Artificial Intelligence

Formic: Robots-As-A-Service Automation Company Closes $27.4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2024

Formic, a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) automation company, announced it has raised another $27.4 million in Series A financing led by Blackhorn Ventures with participation from Mitsubishi HC Capital America, NEC and Translink Orchestrating Future Fund, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Lux Capital, Initialized Capital and Lorimer Ventures. This new funding round brings the total Series A round to more than $52 million since January 2022.

LiveEO: Satellite Data Company Raises €25 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2024

LiveEO – a company that uses high-resolution satellite data and AI to transform raw satellite data into automated actionable insights to help companies manage their climate risks and resilience – announced it has raised €25 million in a Series B funding round led by NordicNinja and DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF). This funding round will accelerate the development of LiveEO's solutions, while expanding its team and capabilities.

Upword: Knowledge Management Company Raises $3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2024

Knowledge management solutions provider Upword announced the launch of its AI-powered research companion tool and the completion of a $3 million pre-seed funding round.

COMPREDICT: AI-Based Software-Defined Vehicle Company Raises $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 8, 2024

COMPREDICT, an AI-based company for software-defined vehicles, announced a $15 million Series B funding round led by Woven Capital (Toyota's growth fund), with continued support from existing investor Shift4Good.

Torq: The Story Behind This Security Infrastructure Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2024

Torq is a company that developed Hyperautomation, which unifies and automates the entire security infrastructure to deliver unparalleled protection and productivity. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Torq CTO and co-founder Leonid Belkind to learn more about the company.

Zing Coach: AI-Based Fitness App Company Raises $10 Million In Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2024

Zing Coach, a health tech company reducing growing rates of physical inactivity with its AI-powered fitness app, announced that it has raised a Series A funding round in equity and debt financing totaling $10 million led by Zubr Capital and Triple Point Capital.

MagicSchool AI: K-12 Educator And Student Platform Company Raises $15 Million In Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2024

MagicSchool AI, a technology platform for K-12 educators and students, announced a $15 million Series A round of financing led by Bain Capital Ventures. And additional investors include Adobe Ventures and Common Sense Media, and angel investors like Replit founder Amjad Masad, Clever co-founders Tyler Bosmeny and Rafael Garcia, and OutSchool co-founder Amir Nathoo. The funding will support the development of more use cases for AI in education.

Axelera AI Raises $68 Million In Series B To Advance Hardware Acceleration Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2024

Axelera AI, a leading provider of purpose-built AI hardware acceleration technology for generative AI and computer vision inference, announced a successful closing of an oversubscribed $68 million Series B funding round, bringing the total amount raised to $120 million.

HeyGen: AI-Based Video Generation Platform Company Closes $60 Million In Series A At Over $500 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2024

HeyGen, an AI video generation platform for businesses, raised $60M in Series A led by Benchmark with participation from Thrive Capital, BOND, Conviction, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Aviv Nevo, Neil Mehta, and SV Angel among others.‍ And Victor Lazarte from Benchmark has joined the board of directors.

TrackLight: AI-Based Fraud Detection And Prevention Company Raises $3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2024

TrackLight, an AI-based fraud detection and prevention company, announced the launch of a groundbreaking platform for combating fraud across government and corporate sectors. And the company also revealed a $3 million seed funding investment, led by BarronKent and Growth Factory, to accelerate TrackLight’s platform development, sales, and marketing efforts.

SoSoValue: Singapore-Based Crypto Research Company Raises $4.15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 28, 2024

SoSoValue, a Singapore-based crypto financial research startup, announced it has closed a $4.15 million seed funding round led by HongShan, GSR Markets, Alumni Ventures, CoinSummer Labs, and One Piece Labs. A Gitcoin co-founder, an Ethereum early investor, and founders of top Web3 and AI tech firms also joined the round.

Butterflies AI: Social Media Company Raises $4.8 Million To Help People Connect With AI Characters

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2024

Butterflies AI, a social media platform enabling humans and AIs to co-exist, announced the public launch of its platform after five months in beta. To support rapid consumer interest, the company has raised a $4.8 million seed round led by Coatue with participation from SV Angel and several strategic angels, many of whom are former Snap product and engineering leaders.

Backstroke: AI-Based Messaging Company Raises $2 Million In Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2024

Backstroke announced the launch of its generative AI messaging platform that is set to transform email, SMS, mobile push, and customer marketing for B2C brands. With a $2 million seed round co-led by venture firms High Alpha and Ground Game Ventures, and with participation from Allos Ventures. Backstroke features new technology with seasoned experience, presenting a major opportunity in the marketing tech landscape.

Etched Raises $120 Million To Develop Fast AI Chip

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2024

Etched, a two-year old company that is aiming to develop the fastest AI chip, announced it raised $120 million in Series A funding. This funding was from from Primary Venture Partners and Positive Sum, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures, Skybox Datacenters, Hummingbird Ventures, Oceans, Fundomo, Velvet Sea Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, Galaxy, Earthshot Ventures, Max Ventures and Lightscape Partners.

Bright Machines: Software-Defined Manufacturing Company Closes $126 Million In Series C Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2024

Bright Machines, a software-defined manufacturing, announced it has raised $126 millionin Series C funding, with $106 million in equity led by investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and participation from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Eclipse, Jabil and Shinhan Securities, and with $20 million in venture debt from J.P. Morgan. This brings the company's total amount raised to more than $400 million.