πŸ“Œ 161 AI Startups raise $225M+

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πŸ—“οΈ Today’s 1 min recap:

  • SiMa AI raises a $70M Series C for its edge AI chips and software

  • Datavolo raises a $21M Series A for multimodal training data pipeline

  • Fluid Topics raises a $16.2M Series B for its customer service content platform

  • Manifold raises a $15M Series A for its clinical research platform

  • Allure Security raises a $10M Series A for its brand protection platform

  • 156 more rounds caught by my funding tracker including 149 AI Startups from the Y Combinator W24 batch

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TOP PICKS πŸ“’

A detailed highlight

Amount: $70M πŸŽ‰

Round: Series C

Lead Investor: Maverick Capital

SiMa AI provides a software and hardware platform that caters to all edge AI needs.

They’ve developed a machine learning system-on-chip (MLSoC) for edge devices which is a specialized chip to handle ML tasks on devices at the edge of a network, rather than in a data centre.

The new generation of their MLSoC will be able to handle multiple modalities including computer vision, text-to-speech, and speech-to-image.

Amount: $21M πŸŽ‰

Round: Series A

Lead Investor: General Catalyst

Datavolo provides a platform that helps companies build data pipelines for AI.

These pipelines automate the process of collecting, transforming, and preparing data for training AI models. Their software can handle both structured and unstructured data, which is a key differentiator as most data is unstructured.

Amount: $16.2M πŸŽ‰

Round: Series B

Lead Investor: Kennet Partners

Fluid Topics is a content delivery platform that enhances customer service by unifying and automating the delivery of tailored product knowledge.

The platform integrates technical documentation, datasets, and marketing materials and uses AI to provide users with customized information based on their needs.

Amount: $15M πŸŽ‰

Round: Series A

Lead Investor: TQ Ventures

Manifold provides an AI-powered platform that helps researchers in clinical research.

The platform helps with data collection, curation, and analysis from various sources. This allows researchers to find new insights from patient data and streamline data management and analysis workflows.

Amount: $10M πŸŽ‰

Round: Series A

Lead Investor: Curql

Allure Security offers an AI-powered solution for online brand protection.

The platform preemptively identifies and mitigates online scams, such as brand impersonation and phishing, through comprehensive internet evaluation and rapid response mechanisms.

OTHER ROUNDS 🀏

Essential introductions

β†’ Starboard raises a $5M Seed - AI-powered maritime intelligence

β†’ Ivo raises a $4.8M Seed - AI-powered legal contract review

β†’ Retell AI raises a $3.75M Seed - Conversational voice API for LLMs

β†’ VΓΆlur raises a $2.85M Seed - AI technology to optimize the meat industry

β†’ Inner AI raises a $2.4M Pre-Seed - AI-native workspace

β†’ Cellula raises a $2M Pre-Seed - On-chain Al life simulation game

β†’ GenerativeX raises a $0.8M Seed - AI app development, consulting, and generative model development

Y Combinator W24 Batch ($0.5M Pre-Seed):

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