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Navier AI , developing agent-driven engineering, led by Cameron Flannery and Evan Kay, has announced  $5.6 million in seed funding and its launch from stealth. The round includes participation from GV  (Google Ventures), HCVC , and Y Combinator . Engineering has seen two major productivity leaps: CAD replaced manual drafting, and simulation enabled virtual testing. Navier introduces the third, Agent-Driven Engineering, where AI agents automate repetitive design-to-engineering

Chai Discovery , engineering better molecules using artificial intelligence, led by Joshua Meier  and Matthew McPartlon , has secured  $130 million Series B financing round co-led by Oak HC/FT  and General Catalyst , with participation from Thrive Capital , OpenAI , Menlo Ventures , SV Angel , and others, alongside new investors Emerson Collective  and Glade Brook , valuing the company at $1.3 Billion. The Series B round brings Chai’s total funding to more than $225 million.

Mirelo AI , developing everything from the foundational AI model to the end product for full control, focused on audio, led by Carl Johann SIMON-GABRIEL , Florian Wenzel , and others, has secured a $41 million seed round, co-led by Index Ventures  and Andreessen Horowitz , with participation from Atlantic.vc  and TriplePoint Capital . The funding marks a major milestone in reimagining how audio is created and experienced in videos and games. Mirelo was born out of a love of s