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Meridian , the AI-powered modeling layer for Excel that automates the work behind financial models, helping teams move faster without losing precision, led by John Ling, George Fang, and Zach Kirshner, has raised  $17 million in seed funding, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz  and The General Partnership , to bring Meridian to more finance teams. Why Meridian Was Built Excel remains foundational in finance, but manual modeling is tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone. Existing

Sapiom , giving AI agents trusted access to the API economy, led by Ilan Zerbib, has raised  a $15.75M Seed round, led by Accel , with participation from Gradient , Array Ventures , Okta Ventures , Menlo Ventures , Anthropic , Coinbase Ventures , Formus Capital , and Operator Collective . For two decades, the internet economy has been built for humans; interfaces, authentication, payments, and risk models all assume a person is present to sign up, manage access, and approve s

From Left to Right: Dmitry Zakharov (CEO and Co-founder),  Dima Ivanouski (CRO and Co-founder), David Klassen (CTO and Co-founder), Anna Bunina - HRD. Naoma , an AI video sales agent that runs personalized demo calls 24/7 in any language, led by Dmitry Zakharov, Dima Ivanouski, David Klassen, and Anna Bunina, has announced the launch of the first AI video sales agent that runs instant personalized demo calls, with no sales representative required. The launch is supported by a

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

Fini , empowering enterprises to effortlessly deploy headless AI agents capable of resolving 80%+ of support tickets with 97% accuracy in over 50 languages, all without writing a single line of code, led by Deep Singla, Hakim, and others, has raised  $3.6M in seed funding led by Matrix Partners  with the backing of Y Combinator , along with people working at Uber, and high-profile angels from McKinsey and SoftBank. A significant trust gap limits the adoption of generative AI

Crunched , transforming your Excel modelling with autonomous Excel AI agents, led by Philip Borge, Lars Gjardar Musæus, Michael Sakowski, and Markus Skagemo, has secured  $6M in seed funding, led by  First Round Capital , with participation from  Y Combinator ,  20VC , and many more incredible VCs and angels, including YC founder Paul Graham and Mario Götze. Spreadsheets remain central to business and finance, yet Excel modeling is often slow, manual, and error-prone. Under t

Elyos AI , an AI agent built for trades and field services, led by Adrian Johnston, Philippa Brown, and Panos Stravopodis, has secured a $13 million Series A round, led by Blackbird Ventures , with participation from Y Combinator  and Pi Labs , bringing the total funding to $16 million. Trades businesses such as plumbers, electricians, HVAC teams, fire and security operators, and facilities managers form the backbone of the built world, yet many struggle with overwhelming cal

Parloa , the premier provider of AI agents elevating enterprise customer experience, led by Malte Kosub, Stefan Ostwald, Latane Conant, Csaba Tamas, Chris Silver, and Tino Mittelmeier, has announced  $350 million in Series D funding led by General Catalyst , with strong continued support from Parloa’s existing investors, including EQT Ventures , Altimeter Capital , Durable Capital Partners , and Mosaic Ventures , bringing its valuation to $3 billion. Closing just seven months

Trigger.dev , the open source platform for building AI agents and workflows in TypeScript, led by Matt Aitken, Eric Allam, Dan Patel, and James Ritchie, has secured  a $16M Series A led by Standard Capital , with new investment from Michael Grinich and the CTO fund. Existing investors, including  Y Combinator ,  Liquid 2 ,  Wayfinder Ventures ,  Pioneer Fund , and  Rebel Fund , also participated again in the round. Trigger.dev empowers developers to build production-grade AI

Mindoo , the European platform for deploying safe and governed agentic workflows in healthcare, led by Dr. Gauthier Willemse and Bart Lens, has secured  €5 million in seed financing from 6DC , Syndicate One , and a group of strategic angel investors.  The investment advances Mindoo’s mission to deliver a scalable AI workforce that automates routine tasks for hospitals and practices, easing staff pressure while keeping teams in control. Healthcare providers face a growing gap

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

Cellbyte , AI agents for pharmaceutical drug launches, led by Felix Steinbrenner , Daniel Moreira , and Samuel M. , has secured   $2.75 million in seed funding led by Frontline Ventures , with participation from Y Combinator , Pace Ventures , Saras Capital , and Springboard Health Angels .  Fragmented data slows drug launches, leaving patients waiting over a year for life-saving treatments. Market Access teams spend a huge amount of time and money assembling regulatory, prici

Runlayer , making enterprise AI secure, compliant, and fully connected, led by Andy Berman, Tal Peretz, and Vitor Balocco, has secured  $11 million seed round from Khosla Ventures  and Felicis . Teams are increasingly wiring their preferred AI tools directly into production databases via MCP, just like thousands of others. But with more than 18,000 MCP servers in the wild, an estimated 10% are outright malicious, and most of the rest remain exploitable. Enterprises face a dan

Giga AI , an AI agent platform for enterprise support, led by Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep, has secured  $61 million led by Redpoint  with participation from Y Combinator  and Nexus . Founded in a college dorm, Giga evolved from LLM fine-tuning to redefining enterprise support with AI. Its technology now powers global companies like DoorDash through self-improving agents (60%→98% resolution), rapid deployment (<2 weeks), and ultra-low-latency voice across 99 languages. Gig

octonomy AI , an AI company building agentic systems for complex enterprise support and service workflows, led by Sushel Bijganath, Oliver Trabert, Thorsten Grote, Markus Hanslik, and Thomas Bollig,   has raised  $US20 million, led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital , with participation from Capnamic , NRW.Bank , and the TechVision Fund, bringing the total funding to US $25 million since its founding 15 months ago. Octonomy equips heavy-equipment industries with AI systems

Onfire , AI revenue intelligence for technical-buyer GTM, led by Tal Peretz (CEO), Shahar Shavit (CTO), and Nitzan Hadar (CPO), has secured $20 million initial round led by Grove Ventures  and TLV Partners  with participation by IN Venture  and Leumi 77 Ventures. Onfire is redefining how revenue teams engage with technical buyers through a purpose-built vertical AI platform. Trained on years of proprietary contextual data, it enables precise targeting of engineering, data, an

Keycard , building identity infrastructure for AI agents, led by Matt Creager, Jared Hanson, and Ian Livingstone, has secured  a $38 million combined inception round led by  Andreessen Horowitz , Acrew Capital , and  Boldstart Ventures  with participation from Mantis VC ,  Tapestry Ventures ,  Essence Ventures ,  Exceptional Capital , Modern Technical Fund ,  Vermillion Cliffs Ventures , and many incredible angels. A new era of computing is emerging, where software evolves in

Dedalus Labs , building an infrastructure layer for shipping AI agents at a rocket-fast speed, led by Catherine Di and Windsor Nguyen, has raised  $11 million in seed funding co-led by   Kindred Ventures  and  Saga Ventures , with participation from  E14 Fund , Emergence Capital ,  Sunshine Lake ,  Transpose Platform ,  Liquid 2 Ventures ,  FPV Ventures ,  Twenty Two Ventures ,  Telescope Foundation ,  Spot VC ,  Operator Partners , and  Y Combinator . Dedalus Labs is also ba

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