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Luminal , compiling AI models to give you the fastest, highest throughput inference cloud in the world, led by Joe Fioti, Matthew Gunton, and Jake Stevens, has secured  a $5.3 million seed round led by Felicis Ventures , with incredible angels like Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, and many more. Compute demand is soaring, and chips are advancing faster than ever. But software isn’t keeping pace, leaving large portions of modern accelerators underutilized. Reaching peak performan

Sakana AI , building a world-class AI research lab in Tokyo, led by David Ha, Llion Jones, and Ren Ito, has raised 20 Billion Yen (135 million US Dollars) from new and existing investors, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group  (MUFG), Khosla Ventures , Factorial, Macquarie Capital , Fundomo , Mouro Capital , New Enterprise Associates , Geodesic Capital , Lux Capital , Ora Global , MPower Partners , Shikoku Electric Power , and In-Q-Tel (IQT) . Record levels of capital are

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

Reflection AI , an AI Research lab building superintelligence accessible to everyone, led by Misha Laskin and Ioannis Alexandros...

SylloTips , an innovative seed-stage startup supported by Techstars, pioneering the first human-in-the-loop AI platform for automating...

Nscale , a full-stack, scalable, and sustainable AI cloud platform, led by Josh Payne, Alex Sharp, David Power, Daniel Bathurst, and...

DaltonTx , a collaborative intelligence platform redefining how technology powers drug discovery, led by Dr. Garry Pairaudeau, Dr....

Macroscope , an AI-powered understanding engine that gives leaders clarity while saving engineers time, led by Kayvon Beykpour, Joseph...

Irregular , the first frontier security lab with the mission of protecting the world in the time of increasingly capable and...

FinBox , the operating system for digital lending, led by Rajat Deshpande, Anant Deshpande, Srijan Nagar, and Nikhil Bhawsinka, has...

Rulebase , a YC-backed AI start-up building an AI agent for back-office operations at Financial Services led by Gideon Ebose and Chidi...

Hyperbound , an AI-powered platform for sales coaching and role play, led by Sriharsha Guduguntla and Atul Raghunathan, has secured  $15...

DianaHR , an AI-powered HR platform for small businesses led by Upeka Bee , Timothy Elser , Michael Chang , Vaijayanthi (VJ) Jagannathan...

MarqVision , an AI-powered platform for brand protection led by Mark I. Lee, Joo Hyung (Rino) Lee, Christina Kim, Niels Kvaavik, and...

Blocks , an AI-powered work automation platform, led by Tal Haramati and Michal Lupu, has secured  $10 million in a seed round led by...

EcoDataCenter , a data and digital infrastructure company, led by Peter Michelson , Mikael Svanfeldt , Johan Östlund , PJ Andersson ,...

Cognition , the makers of Devin, the AI Software Engineer, led by Scott Wu, Walden Yan, and Steven Hao, has raised  over $400M at a...

Cassidy AI , an AI automations platform powered by your company data, led by Justin Fineberg and Ian Woodfill, has secured  $10 million...

Motion , a YC-backed single platform to manage all Human Work and AI Work, led by Harry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, and Ethan Yu, has raised  a...

Throxy , a sales platform for hard industries, led by Bergen Merey, Arnau Ayerbe Garcia, and Pablo Jimenez de Parga Ramos, has secured...