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Indian crypto exchange WazirX falls victim to $235M security breach
Mumbai, India-based crypto exchange WazirX relayed today that it suffered a security breach early this morning that led to about $235 million in cryptocurrency being stolen after one of its Ethereum wallets was compromised. The news surfaced after Web3 security firm Cyvers noted suspicious transactions had moved $234.9 million in funds from the exchange’s wallet ...
Real-time data infrastructure startup Momento raises $15M
Momento Inc., a real-time data platform that aims to help developers serve massive-scale audiences reliably, today announced it has raised $15 million in an early-stage round led by Bain Capital Ventures to build out its infrastructure capabilities. Returning investor The General Partnership also joined the Series A round alongside additional angel investors, including former Intuit ...
AiXplain nabs $6.5M to simplify AI agent development
Artificial intelligence development startup aiXplain Inc. said today it raised $6.5 million in a pre-Series A round to simplify building autonomous AI agents with its all-in-one studio for custom solutions. The company provides a low-code/no-code platform and infrastructure for activating and deploying generative AI agents, which are pieces of software that can perform tasks independently ...
Salesforce introduces autonomous AI customer service agent powered by Einstein
Salesforce Inc. today announced the pilot launch of Einstein Service Agent, the company’s first fully autonomous artificial intelligence agent that it says can handle and resolve customer service issues just like a human worker. Many modern chatbots that assist with customer service issues can only handle specific queries and tasks programmed into their system and ...
Mira raises $9M in seed funding to develop accessible decentralized AI infrastructure
Blockchain-based artificial intelligence development network Mira today announced that it has raised $9 million in seed funding to build a decentralized AI infrastructure platform to expand access to advanced AI capabilities. The round was led by Bitkraft Ventures and Framework Ventures, a notable crypto venture capital firm, and also attracted investments from Accel, Crucible, Folius ...
Tribble AI assistant for RFP process automation launches analytics capability
Tribble, a generative artificial intelligence company that helps automate the tedious request-for-proposal process for sales and security teams, today announced the launch of a new analytics capability for its customers aimed at enhancing AI responses and understanding performance. Large enterprise sales teams can end up responding to hundreds or more requests for proposals daily, which ...
Kindo raises $20.6M to secure enterprise AI management
Kindo, a platform designed for enterprise-wide artificial intelligence security management, today announced it has raised $20.6 million in new funding and acquired the open-source security project WhiteRabbitNeo. The round was led by Drive Capital, with participation from existing investors RRE Ventures, Marlinspike Partners, Riot Ventures, Eniac Ventures, New Era Ventures and Sunset Ventures. The new ...
Partior, blockchain payment network backed by JPMorgan and Standard Charter, raises $60M
Partior, a cross-border payment network backed by big banks JPMorgan Chase & Co., Standard Chartered Plc. and DBS Bank Ltd., today announced it has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Peak XV Partners with support from Valor Capital Group and Jump Trading Group as new investors. J.P. ...
Healthcare AI platform Regard raises $61M to advance AI-powered clinical insights
Regard, an artificial intelligence-powered platform that provides insights from patient data to physicians, said today it raised $61 million in new funding to advance product development to support hospitals and healthcare workers. The Oak HC/FT led the Series B funding round. Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures, as well as existing investors TenOneTen Ventures, Calibrate Ventures and Techstars ...
Fireworks AI raises $52M led by Sequoia at $522M valuation
Artificial intelligence startup Fireworks AI, a platform that helps companies fine-tune and deploy generative AI models for specific purposes, today announced it has raised $52 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital which placed its valuation at $522 million. Notable investors joining the round included Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro ...