Artificial Intelligence

Decagon: $131 Million Raised At $1.5 Billion Valuation For Conversational AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Decagon, a leader in conversational AI agents for customer experience, announced $131 million in series C funding, pushing its total funding to $231 million just one year after emerging from stealth. The funding round valued the company at $1.5 billion and drew five times more investor demand than capacity, underscoring Decagon’s momentum and market leadership. This funding round was co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz (Growth Fund), with participation from existing investors A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and BOND, and new investors Avra, Forerunner, and Ribbit Capital.

Tastewise: $50 Million Raised For Scaling GenAI Tools For The Food Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Tastewise is a GenAI platform powering execution for the food and beverage industry that announced a $50 million Series B to scale its generative AI-based marketing and sales tools for global brands. The funding round was led by TELUS Global Ventures, with participation from Duo Partners, Peakbridge, Disruptive AI, and PICO, bringing Tastewise's total funding to date to $72 million.

Operant AI: Interview With CEO Vrajesh Bhavsar About The Runtime Application Defense Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Operant AI is known as the world's only Runtime AI Defense Platform. The company's 3D Runtime Defense Suite discovers, detects, and defends over 80% of the OWASP Top 10 most critical attacks across APIs, K8s, and LLMs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Operant AI CEO Vrajesh Bhavsar to learn more about the company.

Multiverse Computing: $215 Million Secured For Scaling Quantum AI Model Compression

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Multiverse Computing, a quantum-inspired AI model compression company, has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology capable of reducing the size of LLMs (Large Language Models) by up to 95% while maintaining model performance. Having spent last year developing the technology and rolling it out to initial customers, the company also recently announced a €189 million ($215 million) investment round. The Series B funding round will be led by Bullhound Capital with the support of HP Tech Ventures, SETT, Forgepoint Capital International, CDP Venture Capital, Santander Climate VC, Quantonation, Toshiba and Capital Riesgo de Euskadi - Grupo SPRI.

Volantis: $9 Million Secured For Photonic Compute Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Volantis, a semiconductor startup building photonically integrated computers for the AI era, has announced its emergence from stealth and a $9 million seed round of funding. The funding round includes backing from Alex Wang (Scale AI) and Trevor Blackwell (Y Combinator). Sam Altman backed Volantis in April 2022, betting on the need for foundational breakthroughs in computing long before today’s AI infrastructure limitations became apparent.

Nominal: $75 Million Raised For Real-Time Test Stack For Physical Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Tesla Launches Robotaxi In Austin At A $4.20 Flat Fee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Tesla has officially announced the Robotaxi, which has debuted in Austin, Texas over the weekend. Initially, customers would pay a flat fee of $4.20. Tesla said that Cybercab, its fully autonomous vehicle, will begin offering rides in your area in the future.

Outset: $17 Million Series A Raised For Helping Enterprises Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Outset, an AI-moderated research platform that provides the scale and speed of a survey with the depth of a one-to-one interview, announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A round to bring AI-based research to Fortune 500 enterprises. The funding round was led by 8VC, with participation from new investor Future Back Ventures, a venture arm of Bain & Company, and existing investors Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Rebel Fund, Genius Ventures, Ritual Capital, and Alt Capital.

Swimlane: $45 Million Raised For Developing AI Hyperautomation For Security Organizations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Swimlane, an AI hyperautomation company, announced a $45 million growth funding round led by Energy Impact Partners and Activate Capital, along with Trinity Capital. The company is also expected to achieve profitability in Q3-2025, driven by sustained revenue growth, improved operating efficiency, and disciplined cost management.

Bolo AI: $8.1 Million Seed Raised For Developing AI Tools For Heavy Industries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Bolo AI is an enterprise AI company building intelligent tools for the people powering heavy industry, which announced an $8.1 million Seed round led by True Ventures, with participation from Bench Strength, Accomplice, J Ventures, and Beat Ventures.

Nabla: $70 Million Series C Raised For Delivering Agentic AI To The Center Of Clinical Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2025

Nabla, which is one of the most widely adopted AI assistants in clinical care, announced it has raised $70 million in Series C funding. Led by HV Capital, with Highland Europe joining as key investor, DST Global, and existing investors Cathay Innovation and Tony Fadell's Build Collective, this funding round brings Nabla's total raise to $120 million.

Maven AGI: $50 Million Secured For Enterprise-Grade AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2025

Maven AGI, an enterprise AI company unifying the full customer journey, announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from Cisco Investments, SE Ventures (the venture capital firm backed by Schneider Electric), and existing investors Lux Capital, M13, and E14. Several new investors are also becoming Maven customers and strategic partners, highlighting the company's role as foundational infrastructure in the emerging AI-powered enterprise. This funding round brings the company's total funding to $78 million.

ai.work: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Worker Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

ai.work announced it exited stealth and raised $10 million in seed funding led by A* and lool ventures with participation from Firstminute Capital, FirsthandVC, Timeless Partners, SV Angel, Eckstein Capital, Liquid2, Crossover VC, and other strategic angel investors.

QueryPal: Interview With Founder & CEO Dev Nag About The AI-Based Customer Support Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

QueryPal is a company that is transforming customer support with AI-powered ticket automation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed QueryPal founder and CEO Dev Nag to learn more about the company.

Definely: $30 Million Series B Raised For Legal Tech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

AI-based legal tech company Definely announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to accelerate its global expansion and AI product roadmap. The funding round includes investors from Europe and North America, and it is led by growth investor Revaia, alongside Alumni Ventures, Beacon Capital, and legal tech company Clio. And early investors, including Octopus Ventures, Zrosk Investment Management, The Raine Group, and Cornerstone VC, have also participated in the round. This additional funding brings the total raised by Definely since its founding to $40 million.

