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đź“Ś 8 AI Startups raise $150M+
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TODAY’S FUNDING RECAP 🗓️
Goodfire raises a $50M Series A — AI model interpretability
Theseus raises a $4.3M Seed — Visual navigation for drones
1Fort raises a $7.5M Seed — Commercial insurance copilot for brokers
ExaForce raises a $75M Series A — Cloud security operations
4 more rounds caught by my funding tracker
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TOP PICKS 📢
1/4
Amount: $50M 🎉
Round: Series A
Lead Investor: Menlo Ventures
Goodfire applies mechanistic interpretability techniques to decode the internal logic of AI models at the neuron level.
Their platform, Ember, provides programmable access to the model's internal structure—its “thoughts”—by mapping neurons to specific tasks, behaviors, and concepts. This allows users to understand why a model made a specific decision and surgically modify it, much like a neurosurgeon would with a brain. The platform works across various AI models, including scientific models like DNA foundation models.
2/4
Amount: $4.3M 🎉
Round: Seed
Lead Investor: First Round Capital
Theseus builds the hardware modules and software systems that enable drones to navigate autonomously without relying on GPS.
Their core innovation lies in visual navigation: using a drone's onboard camera in conjunction with satellite imagery (such as Google Maps) to determine its coordinates and plan flight paths. This system allows unmanned aerial vehicles to operate in GPS-denied environments, such as war zones where GPS signals are jammed.
3/4
Amount: $7.5M 🎉
Round: Seed
Lead Investor: Bonfire Ventures
1Fort is a commercial insurance platform that automates the entire insurance placement process for brokers.
The platform enables brokers to input client data once and automates everything from autofilling insurance applications, retrieving carrier quotes in real time, analyzing coverage options, to processing premium payments and financing—all within minutes. Licensed in all 50 U.S. states and partnered with over a dozen carriers, 1Fort supports multiple insurance lines including cyber, general liability, workers compensation, professional and management liability, and E&O insurance.
4/4
Amount: $75M 🎉
Round: Series A
Lead Investor: Khosla Ventures, Mayfield
Exaforce offers AI agents for enterprise security operations centers (SOCs).
Their autonomous agents called Exabots, automate SOC tasks like triaging alerts, investigating issues, and recommending or executing responses. They are powered by a semantic data graph and knowledge engine that maps security-relevant data—such as logs, configurations, threat intelligence, and identities—into a unified model. This enables Exabots to provide rich, contextual insights and take informed actions across multiple systems. The platform also includes a co-pilot mode, which gives human analysts real-time AI guidance during investigations.
OTHER ROUNDS 🤏
ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS
→ Brellium raises a $16M Series A — AI to help medical clinics automate chart review
→ Bauplan raises a $7.5M Seed — Data layer for AI systems
→ Spur raises a $4.5M Seed — AI QA engineer
→ Inephany raises a $2.2M Pre-Seed — Automate and optimise AI model training
UNANNOUNCED DEALS FROM ARFUR ROCK
→ Cursor is raising a $625M Round at a $9.6B post-money valuation led by Thrive Capital & a16z, $200M ARR
→ Interview Coder is raising a $5M Seed from Abstract & Susa Ventures
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