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Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Marketing professionals have a mountain of artificial intelligence tools to choose from, but the founders of a new startup called Kana Intelligence Inc. believe there’s still an urgent need for a platform that can adapt to user’s needs. The company today …


Agentic sales AI emerges: startups turn calls into revenue signals

Moltbook: Netscape Moment or Bot Daycare?

16 days / techstrong / Alan Shimel

Agaton raises $10 million to expand its AI platform for sales teams

16 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Atomico-backed Plato secures $14.5M for sales AI in wholesale trade

16 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Stealth AI startup Agaton raises $9M to turn calls into revenue intel

16 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu


Industry adoption: private equity embeds AI to streamline operations

Private Equity Firms Embrace AI to Streamline Operations

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Kana seed raise: founders launch agentic marketing platform with $15M

Kana Raises $15M in Seed Funding

16 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding

16 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Kana Raises $15M to Power Flexible AI for Marketers

16 days / ventureburn / Ekemini


Vertical AI agents for revenue: hotels and SMB marketing adoption

Dutch AI Marketing Company Aizy Secures €2 Million Funding

16 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Dutch AI marketing company Aizy secures €2 million, reaching €22 million valuation less than a year after launch

16 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

HappyHotel Raises €6.5M Series A To Advance AI-Powered Hotel Revenue Management

16 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

happyhotel secures €6.5M Series A to develop AI-based solutions for hotel revenue management

16 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Exclusive: German startup happyhotel raises €6.5 million to build AI agents for hotel revenue management

16 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

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Peter Thiel Exits ETHZilla Investment After Ethereum Treasury Stock Craters

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Billionaire investor Peter Thiel and Founders Fund held a 7.5% stake in Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla last year—but not anymore.

#startups #blockchain #fintech #crypto #stockmarket #privateequity #business #treasury #technology #crypto

Peter Thiel Exits ETHZilla Investment After Ethereum Treasury Stock Craters

16 days / bsky / @decrypt.co / decrypt.co

Peter Thiel Exits ETHZilla Investment After Ethereum Treasury Stock Craters

16 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

The Daily: Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit ETHZilla, K33 says bitcoin is approaching ‘late bear market territory,’ and more

16 days / theblock / James Hunt

ETHZilla (ETHZ) Stock: Thiel’s Founders Fund Cuts All Ties With Ethereum Treasury Firm

16 days / parameter / Trader Edge

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World Labs Raises $200M to Power 3D AI

Ekemini / ventureburn - World Labs, the artificial intelligence company co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, focused on developing spatial intelligence, announced a new milestone. A strategic investment of $200 million from Autodesk for World Labs’The post World Labs Raises $200M to Power …

#ai #startups #ar #ml #enterprise #mixedreality #computervision #business #deeptech #spatialcomputing

Fei Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1bn to advance spatial intelligence

15 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

AI godmother Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs lands $1B to power AI’s 3D world understanding

16 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Gains Momentum with $1B Spatial AI Funding Round

16 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

World Labs Raises $1 Billion From Nvidia, AMD, and Autodesk for Spatial AI

16 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

World Labs closes $1B investment backed by Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk

16 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI

16 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

World Labs Raises $200M to Power 3D AI

16 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises one billion dollars for "spatial intelligence"

16 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows

16 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI

ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy

#ai #startups #genai #government #business #finance #deeptech #globalism #xai #elonmusk

Saudi Arabia’s Humain Backs Elon Musk’s AI Ambitions With $3 Billion xAI Stake

16 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI

16 days / ft

Elon Musk’s xAI Gets $3 Billion Investment From Saudi-Backed A.I. Firm

16 days / nytimes / Adam Satariano

Saudi's HUMAIN invests $3B in Elon Musk's xAI

16 days / semafor / Kelsey Warner

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Munich’s HeyCharge Receives €2.5M EIC Grant to Boost EV Charging Technology

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - HeyCharge, a Munich-based EV charging technology company backed by BMW i Ventures, Statkraft Ventures, and Y Combinator, has received a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. The funding will support HeyCharge’s SecureC…

#startups #innovation #smartcities #energy #business #europe #batteries #automotive #eu #ev

Munich’s HeyCharge Receives €2.5M EIC Grant to Boost EV Charging Technology

16 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

HeyCharge awarded €2.5M EIC grant to expand EV charging solutions for apartment buildings

16 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Germany’s HeyCharge secures €2.5 million EIC grant to scale offline EV charging across Europe

17 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

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French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Quantonation Ventures, a Paris-based venture firm for quantum and physics-based technologies, has closed its second flagship fund above target at €220 million. With this close, Quantonation reportedly becomes the largest dedicated quantum investment firm …

#startups #hardware #innovation #quantum #science #privateequity #business #deeptech #europe #technology

Quantonation Ventures Raises €220M Quantum Fund With Toshiba Support

16 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Quantonation just closed a €220M fund. Can it match VC’s diversity pace?

17 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund

17 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Quantonation Ventures closes €220M quantum fund backed by Toshiba

17 days / tech / John Reynolds

Quantonation closes new €220m fund as interest in quantum surges

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