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Skild AI raises a $300M Series A — Robotics foundational model
Captions raises a $60M Series C — AI for video creation and editing
Volley raises a $55M Series C — Voice-controlled games
enso raises a $6M Pre-Seed — AI agents for SMBs
DreamFlare raises a $1.6M Round — Netflix for AI video creators
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TOP PICKS 📢
1/5
Amount: $300M 🎉
Valuation: $1.5B
Round: Series A
Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, Bezos Expeditions
Skild AI is building a foundation model to serve as a general-purpose brain for robots.
Their model has demonstrated generalization and emergent capabilities across various robots, scenarios, and tasks, including manipulation, locomotion, and navigation. It enables low-cost robots to perform complex household and industrial tasks.
2/5
Amount: $60M 🎉
Valuation: $500M
Round: Series C
Lead Investor: Index Ventures
Captions is an AI-powered platform that simplifies video creation and editing.
Their product includes features such as AI-generated 3D avatars for content creation and an AI editing tool that allows users to edit videos with a single tap.
Notably, the company has 10M+ creators on the platform creating 3M+ videos each month.
3/5
Amount: $55M 🎉
Round: Series C
Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12
Volley develops voice-controlled games powered by AI.
Their games feature an AI voice interface, allowing players to interact using voice commands rather than traditional controllers. They have launched various branded titles and adapted popular TV shows like "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" into voice games.
4/5
Amount: $6M 🎉
Round: Pre-Seed
Lead Investor: NFX
Enso is an AI Agents platform built for SMBs.
Enso's AI Agents overcome the unpredictability of conventional AI agents by utilizing predefined templates, components, and software integrations tailored to specific industries like marketing, accounting, etc.
5/5
Amount: $1.6M 🎉
Round: Venture Round
DreamFlare AI is a studio where content creators work with professional storytellers to produce video content using third-party AI tools like Runway, Midjourney, and ElevenLabs.
The platform offers two types of animated content: "Flips," which are comic book-style stories with AI-generated short clips and images, and "Spins," which are interactive choose-your-own-adventure short films. These videos are then distributed through a subscription-based service.
OTHER ROUNDS 🤏
ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS
→ Command Zero raises a $21M Seed — Autonomous & user-led cyber investigations platform
→ Byway raises a $6.5M Series A — AI-powered trip planning
→ Accend raises a $3.2M Seed — AI-powered business onboarding
PITCH DECKS & TOOLS ⚒️
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Proofs $2.6M Pre-Seed - AI agent for APIs
TechWolf $42.75M Series B - AI-powered internal recruitment
Zing Coach $10M Series A - AI fitness coach to personalize health and fitness training plans
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