Iridius (compliance), Google $40B into Anthropic, 3 Robotics Deals,
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💰 34 new AI deals profiled below by category.
Featured deal:
Iridius $8.6M
Investors: Chalfen Ventures, Osage Venture Partners, Accenture Ventures, Rock Yard Ventures
Summary
Iridius has raised $8.6 million in seed funding from Chalfen Ventures, Osage Venture Partners, Accenture Ventures, and Rock Yard Ventures to develop a compliance-by-design AI platform for regulated industries.
What it does
Iridius is building a compliance-by-design AI platform specifically tailored for the life sciences sector, aiming to streamline regulatory processes and reduce compliance risks. By leveraging advanced AI algorithms, the platform automates the compliance workflow, replacing traditional manual processes that are often slow and error-prone.
Traction
Iridius is initially targeting regulated industries, particularly life sciences companies that face stringent compliance requirements. The leadership team includes veterans from Microsoft, AWS, and OpenAI,
Trend impact
Iridius is positioning itself against legacy compliance solutions that are cumbersome and inefficient, such as those offered by established players like Veeva Systems. The shift towards AI-driven compliance tools represents a significant opportunity to disrupt the status quo, as companies increasingly seek to leverage technology to navigate complex regulatory landscapes more effectively.
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34
AI deals this edition
AI Hosting Infrastructure
Verda
🇫🇮
$117M
Verda raises $117 million
to scale AI cloud
infrastructure built on
clean Nordic power,
addressing the need for
sustainable energy
solutions in technology.
The funding aims to
enhance their capabilities
in providing eco-friendly
cloud services.
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Ahoy
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Undisclosed
Ahoy, a Montreal-based
deep-tech infrastructure
company, has surpassed
$100 million in annual
recurring revenue,
achieving 330 times growth
over the last five years.
The company is in advanced
discussions with tier-one
investment banks to
structure a growth-stage
funding round aimed...
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AI Model Ecosystems
Aleph Alpha
🇩🇪
$20B
Aleph Alpha has entered
into a $20 billion merger
deal with Canada's Cohere,
aimed at enhancing
capabilities in artificial
intelligence. German
investor Schwarz Digits is
set to invest $600 million
in the newly formed
transatlantic entity,
addressing the growing
demand...
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Investors: Schwarz Digits
Accounting
Quillon
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$1.5M
Quillon, formerly known as
Acclara AI, has secured
$1.5 million in pre-seed
funding to enhance its
audit-ready AI platform
for technical accounting.
The funding round was led
by 42cap, with additional
support from angel
investors linked to Nvidia
and Roblox.
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Investors: 42cap
Maxed
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$0.85M
Maxed, a Miami-based
startup, has raised
$850,000 in pre-seed
funding led by Focal VC,
with participation from
Akshay Kothari, co-founder
of Notion. The company
aims to address
inefficiencies in the CPA
industry by consolidating
disconnected software
tools into a single...
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Investors: Focal VC,
Akshay Kothari
Agent Development
Era
🇺🇸
$11M
Era has raised $11 million
to develop intelligence
infrastructure for future
AI gadgets, with a $9
million seed investment
led by Abstract Ventures
and BoxGroup. The funding
addresses complex
infrastructure challenges
for hardware makers by
providing software that
manages voice...
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Investors: Abstract
Ventures, BoxGroup,
Caterina Fake, Ken
Kocienda
Agent Orchestration
Orkes
🇺🇸
$60M
Orkes, a workflow
orchestration platform
developed by the original
architects of Netflix’s
microservices system, has
secured $60 million in
Series B funding. This
investment addresses the
growing need for reliable
AI deployment tools in
production environments.
The funding round
was...
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Investors: AVP,
Prosperity7 Ventures,
Nexus Venture Partners,
Battery Ventures, Vertex
Ventures US
Band
🇮🇱
$17M
Band, also known as
Thenvoi AI Ltd., has
secured $17 million in
seed funding to address
the fragmentation problem
in the generative AI
landscape. The startup
aims to create an
'interaction
infrastructure' that
enables seamless
communication between
various AI agents,...
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Cybersecurity
Cyera
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$100M
Cyera Ltd., an artificial
intelligence and data
security company, has
acquired Ryft Data Inc.,
an Israeli startup with an
automated data lake
platform aimed at
enterprises deploying AI
agents. The acquisition is
estimated to be valued
between $100 million
and...
