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📌 8 AI Startups raise $120M+

📌 8 AI Startups raise $120M+

BONUS: System of Agents From Foundation Capital

November 01, 2024

TODAY’S FUNDING RECAP 🗓️

Decart raises a $21M Seed — Real-time inference video model
Spot AI raises a $31M Series B-2 — AI to analyze surveillance footage
Buddy raises a $11M Seed — AI language tutor
Endeavor raises a $7M Seed — AI for manufacturing operations
4 more rounds caught by my funding tracker

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RAISED A $11.5M SEED LAST MONTH

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TOP PICKS 📢

1/4

→ Decart

Amount: $21M 🎉

Round: Seed

Lead Investor: Sequoia Capital

Decart built Oasis, an AI video model that powers real-time, interactive open-world simulations.

Oasis is capable of producing game-like experiences without pre-programmed environments. They demoed a Minecraft-like world where gameplay is generated on the fly, end-to-end, with physics, rules, and graphics simulated in real-time. The model was trained on vast amounts of Minecraft gameplay videos, allowing it to respond to keyboard and mouse inputs and create frames instantaneously.

2/4

→ Spot AI

Amount: $31M 🎉

Round: Series B-2

Lead Investor: Qualcomm Ventures

Spot AI uses AI agents to analyze surveillance footage to secure, protect, and optimize operations.

Their AI agents process unstructured video data in real-time to trigger alarms, play audio messages, activate lights, or even control machinery in case of detected incidents or hazards. Through edge processing, the platform can deploy AI models to analyze and act on video data instantly.

3/4

→ Buddy.ai

Amount: $11M 🎉

Round: Seed

Lead Investor: BITKRAFT Ventures

Buddy is a conversational AI tutor to help children learn English as a second language.

It is a subscription-based app where kids can engage with an AI character that facilitates language learning through interactive conversations and structured activities. The AI tutor responds to spoken language and adjusts to different accents and learning levels.

4/4

→ Endeavor

Amount: $7M 🎉

Round: Seed

Lead Investor: Craft Ventures

Endeavor uses AI to automate and optimize administrative processes within manufacturing companies.

The platform processes unstructured data from various sources, including purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices, and organizes this data to streamline operations. By transforming data into structured insights, Endeavor enables companies to automate tasks across sales, inventory planning, and supply chain management.