accelerate the development of therapeutics, has raised $70 million in a Series A financing round. The funding, led by Menlo Ventures with participation from their Anthology Fund, included new investors such as Yosemite and DCVC, as well as existing backers like Thrive Capital, OpenAI, and Dimension.

FloVision Solutions: $8.7 Million Series A Raised For Bringing AI To Food Production Facilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

FloVision Solutions, an AI startup specializing in yield and quality analytics for protein production, has secured $8.7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Serra Ventures, SOSV, and Rockstart.

Keye: $5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Enhancing Private Equity Due Diligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

Keye has launched from stealth mode with $5 million in seed financing from Sorenson Capital, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, ERA, Tiferes Ventures, Dunamu & Partners, and Palm Drive Capital. Notable angel investors include Kaz Nejatian (COO at Shopify), Philip Rathle (CTO at Neo4j), and Clark Valberg (former CEO of InVision).

 SiMa.ai: $85 Million Raised For Scaling Physical AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

SiMa.ai, a leader in specialized hardware and software solutions for Physical AI, has announced an $85 million funding round, raising its total capital to $355 million. This round was led by Maverick Capital, with participation from existing and new investors, including StepStone Group.

Comp AI: $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Raised For Transforming The SOC 2 Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

Comp AI, a new player in compliance automation, has secured $2.6 million in pre-seed funding to transform how companies achieve compliance with frameworks like SOC 2 and HIPAA. The funding round was co-led by OSS Capital and Grand Ventures, both of which have experience supporting innovative technology companies. Notable angel investors, including David Cramer, founder of Sentry, and Ben Tossell of Ben's Bites, also participated.

Caseflood.ai: $3.2 Million Raised For Advancing AI Intake Teams For Law Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

Caseflood.ai is a human-assisted AI intake team for law firms, featuring voice agents capable of holding conversations over 30 minutes. Recently emerging from stealth mode, the company raised $3.2 million from investors including Acquisition.com, Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, and members of the German royal family, the Sayn-Wittgensteins.

Hightouch: Investment From Snowflake Ventures And Capital One Ventures Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2025

Hightouch, a leading data and AI agent platform for marketers, has announced new investments from Snowflake Ventures and Capital One Ventures, extending its oversubscribed Series C round.

Noma Security: $100 Million Raised For AI Agent Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2025

Noma Security, a leader in AI and agent security, has raised $100 million in Series B funding, becoming the fastest-growing company in the AI security sector. The round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, with contributions from Ballistic Ventures and Glilot Capital.

Runloop: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Bring Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure To AI Coding Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2025

Runloop, an enterprise-grade infrastructure platform for developing and deploying AI coding agents, has raised $7 million in a seed round led by The General Partnership, with participation from Blank Ventures. The funds will be used to accelerate hiring and enhance the product roadmap to meet the growing demand for its platform.

Matrice.ai: Funding Raised To Build Modular Vision AI Factories For Real-World Environments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2025

Matrice.ai, which develops modular Vision AI Factories for real-world applications, has announced an expansion of its seed funding round led by Voltage Park, with additional support from Ax3.ai, Plug and Play Ventures, and a group of notable angel investors.

AskTuring.ai: Oversubscribed Funding Raised For Launching Secure Personal AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2025

AskTuring.ai has completed an oversubscribed funding round and is set to launch its secure platform this fall. This innovative platform addresses the growing demand for privacy-first artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that prioritize user needs over those of tech giants.

Moonshine AI Raises Funding To Advance On-Device Voice AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2025

Moonshine AI, a startup developing voice AI solutions that run directly on devices, has secured investments from venture capital firm Wing VC and IQT, a strategic investor for the U.S. national security community.

August: $7 Million Raised For Bringing Configurable AI To Law Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2025

August, an AI platform designed for midsize law firms, has raised $7 million in a funding round led by NEA and Pear VC. The company also unveiled new configurable AI workflows that can be customized to a firm’s specific tasks and regional requirements.

SAP To Buy SmartRecruiters, Enhancing Talent Acquisition With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2025

SAP and SmartRecruiters announced that SAP has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a leading provider of talent acquisition (TA) software. This acquisition will integrate SmartRecruiters' expertise in high-volume recruiting and AI-enabled candidate engagement into the SAP SuccessFactors human capital management (HCM) suite.

