Swiss AI Security Startup Lakera Secures $20M in Series A Funding
The company's technology aims to protect against various AI-specific threats, including prompt attacks, AI "sleeper agents," and AI-targeted worms.
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AI Legal Assistant Harvey Raises $100M, Hits $1.5B Valuation
This cash infusion brings Harvey's total funding to $206 million, cementing its unicorn status just two years after launch.
AI Startup Cohere Raises $500 Million at $5.5 Billion Valuation
This fresh capital more than doubles Cohere's valuation from last year and brings its total funding to $970 million.
Anthropic and Menlo Ventures Launch $100M AI Startup Fund
Participants will receive access to Anthropic's advanced AI models, including $25,000 in free credits, as well as Menlo's venture support and vast network of industry connections.
Israeli AI Medical Firm CytoReason Secures $80M in Funding from NVIDIA, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd
CytoReason plans to use the new funds to expand its disease modeling capabilities, grow its data assets, and open a U.S. office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Fei-Fei Li's New AI Startup, World Labs, Hits $1 Billion Valuation in Just Four Months
World Labs has attracted funding from top tech investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and AI fund Radical Ventures
Andrej Karpathy Launches Eureka Labs, an AI-Native School
The company's vision is to create an ideal learning experience by pairing high-quality course materials with AI-powered teaching assistants. This approach aims to overcome the scarcity of expert human tutors while providing personalized, on-demand education at scale.
Google in Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $23 Billion
As more businesses move to the cloud and adopt AI technologies, robust security solutions are paramount.
Helsing Raises $487M in Series C Funding, Bolstering Europe's AI Defense Capabilities
The funding round, led by General Catalyst, reportedly values Helsing at $5.4 billion, and drew support from Elad Gil, Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural, and Greenoaks.
AMD Acquires Silo AI for $665 Million to Boost AI Capabilities
This purchase is part of AMD's broader AI investment strategy. In the past year, the company has poured over $125 million into a dozen AI firms and bought Mipsology and Nod.ai to expand its AI ecosystem.
Skild.ai Raises $300M Series A with $1.5B Valuation
Pittsburgh startup Skild.ai just secured $300 million in Series A funding, pushing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The company, founded in 2023 by ex-Carnegie Mellon professors Abhinav Gupta and Deepak Pathak, is developing what it calls a "general purpose brain" for robots.
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Captions Announces $60M Series C, Hits $500M Valuation
The startup has experienced explosive growth, surpassing 10 million downloads on mobile alone and attracting a diverse range of users.
OpenAI and Thrive Global Join Forces to Form Hyper-Personalized AI Health Coaching Company
The AI health coach will provide real-time, expert-level coaching tailored to individual users. It will offer personalized insights and recommendations based on the latest science, biometric data, lab results, and personal health goals.
Hebbia Lands $130M to Supercharge Knowledge Work with AI
Top asset managers, law firms, banks, and even the U.S. Air Force now count themselves among Hebbia's clients.
Axelera AI Raises $68 million in Series B Funding
It is Europe's largest Series B funding in the fabless semiconductor industry, attracting diverse investment from venture capital, sovereign wealth, and pension funds.
Formation Bio Raises $372 Million to Develop Drugs with AI
Rather than focusing solely on drug discovery, the company acquires or in-licenses clinical-stage drugs from pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
Sensi.AI Secures $31M to Expand AI-Powered Home Care
The $31 million Series B round was co-led by Zeev Ventures and Insight Partners, with continued backing from existing investors.
EvolutionaryScale Emerges from Stealth with ESM3, the Largest Protein Language Model, and $142M Seed Round
The company will offer an API and an open model for academic research, as well as commercial applications in drug discovery and development.
Stability AI Appoints New CEO Amid Financial Struggles
This leadership transition is accompanied by a crucial lifeline: a new round of funding led by a group of investors including Sean Parker, the tech entrepreneur famous for co-founding Napster and serving as Facebook's first president.
OpenAI Acquires Rockset
The integration of Rockset's technology is expected to bolster OpenAI's retrieval infrastructure across its product suite. This could lead to more intelligent applications and enhanced tools for users working with large datasets.
AI Video Startup HeyGen Raises $60M Valued at $500M
The startup has seen explosive growth, skyrocketing from $1 million to over $35 million in annual recurring revenue in just over a year.
OpenAI Co-Founder Ilya Sutskever Launches Safe Superintelligence Inc.
SSI will focus solely on building a safe and powerful AI system, and has no near-term plans of selling AI products or services.
Waabi Raises $200M to Bring Generative AI to Autonomous Trucking
Waabi's key differentiator is its single end-to-end AI system, capable of human-like reasoning and generalization. This system, called the Waabi Driver can adapt to any scenario it encounters, even those never seen before.
GPTZero Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding for Responsible AI Adoption
With this funding, GPTZero plans to develop new features such as hallucination detection, AI source identification, and GPTZero Docs, a platform that records and cites AI usage.