Artificial Intelligence

Alta: $7 Million (Seed) Closed For AI Revenue Workforce Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2025

Alta, an AI-based revenue workforce solutions provider, announced today that it has raised a $7 million seed financing round and has launched out of stealth. The funding round was led by Entrée Capital and Target Global, with additional funding from angel investor Ben Lang and others. Gavin Patterson, former President and Chief Revenue Officer at Salesforce, Nir Goldstein, Operating Partner at Greenfield Partners, and Yoram Teitz, Partner at General Atlantic, serve as strategic advisors.

Alchemer: Interview With CEO Martin Mrugal About The Feedback Program Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Alchemer is a company that empowers you to do more with feedback. Ranging from a one-time survey to a powerful feedback program, Alchemer provides customer-obsessed teams with the clarity to move from asking to action, driving your business forward. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Alchemer CEO Martin Mrugal to learn more about the company.

Celestial AI: $250 Million (Series C1) Raised For Transforming AI Infrastructure With Photonic Fabric

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Celestial AI, creator of the Photonic Fabric optical interconnect technology platform, announced today that it has raised $250 million in its Series C1 funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, bringing the total capital raised to date to more than $515 million. Along with Fidelity Management & Research Company, new investors include funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Maverick Silicon, Tiger Global Management and Lip-Bu Tan, and participation from existing investors including AMD Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), Temasek, Temasek’s wholly-owned subsidiary Xora Innovation, Porsche Automobil Holding SE and The Engine Ventures.

AIceberg: $10 Million (Seed) Closed For AI Trust Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

AIceberg, a leading innovator of AI Trust; safety, security, and compliance technology, announced $10 million in Seed funding and the launch of their AI trust platform that provides enterprise-grade security with real-time, automated validation of all AI application traffic, from speech and text to images and source code. The funding - which was led by SYN Ventures and Sprout & Oak - further establishes the company's leadership position in pioneering AI transparency and compliance for enterprise and public entities.

Zocks: $13.8 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Client Intelligence For Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Zocks, a privacy-first AI platform for financial advisors that analyzes conversations with clients to capture key information and integrates with key business and records systems to accelerate workflows, announced it has raised a $13.8 million Series A round led by Motive Ventures with participation from existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. And additional investors in the round include Expanse Venture Partners, Entrée Capital, and 14Peaks. The funding will accelerate Zocks' mission to empower advisory firms with data-driven insights while maintaining the personal touch essential to client relationships.

Turing: $111 Million (Series E) Raised At $2.2 Billion Valuation For AGI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Turing, which is one of the world’s fastest-growing AGI infrastructure companies, announced that it has secured $111 million in committed capital for its Series E financing at a valuation of $2.2 billion. And Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, led the round with participation from WestBridge Capital, Sozo Ventures, UpHonest Capital, AltaIR Capital, Amino Capital, Plug and Play, MVP Ventures, Fortius Ventures, Gaingels, and Mastodon Capital Management.

HeyMilo: $2.2 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Candidate Screening Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

HeyMilo, an AI-based candidate screening platform, announced $2.2 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Canaan Partners and underscores the growing demand for innovative technologies that streamline recruitment and unlock efficiencies in talent acquisition. Additional participation was from Alumni Ventures and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator.

GovEagle: $2.5 Million Raised For AI-Based Proposal Platform For Government Contractors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

GovEagle, an AI-based proposal platform for government contractors, today announced that it has raised $2.5 million in funding from Strategic Cyber Ventures, Y Combinator, and a group of angel investors. This funding round will support the expansion of GovEagle's engineering team, further enhancing the platform's ability to streamline and automate the complex government bidding and proposal drafting process.

Microblink: Interview With President & COO Hartley Thompson About The Computer Vision Software Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Microblink is a global leader in AI-based computer vision software. And with a bold vision to bring the benefits of AI to every person on earth, we partner with organizations that believe speed, ease of use, and customer experience are the primary drivers of value. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Microblink president and COO Hartley Thompson III to learn more about the company.

Blaze: Interview With CEO Adam Nathan About The Top AI Marketing Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Blaze is an AI tool that helps teams of one create better content in half the time, all in their brand voice. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Blaze CEO Adam Nathan to learn more about the company.

Bambi Health: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Nirav Chheda About The NEMT Dispatch And Scheduling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Bambi Health is an AI-based NEMT dispatch, routing, and scheduling software that gives non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) owners, dispatchers, and drivers superpowers to dynamically assign, optimize, and manage their daily trips and workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Bambi co-founder and CEO Nirav Chheda to learn more about the company.

Workhelix: $15 Million (Series A) Raised For Maximizing Value Of AI Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Patlytics: $14 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Patent Workflow Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Patlytics, an AI-based patent workflow platform, recently announced the closing of a $14 million Series A round led by global venture firm Next47. And existing investors, including Google's AI-focused venture fund Gradient, 8VC, Alumni Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Myriad Venture Partners also participated in the round.

Breakout: $3.25 Million (Seed) Raised For Developing AI Sales Reps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Breakout, a company developing AI sales reps, announced its launch from stealth and $3.25 million seed funding led by Village Global, with participation from Recall Capital, Z21 Ventures, and leading angels. And the company’s AI rep engages with customers at their highest point of intent and conducts an instant demo and discovery call.

