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TENEX.AI , the first leading AI-native, human-led SOC that triages every alert, investigates every threat, and frees your team for strategic work, led by Eric Foster, Venkata Koppaka, Ryan Shreve, Edwin Solis, Jan Grzymala-Busse, Elias “Lou” Manousos, and the team, has raised  $250M in Series B funding led by Crosspoint Capital Partners .  Nearly one year since entering the market, TENEX has achieved rapid growth, generating $25M+ in contracted revenue, scaling headcount by 3

Cohere , building foundational models and AI solutions that help teams turn everyday effort into extraordinary impact, led by Aidan Gomez, Nick Frosst, Ivan Zhang, and the team, has announced  Transcribe, a state-of-the-art automatic speech recognition (ASR) model that is open source and available  for download . Speech is rapidly emerging as a core modality for AI-driven workflows, from transcription and analytics to real-time support agents. Cohere developed Cohere Transcri

Arctis AI , the contract operating system for construction professionals, turning complex documents into clarity, alignment, and control, led by Leon Stawowiak, Duc-Trung Nguyen, Dila Ekrem, and Simon Paul, has raised  $1M+ led by PT1  (Berlin/London), with participation from  EWOR , and a prominent group of angels, including Alexander Schwörer (Owner of PERI), Sebastian Johnston (Founding Partner at La Famiglia), Christian Vollmann (Founder of C1 Green Chemicals), Daniel Bro

Cosmos , a next-gen social app built for a great personal experience through images, led by Andy McCune and Luca Marra, has secured  a $15M Series A co-led by Shine Capital  and Matrix , with participation from GV , Accel , Plug and Play , and Anthony Casalena, founder and CEO of Squarespace . Ethan Daly from Shine has joined the company's board. Images have long been a powerful and universal form of expression, shaping desire, identity, and imagination. Over time, the intern