Artificial Intelligence

Why MongoDB Is Buying Voyage AI In A $220 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

MongoDB announced it has acquired Voyage AI, a pioneer in embedding and reranking models that power next-generation AI applications. Integrating Voyage AI's technology with MongoDB enables organizations to easily build AI-based applications by offering highly accurate and relevant information retrieval deeply integrated with operational data.

Bridgetown Research: $19 Million (Series A) Raised For Deploying AI Business Research Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

Bridgetown Research is an AI decision science startup that announced $19 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed and Accel, with participation from a leading research university.

Millie: $12 Million (Series A) Closed For Tech-Enabled Maternity Clinic Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

Tech-enabled maternity clinic company Millie announced that it raised $12 million in Series A funding co-led by TMV and Foreground Capital, with significant participation from Pivotal Ventures and the March of Dimes Innovation Fund. The current investors, including Ingeborg Investments, participated in the round alongside BBG Ventures, Joyance, LearnStart, Amboy Street Ventures, Mother Ventures, Coyote Ventures, and Chai Ventures.

VRIFY: $12.5 Million (Series B) Secured For Advancing AI-Assisted Mineral Discovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 28, 2025

VRIFY Technology, a technology company combining advanced AI with deep industry expertise to transform how minerals are found, announced it has raised C$12.5 million in Series B funding. Led by venture capital firm LGVP, with continued support from Series A funders RCF Innovation and Beedie Capital. This round brings VRIFY's total funding to over C$30 million.

Regie.ai: $30 Million (Series B) Raised For AI-Based Sales Strategies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 28, 2025

Regie.ai, a platform transforming sales prospecting in the age of AI, announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, co-led by Scale Venture Partners and Foundation Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures, StepStone Group, TriplePoint Capital, and South Park Commons.

Reddy: $2 Million Raised For AI-Based Customer Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Reddy, an AI-based company that provides enterprise Customer Experience (CX) teams with a single platform to train, deploy, and manage their human and AI agents, announced it has raised $2 million in funding. DA Ventures, a firm known for backing high-potential early-stage startups, led the round, which was joined by other venture capital firms with deep CX domain expertise and strategic angel investors.

EyePop: Interview With Co-Founder & CPO Andy Ballester About The AI-Based Vision Model Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

EyePop is a company that transforms how businesses create AI-powered vision models. Pulse 2.0 interviewed EyePop co-founder and Chief Product Officer Andy Ballester to learn more about the company.

VerAI: $24 Million (Series B) Raised For Growing Portfolio Of AI-Based Mineral Discoveries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

VerAI Discoveries, an AI-driven mineral asset company, announced a $24 million first closing of its Series B round. The funding was led by Insight Partners, a global software investor specializing in high-growth technology and software investments, with continued support from existing investors Blumberg Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital, and Orion Industrial Ventures.

QuEra Computing: Over $230 Million Raised For Neural-Atom Quantum Computing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

QuEra Computing, a leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, announced it completed a financing of over $230 million. The funding will be used to accelerate the development and production of large-scale and fault-tolerant quantum computers, reinforcing the company’s position at the forefront of quantum innovation.

Menlo Security Buying Votiro For AI-Based Data Security To Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Menlo Security, an industry leader of Secure Enterprise Browsers, announced the acquisition of Votiro, a data and file security platform that specializes in advanced Content Disarm & Reconstruction (CDR) and data loss prevention. And Menlo Security and Votiro will enable enterprises to quickly and easily implement data security best practices without slowing employee and business productivity.

Incept AI: $3 Million (Pre-Seed) Secured For Bringing Voice AI To The Real World

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Incept AI, a company bringing voice AI to the real world—starting with noisy restaurant drive-thru and phone orders—today announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by Rally Ventures, with participation from 10VC.

HouseWhisper: $6.7 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Real Estate Agent Assistant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

HouseWhisper, an AI-based assistant transforming how real estate professionals manage their workflow, announced its official launch and raised a $6.7 million seed round led by Mayfield, with participation from PSL Ventures and 75 and Sunny Ventures.