Artificial Intelligence

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.

Perfect: $23 Million (Seed) Raised For Addressing Recruitment Bottlenecks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Perfect, a leading agentic AI platform for recruitment, announced it has raised $23 million in total Seed funding, with the latest round led by Hanaco Ventures, with participation from Joule Ventures and Samsung Electronics' former President Young Sohn. This funding will enhance Perfect's AI development and fuel the journey to enhance the industry's leading Agentic AI recruiter.

Open Meta City: $20 Million Raised For Virtual Real Estate Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Open Meta City, a virtual real estate platform that serves as a gateway to Real World Assets (RWA), announced that it has executed a token subscription agreement with GEM Digital. This strategic deal secures a $20 million commitment to drive the integration of advanced AI-powered features into Open Meta City, enhancing the immersive digital experience and transforming the real estate industry.

Lockchain.ai: $5 Million (Series A) Raised For Scaling On-Chain Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Lockchain.ai, a leading AI-based Blockchain Risk Management platform, announced it has closed its Series A funding. The nearly $5 million round will be used to fuel additional development, adding features that improve speed and efficiency for clients managing cryptocurrency positions. And White Star Capital led the round, with additional investment from Lerer Hippeau, Arrington Capital, and Sonic Boom Ventures, and others.

Variational AI: $5.5 Million Raised For Small Molecule Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Variational AI (the company behind Enki) - which is an advanced foundation model for small molecule drug discovery - announced the completion of its oversubscribed $5.5 million Seed extension round. Nimbus Synergies led the round, with participation from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Quimby Investments, Threshold Impact, and Defined Capital. Existing investors Flying Fish, A&E Investment, and Nepenthe Capital participated in the round.

Metronome: $50 Million (Series C) Raised For Advancing Usage-Based Pricing In Software And AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Metronome, a leading usage-based billing platform, announced $50 million in Series C funding following an 8-fold increase in dollars billed on the platform in 2024. Existing investor NEA led the round, which also included a16z, Greyhound Capital, General Catalyst, Workday Ventures, Truebridge Capital Partners, Activant Capital, SineWave Ventures, and Megalith Ventures. The company has now raised $128 million.

Hyperlume: $12.5 Million (Seed) Secured For Transforming AI Data Center Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Hyperlume announced it has completed a $12.5 million seed round to commercialize its high bandwidth, low latency, low power interconnects for AI data centers and high-performance computing systems. This oversubscribed round, led by BDC's Deep Tech Venture Fund and ArcTern Ventures with participation from MUUS Climate Partners, SOSV and Intel Capital also includes a strategic investment from LG Technology Ventures.

Lambda: $480 Million (Series D) Raised For Expanding AI Cloud Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

AI Developer Cloud Lambda announced it has raised $480 million in Series D, bringing the total equity capital raised to date to $863 million. The funding round was co-led by Andra Capital and SGW, with participation from new investors Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, and others. Strategic investment came from Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, and Wiwynn, and many existing investors, including 1517, Crescent Cove, and USIT.

Baseten: $75 Million (Series C) Raised To Advance Inference Platform For AI-Native Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Baseten, a leading inference platform for AI-native products, announced the closing of a $75 million Series C round of funding co-led by IVP and Spark with additional participation from Greylock, Conviction, South Park Commons, 01 Advisors, and Lachy Groom.

Ochy: AI-Based Running Gait Platform Raises $1.7 Million (Pre-Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Ochy, a transformative AI-based running gait platform that is redefining how athletes enhance performance and prevent injuries, announced a $1.7 million pre-seed fundraising round. The funding round was led by Redstone’s Social Impact Fund, with participation from Look AI Ventures, BPI France, Berkeley SkyDeck, and strategic corporate investors, including Agile Physical Therapy.

Musubi: $5 Million (Seed) Raised To Transform Trust & Safety AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Musubi, an AI platform transforming Trust & Safety through adaptive AI content moderation, announced it has raised $5 million in an oversubscribed seed round. This funding was led by J2 Ventures with participation from Shakti Ventures, Mozilla Ventures, and existing pre-seed investor J Ventures. Launched by the former CTO of Grindr and OkCupid, Musubi is set to revolutionize the Trust & Safety landscape with its unique approach.

Exotec: Next-Gen Skypod System And Over $400 Million In Projects Secured In Past 2 Years

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2025

Global warehouse Exotec recently made a few major announcements. For example, the company has launched its Next Generation Skypod system, which has higher performance, improved storage density, and advanced software features. The company also secured over 20 projects worldwide over the past two years, totaling $400 million.

OnoratoAI: Interview With Founder Pablo Mariñosa About The AI & Emotional Computing Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2025

OnoratoAI is a parrot that uses AI and emotional computing to care for and improve the lives of the elderly. Pule2.0 interviewed OnoratoAI founder Pablo Mariñosa to learn more about the company.

