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- 📌 4 AI Startups raise $80M+
📌 4 AI Startups raise $80M+
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TODAY’S FUNDING RECAP 🗓️
Mercor raises a $30M Series A — AI to vet and match talent
fal raises a $23M Round — AI inference and compute cloud
2 more rounds caught by my funding tracker
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1/2
Amount: $30M 🎉
Valuation: $250M
Round: Series A
Lead Investor: Benchmark
Mercor uses AI to vet and interview job candidates, matching them to open roles.
Applicants start by uploading their resumes and completing a 20-minute AI-powered video interview. The first part focuses on the candidate’s experience, while the second part presents them with a relevant case study to solve. Based on this data, Mercor’s AI matches the candidate with open positions across its marketplace.
Notably, their lead VC highlighted that Mercor’s revenue is in the tens of millions, growing 50% monthly — and profitable.
2/2
Amount: $23M 🎉
Valuation: $80M
Round: Seed + Series A
Lead Investor: Kindred Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz
fal is an AI inference and compute platform for developers.
Their managed compute and workflow solution helps enterprises run AI models at scale.
They also have an API for open-source generative models, allowing developers to integrate these models directly into their applications. These APIs support the generation of audio, images, and video content.
OTHER ROUNDS 🤏
ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS
→ PictorLabs raises a $30M Series B — AI-powered virtual staining
→ Pickommerce raises a $3.4M Seed — Autonomous pick & pack robots
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