Outmarket AI: $4.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming Insurance With AI-Based Insights

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Outmarket AI, an intelligence platform purpose-built for transforming commercial insurance, has launched with $4.7 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by Fika Ventures, with participation from TTV and Dash Fund. This funding will accelerate Outmarket’s platform innovation, team expansion and strategic partnerships with leading brokers and carriers.

Helfie: Interview With Founder & Director George Tomeski About The AI-Based Health Screening Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Helfie AI redefines human health by pairing everyone with their own health AI—checking key conditions, delivering intelligent insights, and enabling persistent monitoring, all via mobile for cents. It’s the world’s first preventative health and early detection system, accessible to all 8 billion+ humans. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Helfie AI founder and director George Tomeski to learn more about the company.

Shield AI: $240 Million (F-1) Raised At $5.3 Billion Valuation For Defense Autonomy Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

Shield AI - a deep-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software products and defense aircraft - announced it has completed a $240 million F-1 strategic funding round, raising its valuation to $5.3 billion. The funding was completed with major participation from strategic investors L3Harris and Hanwha Aerospace and participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. Innovative Technology, and Washington Harbour. The funds will enable Shield AI to expand the deployment of Hivemind Enterprise to OEMs, governments, and companies to empower the more significant robotics and drone industrial base to build autonomy products.

SimCare AI: $2 Million (Seed) Raised For Scaling Clinical Training

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

SimCare AI has announced $2 million in seed funding to rethink clinical training from first principles: using AI patients to bypass regulatory constraints and certify clinical skills with far fewer patient interactions. The funding round was led by Y Combinator and Drive Capital, with participation from Harper Court Ventures Fund, Singularity Capital, Triple S Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Asymmetry Ventures, Sand Hill North, and Transpose Platform.

Needle: $2.2 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Agent Development Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2025

Needle, an AI-based search and agent development platform, announced it has raised $2.2 million seed funding in a round led by 468 Capital and Presight Capital . This funding will expand Needle’s engineering team, strengthen its core technology, and accelerate its go-to-market initiatives.

Knostic: $11 Million Raised For Eliminating Enterprise AI Data Leaks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

Knostic, the world's first provider of need-to-know access controls for Generative AI, announced an $11 million investment to secure enterprise large language models (LLMs). This funding round will support Knostic's offering, supporting enterprises in their AI transformation and adding a customizable safety layer to tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot and Glean. This additional round brings the company's total funding to $14 million.

WilsonAI: $1.7 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For AI-Based Paralegal Assistant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

WilsonAI, an AI-powered legal assistant transforming in-house legal operations, announced it has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed round led by Nomad Ventures. Additional participants include Autopilot Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Transpose Platform, key strategic angels, including Mei Z, and several exited founders and law firm partners.

Whisper: $1 Million Secured For Advancing AI-Based Sales Cloning Technology For Content Creators

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

Whisper, an AI-based sales and behavioral cloning technology for content creators, announced it has raised $1 million in a recent funding round led by investors, including AngelList Early Stage Quant Fund and a consortium of high-net-worth content creators.

Humach: Interview With CEO Tim Houlne About The Intelligent Workforce Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

Humach is a company that combines the strengths of both humans and machines to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Humach CEO Tim Houlne to learn more about the company.

Uniti AI: $4 Million (Seed) Secured For Building AI Sales Agents For Real Estate Operators

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

Uniti AI, a leading AI agent platform for commercial real estate operators, announced a $4 million seed round led by Prudence. Participants also included Alate Partners, Flex Capital, Observer Capital, and RE Angels.

MaxIQ: $7.8 Million Secured For Customer Journey Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

MaxIQ, an AI-based Customer Journey Management platform designed to maximize customer lifetime value, announced it has raised $7.8 million in funding. The company’s Seed round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from Intel Capital.

Auxia: $23.5 Million Raised For Transforming Enterprise Personalization With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Auxia, an Agentic Customer Journey Orchestration Platform, announced $23.5 million in Series A and seed funding to help companies transform how they engage with customers and drive additional revenue. The latest funding round was led by VMG Technology Partners, with participation from MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), Incubate Fund, Vela Partners, Stage 2 Capital, and over 50 industry leaders, such as current Google CMO Lorraine Twohill, Booking.com CMO Arjan Dijk, and former Meta Chief Business Officer David Fischer.

Zeitview: $60 Million Secured For Advancing AI-Based Inspections Of Critical Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Zeitview, a leader in visual AI for critical infrastructure, announced a capital raise of $60 million led by Climate Investment, with participation from current investors Valor Equity Partners, Union Square Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Euclidean Capital, Energy Transition Ventures, Hearst Ventures and Y Combinator.

Tiga.ai: $2 Million Closed For Launching AI Agent For Custom Buying Signals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Tiga.ai, a leader in signal-based prospecting, announced that it has raised $2 million in funding. Bull City Venture Partners led the round, which also included Cascade Seed Fund and Virginia Venture Partners.

Disrupt.com Investing $100 Million Into AI Startups From The UAE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Even though venture capital funding contracted globally last year, three founders who turned their bootstrapped startup into a $350 million exit are taking a contrarian approach. UAE-based venture builder Disrupt.com announced a $100 million commitment to build and back AI-first technology ventures globally.

Bridgetown Research: $19 Million (Series A) Raised For Building AI Agents Focused On Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

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