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Portal26 , the GenAI Adoption Management Platform, led by Arti Raman, Dallas Thompson, Pakshi Rajan, Karthikeyan M, Fadil Mesic, Joe Boggio, and Neil Cohen, has secured  a $9 million Series A round of funding led by Shasta Ventures  with support from Fusion Fund , as well as the venture arm of a Fortune 500 financial services institution. Portal26 CEO Arti Raman said the surge in enterprise GenAI adoption is driving demand for platforms that provide visibility, security, gove

TestSprite , an AI testing agent and automation platform, led by Yunhao Jiao, Rui Li, Shawnie Shan , and others, has secured  $6.7 million in seed funding, led by Trilogy Equity Partners , with participation from Techstars , Hat-Trick Capital , Jinqiu Capital, MiraclePlus , Baidu Venture , and EdgeCase Capital Partners. As AI increasingly writes software, validation must advance just as fast. The scale and complexity of AI-generated code require a new testing infrastructure,

octonomy AI , an AI company building agentic systems for complex enterprise support and service workflows, led by Sushel Bijganath, Oliver Trabert, Thorsten Grote, Markus Hanslik, and Thomas Bollig,   has raised  $US20 million, led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital , with participation from Capnamic , NRW.Bank , and the TechVision Fund, bringing the total funding to US $25 million since its founding 15 months ago. Octonomy equips heavy-equipment industries with AI systems

Source.ag , the Amsterdam-based developer of AI software for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), led by Rien Kamman, Ernst van Bruggen, Magnus Hilding, Joris van der Els, and Eva Laumans, has raised  $17.5 million led by Astanor , with strategic participation from investors including seed breeder Enza Zaden  and grower cooperative Harvest House , bringing the total funding to over $60 million in five years. The investment follows rapid expansion, with the company deploy

Mecha Health , an applied AI lab building next-generation foundation models for radiology, led by Ahmed Abdulaal, Nina Montaña Brown, Ayodeji Ijishakin, and Hugo Fry, has raised  $4.1 million in Seed funding, led by  Valia Ventures  with support from  Y Combinator . Radiology is now a critical backbone of modern medicine, but the field is at a breaking point. Nearly 70% of practices report staffing shortages, two-thirds of radiologists face burnout, and imaging demand has sur

Legora , the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, led by Max Junestrand, Sigge Labor, and August Erseus, has raised   $150 million at a $1.8 billion valuation, led by Bessemer Venture Partners , with significant investment from existing investors ICONIQ , General Catalyst , Redpoint Ventures , Benchmark , and Y Combinator , to accelerate its global expansion and growing product roadmap. Legora’s funding comes amid surging demand for its AI platform over the past six months,

The Prompting Company , an AI-optimization platform led by Kevin Chandra, Michelle Marcelline, and Albert Purnama, has secured  $6.5 million from Peak XV Partners , Base10 , Y Combinator , Firedrop , and angels, including Logan Kilpatrick. As AI becomes the primary interface for product discovery and autonomous agents begin transacting on users’ behalf, The Prompting Company aims to equip brands to market effectively to both agents and humans. Recent website growth has been d

Mem0 , a universal, self‑improving memory layer for LLM applications, led by Taranjeet Singh and Deshraj Yadav, has secured  $24M raise across Seed and Series A, the seed round led by Kindred Ventures , and Series A led by Basis Set Ventures , with participation from Peak XV Partners , GitHub Fund , and Y Combinator . Mem0 is also backed by an incredible group of angel investors, including Scott Belsky, Dharmesh Shah, and the CEOs of companies that have built core infrastruct

Fireworks AI , the platform to build your Generative AI capabilities, optimized and at scale, led by Lin Qiao, Benny Chen, Chenyu Zhao, Dmytro Dzhulgakov, Dmytro Ivchenko, James Reed, and Pawel Garbacki, has secured  a $250 million Series C at a $4 billion valuation, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners , Index Ventures , and Evantic , with continued support from Sequoia Capital , bringing the total funding to $327 million. Founded in 2022 by former PyTorch engineers, Firewo

Wild Moose , an AI-powered site reliability platform, led by Yasmin Dunsky, Roei Schuster, and Tom Tytunovich, has secured  $7M seed round led by iAngels , with participation from Y Combinator , F2 Venture Capital , Maverick Ventures , and others, including an exceptional group of angels at the forefront of AI research and reliability engineering, such as Joel Pobar (AI researcher at Meta Superintelligence Labs, formerly Anthropic), Jeremy Edberg (Founding SRE at Reddit & Net

