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Healthcare Venture Capital Startups

Abridge Raises $300M Series E at $5.3B Valuation

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Chris McKay• June 25, 2025 • 3 min read

The Pittsburgh startup that's gunning for Microsoft's crown in AI medical note-taking just raised $300 million in Series E funding at a $5.3 billion valuation, nearly doubling its worth in just four months.

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Legal AI Upstart Harvey Raises $300 Million, Rockets to a $5 Billion Valuation

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Chris McKay• June 24, 2025 • 2 min read

Harvey AI raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation just four months after its previous $300 million round, marking the highest valuation for any legal AI startup as the company plans global expansion and moves beyond legal services.

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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Raises $2B for Thinking Machines at $10B valuation

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Chris McKay• June 20, 2025 • 2 min read

Andreessen Horowitz is leading a jaw-dropping $2 billion seed round that values Mira Murati’s stealthy Thinking Machines Lab at $10 billion.

Enterprise AI Venture Capital Startups

Glean Doubles Down on AI Agents with $150M Raise as Enterprise Adoption Explodes

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Chris McKay• June 10, 2025 • 1 min read

Glean secures $150 million in Series F funding, raising its valuation to $7.2 billion, as it accelerates the integration of AI agents across enterprise workflows.

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Synthesia Co-Founder Raises $13M to Build the "Holy Grail" of AI: Interactive 3D Worlds from Text

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Chris McKay• May 27, 2025 • 3 min read

Munich-based SpAItial has raised $13 million in seed funding to develop spatial foundation models that generate interactive, photorealistic 3D environments from text prompts or images, positioning itself as a European challenger in the rapidly growing spatial AI market.

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Google Launches AI Futures Fund to Back Startups Using DeepMind Technology

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Chris McKay• May 12, 2025 • 1 min read

Google has established a new investment fund specifically to back startups building with its DeepMind AI models, offering both financial support and privileged access to its technology.

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Supio Raises $60M to Make AI the New Legal Powerhouse in Personal Injury Cases

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Chris McKay• May 1, 2025 • 2 min read

Personal injury firms are reporting 20-30% higher settlements with the startup's specialized legal AI platform

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Lightrun Raises $70M as Enterprises Bet Big on its AI-Driven Debugging Platform

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Chris McKay• April 28, 2025 • 2 min read

Lightrun secures $70M Series B to accelerate AI-driven autonomous remediation, addressing the critical need for real-time code resilience in the AI-fueled era of software development.

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Endor Labs Raises $93M Series B to Safeguard AI-Generated Code

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Chris McKay• April 23, 2025 • 1 min read

Endor Labs has raised $93 million in a Series B funding round led by DFJ Growth to enhance its platform that secures AI-generated code, addressing the growing need for robust application security in the era of AI-driven software development.

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Former YC President, Geoff Ralston, Launches Fund for "Safe AI" Startups

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Chris McKay• April 17, 2025 • 2 min read

Geoff Ralston, ex-president of Y Combinator, has launched the Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund (SAIF) to invest in early-stage startups focused on AI safety, security, and responsible deployment.

Venture Capital Startups Video AI

Capsule Secures $12M to Scale AI-Powered Video Editing for Enterprise Teams

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Chris McKay• April 16, 2025 • 2 min read

Video editing platform Capsule has raised $12 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered tools that help non-creative teams produce brand-compliant videos at scale.

SSI Venture Capital Startups

Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence Raises Another $2B at $32B Valuation

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Chris McKay• April 12, 2025 • 2 min read

Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $2 billion at a $32 billion valuation—without a product on the market.

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Ex-OpenAI CTO's Stealth Startup Targets Record-Breaking $2B Seed Round

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Chris McKay• April 10, 2025 • 2 min read

Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is reportedly seeking a $2 billion seed round that would value the nascent AI company at $10+ billion despite having no product yet.

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Incident.io Raises $62M to Build AI Agents That Keep Systems Running

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Chris McKay• April 10, 2025 • 1 min read

London-based incident.io has raised $62 million in Series B funding to develop AI agents that can investigate and resolve software outages alongside human engineers.

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Adaptive Security Raises $43M to Combat AI Cyber Threats

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Chris McKay• April 3, 2025 • 2 min read

New York-based Adaptive Security has raised $43 million in a Series A co-led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund and Andreessen Horowitz, marking OpenAI’s first investment in a cybersecurity firm.

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Actively AI Lands $22.5M to Build 'GTM Superintelligence' for Sales Teams

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Chris McKay• April 2, 2025 • 2 min read

New York-based Actively AI has raised $22.5 million in funding to develop AI reasoning models that help sales teams identify high-value prospects rather than maximizing contact volume.

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OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation

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Chris McKay• March 31, 2025 • 2 min read

OpenAI closed a $40 billion funding round at a $300 billion post-money valuation, led by SoftBank and backed by prominent investors, to expand its AI research and infrastructure.

Biotech & Health Google Venture Capital

Isomorphic Labs Secures $600M to Accelerate AI-Powered Drug Discovery

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Chris McKay• March 31, 2025 • 2 min read

AI-first drug design company Isomorphic Labs has raised $600 million in its first external funding round, led by Thrive Capital, to advance its AI drug design engine and therapeutic programs.

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ClearGrid Raises $10M to Modernize MENA's Debt Collection with AI

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Chris McKay• March 20, 2025 • 3 min read

Dubai-based ClearGrid has secured $10 million in funding to transform debt collection in the Middle East and North Africa with an AI-powered platform that improves recovery rates while creating better experiences for borrowers.

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Prezent Secures $20M to Enhance AI-Powered Slide Decks for Enterprise

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Chris McKay• March 19, 2025 • 1 min read

Prezent has raised $20 million to refine its AI models for slide deck creation and expand into new markets beyond its existing Fortune 2000 client base.

Apptronik Robotics Venture Capital Startups

Industrial Giants Back Apptronik's Humanoid Robot Vision with Expanded $403M Series A

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Chris McKay• March 19, 2025 • 3 min read

Apptronik has secured an additional $53 million from Mercedes-Benz, Japan Post Capital, and others, bringing their Series A round to $403 million as the humanoid robotics company prioritizes practical industrial applications before consumer markets.

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Cartesia Raises $64M to Advance Real-Time Voice AI with Sonic 2.0

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Chris McKay• March 11, 2025 • 2 min read

Cartesia, a real-time voice AI company, has secured $64 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins, fueling the development of Sonic 2.0, a low-latency voice model with superior voice cloning and real-time capabilities.

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Ceramic.ai Emerges from Stealth with $12M to Accelerate AI Model Training

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Chris McKay• March 5, 2025 • 3 min read

Ceramic.ai, founded by former Google VP Anna Patterson, has exited stealth with $12 million in funding to make AI model training 2.5x faster and more cost-effective for enterprises.

Venture Capital Startups Fintech

Unique Raises $30M to Expand Its AI Agents for Financial Services

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Chris McKay• February 27, 2025 • 1 min read

Swiss AI startup Unique has raised $30 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-powered financial compliance and research agents, with a focus on the U.S. market.

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Together AI Raises $305M to Expand Its AI Acceleration Cloud

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Chris McKay• February 20, 2025 • 1 min read

Together AI has raised $305 million in a Series B funding round led by General Catalyst, bringing its valuation to $3.3 billion as it scales its AI Acceleration Cloud for open-source and enterprise AI.