Artificial Intelligence

StackHawk: $12 Million Secured For API Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 23, 2025

StackHawk, a shift-left API security platform company, announced it has taken on $12 million in additional funding from Sapphire and Costanoa Ventures to help security teams keep up with the pace of AI-driven development. Sapphire and Costanoa Ventures also co-led StackHawk's Series B funding in 2022, bringing the company's total funding to $47.3 million.

Archetype AI: Interview With Co-Founder, CEO, And CTO Dr. Ivan Poupyrev About The Physical AI Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 23, 2025

Archetype AI is a physical AI company pioneering a new form of technology that is capable of perceiving, understanding, and reasoning about the world. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Archetype AI co-founder, CEO, and CTO Dr. Ivan Poupyrev to learn more about the company.

Siro: $50 Million Series B Raised For Bringing AI To In-Person Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2025

Siro, an AI-powered conversation intelligence platform for in-person sales, announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by SignalFire, with participation from 01 Advisors, StepStone Group, and existing investors CRV, Fika Ventures, and Index Ventures.

Legora: $80 Million Series B Raised For Collaborative AI For Lawyers

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2025

Legora announced an $80 million funding round led by ICONIQ and General Catalyst, with continued support from existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, and Y Combinator. This latest funding round is a significant endorsement of Legora’s product quality, velocity, and the traction it has achieved globally.

Mura: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised For Transforming Commercial Field Service Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2025

Mura, an AI platform transforming commercial field service operations through dark software, announced it has emerged from stealth with $6 million in total funding. Level One Fund and Lerer Hippeau co-led the seed funding round with participation from notable angels and strategic investors. This comes after a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round led by Lerer Hippeau, completed several months prior.

Anumana: Interview With CEO Maulik Nanavaty About The AI-Driven Health Technology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2025

Anumana is a company that is harnessing industry-leading AI and translational science to decode electrical signals from the heart as never before, empowering healthcare providers to transform patient care throughout the cardiac clinical pathway. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Anumana CEO Maulik Nanavaty to learn more about the company.

Coworker.ai: $13 Million Raised For AI Agent Research Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2025

Coworker.ai has announced the launch of the world's first AI agent that can independently research, plan, and execute complex work just like an experienced colleague. The launch is backed by a $13 million seed round led by Jeff Huber, former SVP of Google Ads, Maps, and Workspace, now at Triatomic Capital. Other investors include Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Tim Young (Eniac Ventures), and Clark Golestani, Ken Hausman, and Jack Greenfield (K2 Access Fund). They join pre-seed investors Soma Capital, Focal VC, Mischief, and Karman Ventures, taking the total amount raised to date to $16.5 million.

Barndoor AI: $13.6 Million Seed Raised For Building Control Plane For The Agentic Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2025

Barndoor AI has launched as the first control plane to allow enterprises to take control of their AI workforce and announced its seed funding of $13.6 million, led by Crosslink Capital, with participation by Preface Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Gaingels, Rob Hayes, Natalie Diggins, Scott & Cyan Banister, and others.

AskElephant: $6 Million Seed Raised For AI Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2025

AskElephant—the AI orchestration platform purpose-built for customer-facing teams—announced that it has raised $6 million in seed funding. Jump Capital led the round, which included participation from High Alpha, Tandem, SaaS Ventures, and a group of existing investors.

Stackpack: $6.3 Million Raised For Vendor Stack Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2025

Stackpack, which is the first intelligent Vendor Stack Management platform helping companies regain control over their growing network of third-party vendors, announced it has raised $6.3 million. Freestyle Capital led the funding, with additional participation from Elefund, Upside Partnership, Nomad Ventures, Layout Ventures, MSIV Fund and strategic angels from Intuit, Workday, Affirm, Snapdocs and xAI.

Flam: $14 Million Secured For Scaling AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2025

Brands have been searching for new ways to turn one-way messages into engaging two-way interactions. Flam is building the infrastructure to make that possible. The company has raised $14 million in Series A funding to scale its AI infrastructure, making it easy for marketers to turn any touchpoint into an interactive, app-less digital and 3D experience. The funding round was led by RTP Global, with participation from Dovetail and other existing investors, bringing Flam’s total funding to $22 million.

New Gen: $4.5 Million Seed Secured For AI-Based Commerce Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2025

With AI platforms like ChatGPT transforming how people and AI agents search and shop, brands are pressured to deliver seamless, intelligent experiences. Between July 2024 and February 2025, traffic to U.S. retail websites from generative AI sources grew by 1,200%. To power the future of AI-based shopping and digital retail, New Generation (New Gen), a technology company redefining commerce for the AI internet, launched publicly with $4.5 million in seed funding.