Venture Capital

Venture Capital Startups Healthcare

Spotify Founder's Health Tech Startup Neko Raises $260M, Valued at $1.8 Billion

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Chris McKay• January 22, 2025 • 3 min read

The Stockholm-based company, which launched its first clinic in 2023, offers comprehensive health scans that combine proprietary hardware, AI analysis, and doctor consultations.

Venture Capital Startups Enterprise AI

Instabase Secures $100M in Series D Amid Valuation Reset

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Chris McKay• January 17, 2025 • 2 min read

Instabase has raised $100 million in Series D funding to advance its AI-powered unstructured data processing platform. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) led the round, with participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, and NEA. Key Points: * Revenue exceeded $50 million in 2024, up from nearly

Venture Capital Startups NVIDIA

MetAI Secures $4 Million Seed Round with NVIDIA’s Backing

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Chris McKay• January 15, 2025 • 2 min read

The investment aligns with NVIDIA's broader push into industrial AI applications through its Omniverse platform.

Synthesia Video AI Venture Capital Startups

Synthesia Raises $180 Million, Highlighting Enterprise Demand for AI Video Solutions

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Chris McKay• January 15, 2025 • 2 min read

The UK-based company's valuation doubles to $2.1B as enterprises increasingly adopt AI video tools for corporate communications

Venture Capital Startups

Anysphere Raises $105M for AI Coding Assistant Cursor, Reaching $2.5B Valuation

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Chris McKay• January 14, 2025 • 2 min read

The company's rapid growth reflects increasing demand for AI-powered development tools among programmers

Venture Capital Startups Military & Defense

Overland AI Raises $32 Million to Advance Ground Autonomy for Defense

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Chris McKay• January 13, 2025 • 2 min read

The Seattle-based startup develops cutting-edge autonomous systems to protect soldiers and reshape land operations.

Healthcare Venture Capital Startups

Hippocratic AI Secures $141M Series B, Launches AI Agent App Store

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Chris McKay• January 9, 2025 • 2 min read

The healthtech startup has not reached a $1.64B valuation as healthcare providers embrace its safety-focused AI agents for patient communication

Venture Capital Startups

Grove AI Raises $4.9M to Reduce Clinical Trial Enrollment Times with AI

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Chris McKay• January 8, 2025 • 1 min read

The startup aims to reduce clinical trial inefficiencies with its AI platform, Grace, making participant management faster and more accessible.

Anthropic Venture Capital Startups

Anthropic in Talks to Raise $2 Billion at a $60 Billion Valuation

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Chris McKay• January 7, 2025 • 2 min read

The OpenAI rival aims to solidify its position in the competitive AI landscape with a significant funding boost led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Venture Capital Startups

Rembrand Raises $23M to Bring Virtual Product Placement to Connected TV

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Chris McKay• January 2, 2025 • 2 min read

The AI-powered advertising startup is expanding beyond social media into premium TV and movie content.

Perplexity Venture Capital Startups

Perplexity Raises $500M at $9B Valuation

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Chris McKay• December 18, 2024 • 2 min read

Perplexity has built a significant user base, reporting over 15 million active users as of March 2024.

China Venture Capital Startups

Chinese AI Firm Zhipu AI Secures $412M as Competition Intensifies

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Chris McKay• December 17, 2024 • 2 min read

The funding follows multiple investment rounds in 2024, with the company's valuation reaching approximately $2.75 billion

Venture Capital Startups

Basis Secures $34M to Deploy AI Agents for Accounting Firms

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Chris McKay• December 17, 2024 • 2 min read

The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from prominent investors like Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and OpenAI board members Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo.

Venture Capital Startups

AMD Leads $250M Investment in Liquid AI, Betting on Worm-Inspired AI Architecture

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Chris McKay• December 13, 2024 • 2 min read

MIT spin-off Liquid AI has secured major funding to scale its efficient AI models, inspired by the neural architecture of microscopic worms rather than traditional transformer-based systems. The Boston-based startup has secured $250 million in Series A funding led by AMD, valuing the company at $2.3 billion just a

Venture Capital Startups

AI Voice Startup Vapi Raises $20M to Build Enterprise Infrastructure for Voice Agents

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Chris McKay• December 12, 2024 • 2 min read

Vapi is empowering developers to create voice AI applications in minutes, not months, setting the stage for the next wave of conversational AI.

Venture Capital Startups Robotics

Swiss Robot Maker ANYbotics Secures Additional $60M in Series B Extension

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Chris McKay• December 12, 2024 • 2 min read

The funding expansion signals growing demand for industrial inspection robots as major energy and manufacturing firms adopt autonomous solutions.

Venture Capital Startups

NeuBird Raises $22.5M to Scale AI-Powered IT Operations Assistant

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Chris McKay• December 11, 2024 • 1 min read

The funding comes as NeuBird launches Hawkeye, its AI-powered platform that serves as a digital teammate for IT operations teams.

Venture Capital Startups Biotech & Health

Aqemia Raises $38 Million to Propel Quantum-Powered AI Drug Discovery

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Chris McKay• December 10, 2024 • 2 min read

Aqemia's latest funding round shows growing investor confidence in AI-powered drug discovery, as the company prepares for clinical trials and international expansion.

Venture Capital Startups

AI Language Tutor Speak Hits Unicorn Status with $78M Series C

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Chris McKay• December 10, 2024 • 2 min read

OpenAI-backed startup doubles valuation in six months, challenging traditional language learning with AI-powered conversation practice.

Venture Capital Startups

Ex-OpenAI Researcher Launches WaveForms AI with $40M Seed Funding from a16z

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Chris McKay• December 9, 2024 • 2 min read

The company plans to develop its own foundation models, focusing on creating smaller, more efficient systems that could potentially offer cost and speed advantages over existing solutions.

Venture Capital Startups AI Infrastructure

UK AI Infrastructure Firm Nscale Raises $155M to Expand across Europe and North America

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Chris McKay• December 9, 2024 • 2 min read

Nscale’s new funding signals growing investor appetite for AI compute and accelerates its plans to deliver massive GPU clusters and a public cloud.

xAI Venture Capital Startups

Elon Musk’s xAI Secures Another $6 Billion

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Chris McKay• December 5, 2024 • 2 min read

The $6 billion raise involved 97 investors, with a minimum stake of $77,593.

Venture Capital Startups

Cake Emerges from Stealth with $13 Million to Simplify AI for Mid-Sized Businesses

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Chris McKay• December 4, 2024 • 2 min read

New York-based Cake is launching with $13 million in backing from Google's Gradient Ventures to help mid-sized businesses adopt AI by managing their open-source infrastructure.

Venture Capital Startups Chips AI Infrastructure

Tenstorrent Secures $693M to Challenge NVIDIA's AI Chip Dominance

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Chris McKay• December 2, 2024 • 2 min read

AI chip startup Tenstorrent has raised $693 million in Series D funding, positioning itself as a potential challenger to NVIDIA in the competitive AI hardware market. The round, which values the company at $2.6 billion, drew investment from notable backers including Samsung Securities, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Hyundai

Venture Capital Startups

Nebius Secures $700M Investment Led by NVIDIA and Accel to Scale AI Infrastructure

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Chris McKay• December 2, 2024 • 3 min read

The company's approach combines building custom data centers with co-location facilities, allowing for flexible expansion in key markets.