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Cloudsmith
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$72M
Cloudsmith, a
Belfast-based cloud-native
artifact management
platform provider, has
raised $72 million in
Series C funding led by
TCV, with participation
from Insight Partners and
other existing investors.
The funding will
accelerate product
development and expand its
go-to-market capabilities,
addressing...
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Investors: TCV, Insight
Partners
Copperhelm
🇮🇱
$7M
Copperhelm, an AI-driven
cloud security platform,
has emerged from stealth
with $7 million in seed
funding led by TLV
Partners, alongside
participation from Today
Ventures, ICON, SaaS
Ventures Israel, and
several angel investors.
This funding will aid in
product development,...
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Investors: TLV Partners,
Today Ventures, ICON, SaaS
Ventures Israel
Data Analysis
Textql
🇺🇸
$17M
textql has raised $17
million in a strategic
funding round led by
Blackstone Innovations
Investments. The company
aims to redefine how
enterprises extract value
from their data in the age
of AI.
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Investors: Blackstone
Innovations Investments
Defense & Security
$172.8M
The European Commission
and Ukraine's Ministry of
Defence have launched a
€160 million financial
programme to invest in
innovative technologies
aimed at strengthening
Ukraine's defence
capabilities. This
initiative includes a €140
million EU guarantee and
€21 million in investment
grants,...
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Energy
X-energy
🇺🇸
$1B
X-energy raised over $1
billion in its initial
public offering on the
Nasdaq, highlighting
strong investor interest
in advanced nuclear
reactors driven by the
growing energy demands of
artificial intelligence.
This funding marks a
significant milestone for
the company.
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Financial Services &
Wealth Management
Nava AI
🇺🇸
$8.3M
Nava AI, a company focused
on securing autonomous
financial transactions,
has raised $8.3 million in
seed funding led by
Polychain Capital, with
participation from
Archetype, Hack VC,
FalconX, Seed Club, and
others. The funding will
help build a verification
layer...
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Investors: Polychain
Capital, Archetype, Hack
VC, FalconX, Seed Club
Astor
🇺🇸
$5M
Astor, an AI-native
investment advisory
platform, has raised $5
million in a seed round
led by Monashees, with
participation from Y
Combinator and other
investors. The funding
aims to enhance its
services, addressing the
need for accessible
investment advice.
The...
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Investors: Monashees, Y
Combinator
General Enterprise
Workflows
Petual
🇺🇸
$20M
Petual, an AI-powered
audit and compliance
platform, has raised $20
million in funding from
investors including
Andreessen Horowitz, First
Round Capital, Cowboy
Ventures, and Elad Gil.
The funding will be used
to accelerate product
development and expand its
go-to-market efforts.
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Investors: Andreessen
Horowitz, First Round
Capital, Cowboy Ventures,
Elad Gil
Health
Bioxtreme
🇮🇱
$15M
Bioxtreme secured a
strategic investment of
$15 million led by Serra
Holding, aimed at
advancing its AI-powered
rehabilitation
technologies and launching
its next-generation
device, Plaxtreme.
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Investors: Serra Holding
Viewsml
🇨🇦
$4.9M
Viewsml has raised $4.9
million in an
oversubscribed seed
funding round to
accelerate the
commercialization of its
AI-powered virtual
biomarker staining
platform. The round was
led by Wittington
Ventures, with
participation from
Continuum Health Ventures,
Mayo Clinic, and other
existing...
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Investors: Wittington
Ventures, Continuum Health
Ventures, Mayo Clinic
10x Science
🇺🇸
$4.8M
10x Science, an AI company
specializing in
molecular-level protein
characterization, has
raised $4.8 million in
seed funding led by
Initialized Capital, with
participation from Y
Combinator, Civilization
Ventures, Founder Factor,
and strategic angel
investors. The
oversubscribed round will
help scale...
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Investors: Initialized
Capital, Y Combinator,
Civilization Ventures,
Founder Factor
Betterness
🇺🇸
$2.5M
Betterness, an AI-driven
health and wellness
platform, has raised $2.5
million in seed funding to
launch Bett-i, a fully
autonomous voice-first AI
life-coaching system. The
funding will help build
agentic infrastructure for
the global health and
wellness industry and
expand...
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Large Language Models
Anthropic
🇺🇸
$40B
Google plans to invest up
to $40 billion in AI
startup Anthropic, with an
immediate $10 billion at a
$35 billion valuation.
This investment aims to
enhance Google's AI
capabilities and compete
with Microsoft and OpenAI.
The remaining $30
billion...
