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WitnessAI , a platform that helps enterprises protect and accelerate their AI journey across the rapidly evolving AI tech stacks, led by Rick Caccia, Gil Spencer, Stephanie Gilliam, and others, has secured  strategic funding of $58 million led by Sound Ventures , with participation from Fin Capital , Qualcomm Ventures , Samsung Ventures, and Forgepoint Capital Partners . The company also unveiled expanded agentic AI governance capabilities that bring observability to global e

AlphaLum , building the world's most efficient AR displays & optical sensors, led by Markus Rossi, Eric Tremblay, Tim De Reyck, Tanja Koch, Carlos Macias, and Volker Zagolla, has announced  the successful close of its CHF 3.4 million seed financing round led by Vsquared Ventures . The funding accelerates AlphaLum’s shift from advanced engineering to a core supplier for next-generation smart glasses and spatial-computing products, establishing it as a leading European provider

Skene , automating onboarding, retention, and growth, so vibe-coders can focus on building, led by Teemu Kinos, Michele Boggia, and Teppo Hudsson, has closed  a €800,000 pre-seed round led by Superhero Capital  and with participation from NVIDIA executives. AI-driven development has created a $113B execution gap, where products ship faster than they achieve activation, adoption, or retention. With 42% of startups missing the market and over half of SaaS tools going unused, co