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Cast AI , the leading Application Performance Automation platform, led by Yuri Frayman, Leon Kuperman, Laurent Gil, and others, has introduced OMNI Compute , a unified compute control plane that automatically discovers available resources across cloud providers and regions and transparently extends existing Kubernetes clusters to consume them. The company also announced a strategic investment from Pacific Alliance Ventures (PAV) , the U.S.-based corporate venture arm of Shins

Proxima Bio , unlocking a new chapter in medicine by making protein interactions programmable, led by Zachary Carpenter, Luca Naef, and others, has secured an oversubscribed $80M seed financing led by DCVC , with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Braidwell , Roivant , AIX Ventures , Yosemite, Magnetic Ventures , Alexandria Venture Investments, Modi Ventures , and additional strategic and institutional investors. As part of the financing, the compan

Sandstone , the home for AI-native legal departments, led by Nick Fleisher , Liam Germain , and Jarryd Strydom , has announced its launch with a $10 million seed round led by Sequoia , with participation from an incredible group of additional investors as well as over 20 GCs, law firm partners, and customers. Experience in fast-growing B2B companies and legal tech consulting revealed a critical gap: in-house legal teams face inefficiencies from scattered knowledge and outdate