Topic: funding investment
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Stealth AI Model Outperforms DALL-E and Midjourney, Secures $30M Funding
Recraft, an AI startup, raised $30 million in Series B funding and has grown to $5M annual revenue and 4M users, solidifying its position in the AI market. Its proprietary "red_panda" model outperforms competitors like DALL-E and Midjourney, offering precision and brand-specific AI-generated mark...
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Rork’s Founders Went Viral, Raised $2.8M from a16z
Rork's founders, Levan Kvirkvelia and Daniel Dhawan, transformed near-failure into success by securing $2.8 million in seed funding after a viral tweet highlighted their no-code mobile app builder. A $100,000 investment from Austen Allred sparked rapid funding, including backing from Andreessen H...
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Supio AI Legal Platform Secures $60M in Funding
Supio, an AI-powered legal tech company, raised $60 million in funding led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total funding to $91 million to expand operations and workforce. The legal tech sector is rapidly adopting AI, with Supio focusing on automating document review in personal injury law to ...
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The Bot Company Raises $150M to Innovate Household Robotics
The Bot Company, led by former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, has raised $150 million to advance its mission of revolutionizing household robotics.
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AI Game Dev Startup Raises $27M to Build Smart Agents
The gaming industry is shifting from GPU-powered graphics to AI-driven development, with Tel Aviv startup Sett raising $27 million to develop AI-powered agents for streamlining mobile game production and marketing. Sett's core innovation automates high-cost marketing content like playable ads, ai...
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Founder Ditches Silicon Valley to Rival U.S. Defense from Athens
Dimitrious Kottas left Apple to launch Delian Alliance Industries in Greece, focusing on autonomous defense tech like solar-powered surveillance towers and stealth sea drones. Delian challenges Europe’s fragmented defense market with low-cost, scalable solutions, recently securing $14 million in ...
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Catio Wins 'Coolest Tech' Award at VB Transform 2025
Catio, an AI-powered tech architecture startup, won the "Coolest Technology" award at VentureBeat Transform 2025 for its innovative approach to dynamic tech stack management. The platform transforms static architecture diagrams into real-time, AI-driven digital twins, offering continuous updates ...
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Paradigm's AI-Powered Spreadsheet: An Agent in Every Cell
Paradigm is an AI-powered spreadsheet tool that embeds intelligent agents into cells and columns, automating data tasks through large language models (LLMs) to reduce manual work. The platform integrates multiple AI models (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini) for optimal performance and cost efficiency, a...
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How Lyft's Data Issue Sparked the Creation of Eventual
Two engineers at Lyft’s autonomous vehicle division, Sammy Sidhu and Jay Chia, identified a critical bottleneck in processing unstructured data like 3D scans and audio logs, leading them to develop a unified solution. Their open-source Python engine, Daft, launched in 2022, streamlined multimodal...
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Elizabeth Holmes' Partner Seeks Funds for New Blood-Testing Startup
Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes' partner, is launching Haemanthus, a blood-testing startup using laser-based analysis for diagnostics, drawing comparisons to Theranos. Haemanthus initially targets pet health diagnostics before expanding to humans, seeking $50M in funding with claims of rapi...
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Robinhood Co-Founder Bets Big on Beaming Solar Power from Space with Lasers
Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of the stock-trading platform Robinhood, is leveraging his considerable resources for a venture far removed from Wall Street: beaming solar energy down from space. His new company,
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Meet the 2025 VB Transform Innovation Showcase Finalists
The 2025 VB Transform Innovation Showcase will feature seven pioneering companies presenting cutting-edge enterprise AI solutions, including generative AI advancements like real-time model optimization and no-code development. Selected startups like CTGT (AI risk management), Catio (tech stack op...
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