Swimlane: $45 Million Secured For AI Hyperautomation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Swimlane, an AI hyperautomation for the whole security organization, announced a $45 million growth funding round led by Energy Impact Partners and Activate Capital, along with Trinity Capital.

Twine: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Benny Porat About The AI Digital Cybersecurity Employees Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Twine is a company that builds AI Digital Employees who execute tasks from A to Z to help cyber teams close the talent gap. The company’s first digital employee, Alex, learns, understands, and takes away the burden of identity and access management tasks, proactively completing your organization’s cyber objectives. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Twine co-founder and CEO Benny Porat to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Kargo: $18 Million Raised To Transform Inventory Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Kargo, a leader in industrial AI technology, announced an $18.4 million investment led by Matter Venture Partners, with participation from previous investors Sozo Ventures and Founders Fund, and existing customers and new strategic investors Lineage and Armada Supply Chain Solutions.

Autonomize AI: $28 Million Series A Raised For Healthcare And Life Sciences Agentic Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Autonomize AI, a pioneer in AI-driven healthcare solutions, announced that it raised $28 million in Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to $32 million to date. Valtruis, The Cigna Group Ventures, Tau Ventures, and other strategic investors led the round. Plus, Asset Management Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, and Capital Factory are some of the company’s existing investors who also participated.

Filament Syfter: $4.8 Million Series A Raised For Data Engine For Private Market Dealmakers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Filament Syfter, a leading AI-enabled data engine purpose-built for private market dealmakers, announced it has raised $4.8 million in a Series A funding round led by FINTOP Capital.

Ohio State University: AI Fluency Initiative Revealed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

The Ohio State University has announced an ambitious new initiative to ensure that every student graduates with the AI proficiencies necessary to compete and lead now. Launching this fall for first-year students, Ohio State’s AI Fluency initiative will embed AI education into the core of every undergraduate curriculum, equipping students with the ability to not only use AI tools but also understand, question, and innovate with them, regardless of their major.

Flank: $10 Million Raised For Scaling Autonomous Legal Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Flank, a Berlin-based company that is building an autonomous AI legal agent for enterprise teams, announced a $10 million funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with continued participation from Gradient Ventures, the Seed fund designed for founders in AI, as well as 10x Founders and HV Capital.

Thread AI: $20 Million Series A Secured For Enterprise AI Workflow Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Thread AI, a leader in composable AI infrastructure, announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft, with participation from Index Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Plug-and-Play, Meritech Capital, and Homebrew.

Mindgard: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Dr. Peter Garraghan About The AI Security Testing Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Mindgard is a leader in Artificial Intelligence Security Testing. Launched at Lancaster University and backed by cutting-edge research, Mindgard enables organizations to secure their AI systems from new threats that traditional application security tools cannot address. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Mindgard co-founder and CEO Dr. Peter Garraghan to learn more about the company.

Farsight: $16 Million Secured For Automating Financial Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Farsight, a pioneering technology company transforming workflows and insights at financial institutions, has announced a Series A fundraise, raising $16 million in capital. This funding round was led by SignalFire, with participation from RRE Ventures, Link Ventures and K5 Ventures as well as contributions from many strategic angel investors at firms including Blackstone, Oaktree, Searchlight, Bank of America and more.

Trustible: $4.6 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Trustible, a leading AI governance platform that enables safe and compliant AI adoption, today announced a $4.6 million Seed Series financing round. The round was led by Lookout Ventures, with participation from the Office of Eric Schmidt, Tau Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, Alumni Ventures, FoundersX, former Deloitte CIO Larry Quinlan, former Relativity CEO Mike Gamson, and former Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, alongside existing investors Harlem Capital, Vamos Ventures, and JHH VC.

Manex AI: €8 Million Seed Round Closed For Enabling Autonomous Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Manex AI (formerly Datagon AI), an AI-based software platform for industrial quality management and process steering, announced a €8M seed round to build the control layer for autonomous manufacturing. The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and BlueYard Capital, with participation from Capmont Technology and the CDTM Venture Fund.

Brookfield Advancing AI Infrastructure In Sweden With SEK 95 Billion Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Brookfield Asset Management announced up to SEK 95 billion ($10 billion) of investment to support the development of artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure in Sweden. This investment represents one of Brookfield’s most significant AI investments in Europe, extending the partnership with the Swedish government, its public authorities, academia, and businesses in the region.

Simetrik: $30 Million Raised For Scaling AI Reconciliation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2025

Simetrik, a leading AI reconciliation platform that enables enterprises to automate complex reconciliation processes, standardize financial data, and ensure compliance across millions of transactions, announced an additional $30 million investment led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Other Series B participants include Cometa, FinTech Collective, Moore Capital Management, Monashees, and Upload Ventures.

Apromore: Interview With CEO Prof. Marcello La Rosa About Driving Operational Excellence With Process Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 10, 2025

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and New York, Apromore originated from over a decade of research and innovation at the University of Melbourne and the University of Tartu. The company evolved into a global leader in process intelligence, offering solutions that integrate with systems such as Salesforce and SAP to provide a comprehensive view of end-to-end processes. Apromore is a 3X Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Process Mining, and among the top three leading vendors, and also named a Leader in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix Assessment for Process Mining 2024. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Apromore CEO Prof. Marcello La Rosa to gain a deeper understanding of the company.