Artificial Intelligence

Anyword: Interview With Co-Founder & CRO Omer Rabin About The AI-Based Performance Writing Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 20, 2024

Anyword is an AI-based performance writing company that enables marketers to create scalable, on-brand content that converts and drives sales. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Anyword co-founder and CRO Omer Rabin to learn more about the company.

Salt AI: AI Workflow Orchestration Company Raises $3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2024

Salt AI - a pioneer in AI workflow orchestration - announced it has raised $3 million in seed funding and appointed technology veteran Aber Whitcomb as Chief Executive Officer. Whitcomb (former co-founder and CTO of MySpace and Jam City) brings decades of experience scaling breakthrough technologies across social media, mobile gaming, and blockchain.

SandboxAQ: AI And Quantum Solutions Company Raises Over $300 Million At $5.3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2024

SandboxAQ announced a funding round of over $300 million from Fred Alger Management, LLC, T. Rowe Price Associates, Mumtalakat, Parkway Venture Capital, Breyer Capital, Rizvi Traverse, S32, US Innovative Technology Fund, Ava Investments, Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, David Siegel, Yann LeCun, IQT, and other prominent investors. This funding round valued the company at $5.3 billion on a pre-money basis.

Cartesia: $22 Million Secured For Building Real-Time AI Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2024

Cartesia, a company whose state-space models (SSMs) are transforming the next wave of innovation in generative AI, announced $22 million in new funding led by Index Ventures, bringing the total capital raised to $27 million. Also joining in this round are venture funds like A* Capital, Conviction, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, and SV Angel, along with 90 prominent angel investors, including the founders of Abridge, Airtable, Captions, Cognition, Cohere, Databricks, Datadog, Hugging Face, Hubspot, Infinitus, Llamaindex, Mercury, Mistral, Okta, Perplexity, Pika, Pinterest, Postman, Ramp, RunwayML, Snorkel, Sonos, Together AI, Tripedot Studios, Typeface, Vercel, Weaviate, Weights and Biases, and Zapier.

Databricks Announces $10 Billion (Series J) Funding At $62 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Data and AI company Databricks announced a Series J funding round today. The company is raising $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and has completed $8.6 billion. This funding values Databricks at $62 billion, and Thrive Capital is leading it. Along with Thrive, the funding round is co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, Insight Partners, and WCM Investment Management. Other significant participants include existing investors Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and new investors ICONIQ Growth, MGX, Sands Capital, and Wellington Management.

Synadia: Interview With VP of Marketing Justyna Bak About The Era of Edge Computing, IoT and AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Synadia is a company renowned for enabling distributed applications in the era of edge computing, IoT, and AI. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Synadia’s VP of Marketing, Justyna Bak, to learn more.

Engineered Arts Raises $10 Million For Scaling Humanoid Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Engineered Arts, a leader in the design and manufacture of humanoid robotics founded in the U.K., announced it has restructured as a U.S. entity to expand its footprint and meet growing U.S. demand. Along with this move, the company closed a $10 million Series A funding round to accelerate product refinement, manufacturing, production, and business systems. Helium-3 Ventures led the Series A funding, with additional participation from AppDirect Chairman and CEO Nicolas Desmarais, Belvoir Investments, and a consortium of investors, such as ThirtySeven Holdings and Figueira Capital. And Matt Bellamy (frontman of the English rock band Muse and a partner in Helium-3 Ventures) will join Engineered Arts’ board as an observer.

Chargezoom: AI-Based Billing And Integrated Payments Company Raises $11.5 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Chargezoom, a leading platform for AI-based billing and integrated payments, announced it has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Salt Lake City's Kickstart Fund. Chargezoom also welcomes new investors Motley Fool Ventures, Early Light Ventures, Frazier VC, and Adly, along with continued support from SaaS Venture Capital, Stout Street Capital, and Okapi Venture Capital.

Nscale: AI Hyperscaler Company Raises $155 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Nscale, a hyperscaler engineered for AI, announced that it had raised $155 million in Series A funding to accelerate expansion across Europe and North America. Advised by Barkers Point Capital Partners and led by Sandton Capital Partners, with participation from Kestrel 0x1, Blue Sky Capital Managers, and Florence Capital, this funding round signals confidence in Nscale’s path to building the hyperscaler, purposely engineered for AI.

Crusoe: AI-Infrastructure Provider Raises $600 Million (Series D) At $2.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Crusoe, the industry’s first vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, announced it has closed a $600 million Series D funding round. The investment was led by Founders Fund, with participation from new and existing investors, including Fidelity, Long Journey Ventures, Mubadala, NVIDIA, Ribbit Capital, and Valor Equity Partners. Crusoe has established itself as a leader in the AI industrial revolution through its innovative approach.

Nectir: $6.3 Million (Seed) Raised For Giving Students A Personalized AI Learning Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Nectir, a company giving every student a personalized AI learning partner, announced a $6.3 million seed round led by Long Journey Ventures and Entrada Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and Behind Genius Ventures.

Saifr: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Vall Herard About The Regulatory Technology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Saifr is a regulatory technology company within Fidelity Investment’s innovation incubator that is is committed to safeguarding organizations from pervasive AI and regulatory risks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Saifr co-founder and CEO Vall Herard to learn more about the company.

Liquid AI: $250 Million (Series A) Raised For Scaling Capable General-Purpose AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 16, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) company announced it closed a $250 million early-stage funding round led by Advanced Micro Devices. This funding round will help the company accelerate the development, scaling, and deployment of its Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs), its lightweight, general-purpose AI models that unlock private, efficient, and reliable enterprise-grade AI for all.

ANYbotics: AI-Based Robotic Inspection Solutions Company Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2024

ANYbotics, a leader in AI-based robotic inspection solutions, has raised an additional $60 million, bringing its total funding to over $130 million. This new funding is led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest, with participation from TDK Ventures and other new investors. Backed by existing investors from Silicon Valley and Europe, including Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Swisscanto, and Swisscom Ventures, this funding will accelerate the company's global scaling and recent expansion in the U.S. to meet the growing demand for its industrial inspection robots and enhance the company’s ability to deliver exceptional services and seamless integrations worldwide.

Vapi: $20 Million (Series A) Raised To Advance Developer Platform For Deploying Voice AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2024

Vapi, a leading developer platform for deploying Voice AI agents, announced that it raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and included participation from Abstract Ventures, AI Grant, Y Combinator, Saga Ventures, and Michael Ovitz. The funding will enable the company to expand its engineering team, scale its infrastructure, and reach new enterprise customers.

Pin: AI-Based Recruitment Platform Company Raises $3 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 14, 2024

Pin, an AI-based recruitment tool that automates tedious hiring tasks and reduces time-to-hire by nearly 70% announced a $3 million seed round led by Expa Ventures, a leading early-stage venture firm and incubator. And Pin now serves over 600 customers.