Vesence , a cursor for lawyers, led by Henrik Hansson and Ludvig Swanstrom, has secured  $9 million seed round, led by Emergence  with participation from Creandum , Y Combinator , and 20VC . Angel investors include Paul Graham, Anton Osika, and Jason Bohemig. Vesence is an AI agent platform for law firms integrated within Microsoft Office. It reviews documents, emails, and projects directly in Word and Outlook, ensuring accuracy and consistency before anything reaches the cli

Onfire , AI revenue intelligence for technical-buyer GTM, led by Tal Peretz (CEO), Shahar Shavit (CTO), and Nitzan Hadar (CPO), has secured $20 million initial round led by Grove Ventures  and TLV Partners  with participation by IN Venture  and Leumi 77 Ventures. Onfire is redefining how revenue teams engage with technical buyers through a purpose-built vertical AI platform. Trained on years of proprietary contextual data, it enables precise targeting of engineering, data, an

Mercor , a platform powering AI Research led by Brendan Foody, Adarsh Hiremath, and Surya Midha, has secured  $350 million Series C funding, led by Felicis  with participation from Benchmark , General Catalyst , and Robinhood Ventures , and values Mercor at $10 billion, 5x its Series B valuation. Despite rapid advances in AI over the past three years, it still falters on the nuances that define meaningful work: judgment, intent, taste, and prioritization. This is the space wh

Crusoe , the AI infrastructure company led by Chase Lochmiller, Cully Cavness, Matthew DeNezza, Nitin Perumbeti, Chris Dolan, Tara Green, and others, has announced  the initial closing of its anticipated $1.375 billion Series E round, bringing the company's expected valuation to over $10 billion. The oversubscribed round was co-led by technology investors Valor Equity Partners  and Mubadala Capital , with participation from 137 Ventures , 1789 Capital , Activate Capital , Alt

Wonder Studios , a global network of artists, directors, and technologists exploring the creative frontier of AI, led by Xavier Collins and Justin Hackney, has secured  $12 million in seed funding led by Atomico , alongside existing investors LocalGlobe  and Blackbird , and builds on Wonder’s pre-seed investment, which included executives from ElevenLabs, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI.  Wonder will use the new funding to double its engineering team and accelerate original conte

Newton , the AI workflow platform for dental, led by Rohit Chaparala and Sam Detjen, has secured  $3.8 million in seed funding from Y Combinator ,  Twenty Two Ventures,   The Transpose Platform ,  Phosphor Capital , and a cohort of prominent angels, including Bo Jiang of Lithic. Newton serves as an AI-powered communications layer for dental practices, handling outbound and inbound tasks like reactivating unscheduled patients, verifying insurance benefits, and filling last-min

Riff , an Oslo-based vibe coding platform, led by Viral Shah, Trygve Karper, and Martin Skow Røed, has secured  $16 million in Series A funding led by Northzone , with backing from existing investors Skyfall Ventures ,  Maki.vc ,  Sondo Capital ,  Global Founders Capital , and new investor  Illusian .  Riff empowers professionals across organizations to build AI applications and agents that enhance productivity and outcomes. Addressing the gap between rapid AI innovation and

Starbridge , delivering unique go-to-market data on your public sector accounts, led by Justin Wenig, has raised  $42 million in Series A funding led by Craft Ventures . Starbridge’s AI-driven GTM intelligence platform helps public sector sales teams track hundreds of thousands of government agencies and schools in real time, monitoring bids, meetings, contracts, grants, budgets, procurement rules, and contacts. Over 160 enterprise teams, including Instructure, SimpliGov, and

Tempo , a visual editor for React that gives PMs, designers, and engineers the ability to collaborate visually on code, led by Kevin Michael and Peter Gokhshteyn, has secured $5 million in seed round from Golden Ventures ,  Y Combinator ,  Box Group ,  Webflow Ventures ,  Inovia ,  General Catalyst ,  Singularity Capital , Union Capital, 89 Christopher, Lenny Rachitsky, and many others. As AI advances, design and engineering are converging faster than ever, but existing tools

Saturn OS , the AI technology company transforming financial advice by slashing the cost to serve and broadening access to wealth management, led by Amal Jolly, Michael Ettlinger, and Rohit Vaish, has secured  a $15m Series A   funding round led by European VC Singular , with participation from Shapers , Y Combinator , and Zeno Ventures . The investment will fast-track product development and scale Saturn’s platform, enabling advisers to serve more clients with greater effici