Blue J: $122 Million Series D Raised For GenAI Tax Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2025

Blue J, a leading generative AI tax research platform, announced it has secured a $122 million Series D funding round. The investment was led by Oak HC/FT and Sapphire Ventures, with participation from Intrepid Growth Partners and previous investors Ten Coves Capital and CPA.com.

Sprout Social Buying NewsWhip For Up To $65 Million For Boosting Predictive Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2025

Sprout Social, a provider of cloud-based social media management software, has acquired NewsWhip, a company specializing in AI-powered, predictive media intelligence. The deal, valued at $55 million in cash with up to $10 million in potential earnouts, is set to expand Sprout Social's capabilities in helping brands and publishers anticipate emerging trends and breaking news.

Lumana: $40 Million Series A Raised For Transforming Video Security With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2025

Lumana, a leader in AI-driven video security solutions, has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Wing Venture Capital, bringing its total funding to $64 million. This capital will enhance its video intelligence platform and accelerate market initiatives.

OpenAI Reportedly Raises $8.3 Billion At A $300 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2025

OpenAI has reportedly raised $8.3 billion in new capital as part of a plan to raise $40 billion fundraise, according to sources with The New York Times. With the $8.3 billion in funding raised, the company has secured over $66 billion in total funding.

Saphyre: $70 Million Growth Equity Raised For Finance Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2025

Saphyre, an AI-based platform for automating finance operations and trading workflows, announced it closed a $70 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a growth equity firm with a strong track record in high-growth capital markets technology companies. This funding will help Saphyre accelerate go-to-market efforts, support product innovation, expand globally, and deepen integration across the financial services ecosystem.

Daloopa: $13 Million Raised For AI-Based Fundamental Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2025

Daloopa, an AI-powered financial data platform favored by leading investment teams, has raised $13 million to cater to the growing need for high-quality data for large language models (LLMs) and AI agents. The funding round included both existing and new investors, such as Pavilion Capital.

Moonshine AI: Funding Closed For Advancing On-Device Voice AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2025

Moonshine AI, a startup developing local voice AI solutions, secured investments from Wing VC and IQT. The funding will enable the company to advance its on-device voice AI technology, focusing on privacy, low latency, and convenience.

Anaconda: Over $150 Million Series C Raised For Advancing AI With Open Source At Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2025

Anaconda, a company dedicated to advancing open-source AI, announced that it has raised over $150 million in a Series C round led by Insight Partners, with Mubadala Capital participating. The company is profitable with over $150 million in annual recurring revenue as of July 2025.

Julius AI: $10 Million Raised To Democratize Data Analysis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2025

Julius, an innovative AI-powered data analysis tool, today announced it has successfully raised $10 million in funding. This investment, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and featuring participation from Y Combinator, Horizon VC, AI Grant, 8VC, and key founders from companies such as Notion and Dropbox, marks a pivotal step in Julius's mission to make sophisticated data analysis universally accessible.

Overwatch Imaging: $6 Million Raised For Airborne Imaging Systems Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2025

Overwatch Imaging, a leader in airborne imaging systems and intelligence automation software, announced it has raised $6 million in new venture capital financing. The round was led by Squadra Ventures, with participation from SEMCAP AI, the Elevate Oregon Venture Direct Fund, and Edo Capital.

TakeUp: Series A Raised For AI-Based Revenue Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2025

TakeUp, an AI-based revenue optimization platform for independent accommodations, recently secured $11 million in Series A funding led by 1848 Ventures. This funding will enhance how small hospitality brands drive demand and maximize revenue using adaptive causal inference AI.

Farmers Business Network: $50 Million Secured For AI-Based Agricultural Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2025

Farmers Business Network (FBN), a leading agricultural marketplace, has secured $50 million in new funding to expand its platform and enhance its product offerings, particularly in the area of AI. This investment comes from notable backers like GV (Google Ventures), Temasek, and T. Rowe Price.

FuriosaAI: $125 Million Series C Raised For Scaling Next-Gen AI Inference Chip

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2025

FuriosaAI, a semiconductor company working to establish a new foundation for AI computing, has completed a $125 million Series C bridge funding round with support from investors including the Korea Development Bank and Kakao Investment.

Alcatraz: Interview With VP of Solutions Engineering Blaine Frederick About the Facial Authentication Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2025

Alcatraz is a company transforming the way people enter buildings and access secure areas by providing facial authentication solutions that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to make access control systems more secure and frictionless. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Alcatraz’s VP of Solutions Engineering, Blaine Frederick, to gain a deeper understanding of the company.