Eclipse backs all-EV marketplace Ever in $31M funding round

The San Francisco-based startup says its AI-first approach has allowed it to scale faster.

Glean’s fight to own the AI layer inside every company 

Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the AI layer that powers all of it?  Glean, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into what it calls an “AI work assistant,” aiming to sit beneath other AI… Continua a leggere Glean’s fight to own the AI layer inside every company 

UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth

UpScrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including usernames and hashtags that contain racial slurs.

Twilio co-founder’s fusion power startup raises $450M from Bessemer and Alphabet’s GV

Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.

Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce 

The startup, Monaco, has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.

Upside Robotics is reducing fertilizer use and waste in corn crops

Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.

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Integrate raises $17M to move defense project management into the 21st century

The round was led by FPV Ventures co-founder and managing partner Wesley Chan.

Complyance raises $20M to help companies manage risk and compliance

Complyance raised a $20 million Series A led by GV for its AI-native compliance platform.

This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is ‘the floor, not the ceiling’ for AI

AI lab Flapping Airplanes just landed $180 million in seed funding from the likes of Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index to do something most labs have quietly given up on: making models learn like humans instead of vacuuming up the internet. The founding team, made up of brothers Ben and Asher Spector and co-founder Aidan Smith, is… Continua a leggere This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is ‘the floor, not the ceiling’ for AI