AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast. In just the past week, OpenAI bought health startup Torch, Anthropic launched Claude for healthcare, and Sam Altman-backed MergeLabs closed a $250 million seed round at an $850 million valuation. The money and products are pouring into health and voice AI, but so are concerns about hallucination risks, inaccurate medical information, and […]
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Higgsfield says it's on a $200 million annual revenue run rate. So it opened its previous Series A round back up and sold another $80 million in shares.
The massive round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation from other returning backers.
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Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India.
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Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.
Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank.
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As companies deploy AI-powered chatbots, agents, and copilots across their operations, they’re facing a new risk: how do you let employees and AI agents use powerful AI tools without accidentally leaking sensitive data, violating compliance rules, or opening the door to prompt-based injections? Witness AI just raised $58 million to find a solution, building what they call “the […]
VoiceRun, a startup that creates voice agents, raised $5.5 million in a round led by Flybridge.
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AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.
African defense company Terra comes out of stealth with an $11.75M round led by Joe Lonsdale's 8VC.
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