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Investors: Google
Legal & Regulatory
Iridius
🇺🇸
$8.6M
Iridius, a Seattle-based
enterprise software
startup, has raised $8.6
million in seed funding to
develop a
compliance-by-design AI
platform for regulated
industries, particularly
life sciences. The funding
round was led by Chalfen
Ventures, with
participation from Osage
Venture Partners,
Accenture...
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Investors: Chalfen
Ventures, Osage Venture
Partners, Accenture
Ventures, Rock Yard
Ventures
Other AI Category
Series
🇺🇸
$5.1M
Series, an AI social
networking app built for
iMessage, has raised $5.1
million in a pre-seed
funding round. The
investment was led by
notable figures including
Venmo co-founder Iqram
Magdon-Ismail and Reddit
CEO Steve Huffman. Founded
by Yale students
Nathaneo...
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Investors: Iqram
Magdon-Ismail, Steve
Huffman
Productivity &
Personal Assistants
Lumapps
🇫🇷
Undisclosed
LumApps has announced its
acquisition of Comeen to
enhance its AI-powered
employee hub by
integrating physical
workplace services. This
strategic move aims to
unify digital and physical
workplace environments,
offering features like
intelligent booking and
real-time analytics. The
deal reflects...
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Recruitment
Hrflow.ai
🇫🇷
$7M
hrflow.ai, an AI platform
for human resources data,
has raised $7 million in a
pre-series A funding round
led by 115k and
emergingtech ventures.
This funding increases the
company's total capital to
$10 million and will be
used for global...
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Investors: 115k,
emergingtech ventures
Robotics
$150M
Pudu Technology Inc., a
leading developer of
intelligent service
robotics, has raised
nearly $150 million in a
new funding round,
bringing its valuation to
over $1.5 billion and
total funding to over $300
million. The company
focuses on producing
commercial...
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$10.8M
Smart Robotics, a
Netherlands-based
developer of AI-driven
robotic pick-and-place
solutions, has raised €10
million in a Series A
funding round led by
Rotterdamse Havendraken,
Innovation Industries, and
Dutch family office Ernij
Next. The funding aims to
accelerate growth across
Europe,...
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Investors: Rotterdamse
Havendraken, Innovation
Industries, Ernij Next
Crewline AI
🇺🇸
$7.1M
Crewline AI, a
construction technology
startup, has raised $7.1
million in seed funding
led by Initialized Capital
and Nebular. The company
is developing autonomous
systems for construction
machinery, starting with
rollers, to tackle ongoing
labor shortages in the
industry.
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Investors: Initialized
Capital, Nebular
Sales and Marketing
$4.2M
Youtility Decision
Science, a behavioral AI
company, has raised a
total of $4.2 million in
its seed funding round to
develop a platform that
predicts consumer
decision-making. The
funding was led by
strategic investors
including Silver Falcon
Capital, Fyllo, and...
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Investors: Silver Falcon
Capital,Fyllo,National
Media
Sillage
🇫🇷
$1.836M
Sillage, a French
go-to-market AI startup,
has raised €1.7 million
($2 million) in a pre-seed
funding round led by Kima
Ventures, Angel Invest,
and Drysdale Ventures. The
company aims to help
enterprise sales teams
convert buying signals
into qualified sales...
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Investors: Kima Ventures,
Angel Invest, Drysdale
Ventures
Software Development
Cognition AI
🇺🇸
$25B
Cognition AI is in early
discussions to raise
funding at a valuation of
around $25 billion, more
than double its current
$10.2 billion valuation.
The AI coding startup,
founded in late 2023, aims
to develop an autonomous
AI software engineer...
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Investors: Founders Fund
Supply Chain
Loop
🇺🇸
$95M
Loop, an AI platform for
logistics and supply
chains, has secured $95
million in a Series C
funding round led by Valor
Equity Partners and the
Valor Atreides AI Fund,
with additional
participation from 8VC,
Founders Fund, Index
Ventures, J.P....
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Investors: Valor Equity
Partners, Valor Atreides
AI Fund, 8VC, Founders
Fund, Index Ventures, J.P.
Morgan Growth Equity
Partners, Tao Capital
Partners
Voice, Music & Video
Comfyui
🇺🇸
$30M
ComfyUI, a startup focused
on enhancing creator
control over AI-generated
media, has raised $30
million in funding at a
$500 million valuation.
The funding round was led
by Craft Ventures, with
participation from Pace
Capital, Chemistry, and
TruArrow. Founded in...
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Investors: Craft Ventures,
Pace Capital, Chemistry,
TruArrow
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