Fundraising
Creatio raises $200M at a $1.2B valuation for its no-code CRM and workflow platform
Creatio CEO Katherine Kostereva argues that what sets her company apart is that it was always architected to work at an enterprise scale.
In a push to bolster profits, more airlines are turning to controversial dynamic pricing tech, which prices fares and amenities variably based on a traveler’s willingness to pay for them.
Sensi.AI grabs $31M Series B from Insight, Zeev to monitor seniors 24/7
Older adults increasingly want to age in their homes rather than nursing facilities. A study by the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) found that nearly 90% of people over…
EasyTranslate thinks augmenting LLMs with humans will give it an edge over pure AI translation services
EasyTranslate is headed in a new direction with a new, generative AI-driven platform that it calls HumanAI.
It’s unclear where Stability goes from here.
Payabli is building payment management tools for software startups
Payabli builds the infrastructure that allows companies, specifically software companies, to embed and facilitate payments through APIs.
Coder’s open-source software has around 1.2 million monthly active users, and Dropbox, Discord and Skydio are among the company’s paying customers.
Backed by David Sacks, Garry Tan and Walter Isaacson, Created by Humans helps people license their creative work to AI models
In 2024, it seems like no week goes by without a media organization, author group or artist suing generative AI companies for using their work to train models without permission.…
EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142M for protein-generating AI
A startup called EvolutionaryScale, founded by ex-Meta researchers, has raised $142 million for its AI-powered protein-generating tech.
General Catalyst leads $40M round for Local Kitchens, a different kind of restaurant kitchen startup
Don’t call this company a “ghost kitchen.” Since its Series A in 2021, Local Kitchens grew 5x and achieved unit-level profitability.
TestParty raises $4M to help automate the coding for accessible websites
As of today, nearly all of the world’s most popular website homepages are not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Etched, founded by Harvard dropouts, is building an AI chip that can only run one type of model: transformer-based models.
H Venture Partners launches venture studio focused on microbiome tech
The firm said that it will source talent who can solve health problems like depression, cancer, eczema and neurodegenerative diseases.
SkyCell nabs $59M more for its greener smart pharma transport containers
The Swiss startup has closed out its Series D at $116 million, which it will use to double down on working with companies operating in Asia and the U.S.
Emergence on Monday emerged from stealth with $97.2 million in funding.
The Multi deal seems to fit into OpenAI’s broader recent strategy of investing heavily in enterprise solutions.
How 2 high school teens raised a $500K seed round for their API startup (yes, it’s AI)
18-year-olds Christopher Fitzgerald and Nicholas Van Landschoot have founded APIGen, a platform to build custom APIs from natural language prompts.
OmniAI is a set of tools that transform unstructured enterprise data into a something that data analytics apps and AI can understand.
Deal Dive: Sir Jack A Lot returns with a startup for retail traders
When former YouTube product manager Kevin Xu, known as “Sir Jack A Lot” on Reddit, turned $35,000 into $8 million trading stocks between 2020 and 2022, many people thought his…
E-fuels startup Aether Fuels is raising $34.3 million, per filing
The e-fuels startup is working on producing fuel for aviation and maritime shipping using carbon dioxide and other waste carbon streams.
The Rockset buy fits into OpenAI’s broader recent strategy of investing heavily in its enterprise sales and tech orgs.
Kevin Hartz’s A* raises its second oversubscribed fund in three years
Venture firms raised $9.3 billion in Q1 according to PitchBook data, which means this year likely won’t match or surpass 2023’s $81.8 billion total. While emerging managers are feeling the…
Speak, the AI-powered language learning app, has raised new money from investors at double its previous valuation.
Poolside is raising $400M+ at a $2B valuation to build a supercharged coding co-pilot
Paris has quickly established itself as a major European center for AI startups, and now another big deal is in the works.
Labor shortages are still fueling growth at automation firms like GrayMatter
GrayMatter self-reports that its systems currently produce “a 2~4x improvement in production line productivity [and a] 30% or more reduction in consumable waste.”
PayPal Ventures leads $20M round into Gynger, which offers companies ‘buy now, pay later’ for technology purchases
Gynger, a platform that lends capital to companies for technology purchases, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by PayPal Ventures, it told TechCrunch exclusively. The financing…
Semperis, a specialist in Active Directory security now worth more than $1B, raises $125M
Active Directory, the Microsoft directory service for connecting users with network resources, is used by more than 90% of all Fortune 1000 companies and many more besides. So it’s no…
Daydream rakes in $50M seed funding to build an AI-powered search engine suited for e-commerce
Online shopping trends are expected to stay strong this year, but e-commerce is more fragmented than ever. With brands selling on so many platforms — from TikTok Shop, to established…
PQShield secures $37M more for ‘quantum resistant’ cryptography
Malicious hacking is getting increasingly sophisticated, and that’s leading to a very clear trend in security technology. To keep people and organizations safe, security also has to continue improving. Security…
Like it or hate it, artificial intelligence — especially generative AI — is the technology story of 2024. OpenAI, with its rollouts of viral services like ChatGPT and billions in…