DiligentIQ: $12 Million (Series A) Raised For AI-Based Private Equity Due Diligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2025

DiligentIQ, a leading AI-based platform for conducting private equity due diligence, announced it has raised up to $12 million in a two-tranche Series A funding round led by FINTOP Capital and partner JAM FINTOP. The funding will scale DiligentIQ’s team and operations as it expands its presence in private markets. It will also accelerate product innovation, expand integrations, and scale go-to-market efforts.

Albert Invent: Growth Investment Raised, Bringing Total To Over $45 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Albert Invent, an end-to-end R&D platform that accelerates chemical innovation in materials science through AI and machine learning, announced a growth funding round led by J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners, with participation from Coatue and TCV. This round brings Albert Invent’s total funding to over $45 million.

Reflexivity: Interview With President & Co-Founder Giuseppe Sette About The AI-Based Investment Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Reflexivity is a company that offers analytics and artificial intelligence-based solutions for the investment industry. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Reflexivity President and co-founder Giuseppe Sette to learn more about the company.

NinjaOne: $500 Million (Series C Extension) Raised At $5 Billion Valuation To Transform Automated Endpoint Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

NinjaOne, an automated endpoint management platform, today announced $500 million in Series C extensions at a $5 billion valuation. This funding came in separate tranches that were led by ICONIQ Growth and CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent investment fund, with participation from other prominent private investors.

Apple To Spend Over $500 Billion In The US On AI, Silicon Engineering, And Skills Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Apple announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans to spend and invest over $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. This pledge builds on Apple’s history of investing in American innovation and advanced high-skilled manufacturing, and it will support a wide range of initiatives that focus on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering, and skills development for students and workers across the country.

Hightouch: $80 Million (Series C) Raised At $1.2 Billion Valuation For AI-Based Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Hightouch, a leading data and AI platform for marketing and personalization, announced that it has raised an $80 million Series C at a valuation of $1.2 billion. Rajeev Dham at Sapphire Ventures led the funding round, which also included participation from NVC, ICONIQ Growth, Amplify Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, and Y Combinator.

Singulr AI: $10 Million (Seed) Raised For AI Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 23, 2025

Singulr AI recently launched with the general availability of its enterprise AI governance and security platform already deployed across technology, finance, and healthcare companies. And the company also announced $10 million in seed financing led by Nexus Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from leading industry executives.

Gomboc AI: $13 Million (Seed) Raised To Transform Cloud Security Remediations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Gomboc AI, which is the industry's first deterministic AI solution for cloud security remediations, announced it has raised $13 million in seed stage funding. A new $8 million seed investment was led by Ballistic Ventures, with continued support from Glilot Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures, which co-led Gomboc AI's initial $5 million seed investment.

Dream: $100 Million (Series B) Raised At $1.1 Billion Valuation For Cyber Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Dream, an AI-based company providing cyber resilience for nations and critical infrastructure, announced a $100 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures at a $1.1 billion valuation. And additional investors include Group 11, Tru Arrow, Tau Capital and Aleph. Dream will further enhance its product capabilities and global market reach with this funding round.

Augury: Industrial AI Solutions Company Raises $75 Million At Over $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Augury announced that it has raised $75 million, with the round being led by Lightrock with participation from several of Augury’s existing investors Insight Partners, Eclipse, Qumra Capital as well as Schneider Electric Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.

New Charter Technologies Buys Orchestrate AI To Advance MSP Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

New Charter Technologies (a portfolio company of Oval Partners) announced the acquisition of Orchestrate AI Labs, an AI-integration company focused on the future of the MSP. Created by a team of experienced MSP and technology leaders, Orchestrate AI has operated largely in stealth mode, developing innovative solutions to bring the transformative power of frontier AI models into service delivery models.

Phenom Buying Resource Management And Talent Mobility Company EDGE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

Phenom, an AI company specializing in HR, announced it acquired EDGE, a leading resource management and talent mobility platform. This acquisition strengthens Phenom’s workforce intelligence solutions for the professional services industry and global capability centers (GCC).

fal: $49 Million (Series B) Raised For AI-Based Media Creation Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 21, 2025

fal, a leading infrastructure platform for AI-based media creation, announced it raised $49 million in Series B funding by Notable Capital and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Kindred Ventures, and First Round Capital. This brings fal’s total funding to $72 million. As part of this funding round, Jennifer Li (a16z) and Glenn Solomon (Notable) will join fal’s Board of Directors.

Tofu: $12 Million (Series A) Closed For Omnichannel Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 20, 2025

Tofu, a unified AI platform for B2B marketing teams, announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The funding was led by SignalFire, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Tau Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Alumni Ventures, SH Fund, Riverside Ventures, Eudemian Ventures, and Han Bridge Capital, along with a notable group of angel investors. Existing investors Index Ventures, Stage 2 Capital, and Liquid 2 Ventures also joined the round.

Keragon: $7.5 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Healthcare Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

Keragon, an AI-based and HIPAA-compliant automation platform for healthcare, announced it has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Upfront Ventures, with early investors Afore Capital, Focal, and 25m Health doubling down.