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Nirvana raises $80M for AI-powered insurance for truck drivers and fleet operators
Nirvana Tech Inc., a startup that blends artificial intelligence with detailed vehicle tracking data to offer insurance to truckers, today announced it has raised $80 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst with support from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Valor Equity Partners. “Legacy insurers are entrenched ...
ServiceNow to acquire agentic AI platform Moveworks in $2.9B deal
ServiceNow Inc. announced today it will acquire Moveworks Inc., a generative artificial intelligence platform that builds AI automation tools and enterprise AI agents designed to streamline employee workflows. ServiceNow will pay $2.85 billion for Moveworks, payable in a combination of cash and stock. The arrangement is expected to close during the second half of 2025 ...
DoubleZero raises $28M to build global fiber network for blockchains
The DoubleZero Foundation, an organization dedicated to maintaining the DoubleZero Network aimed at expanding a “global fiber network” for high-performance distributed systems and blockchains, today announced it has raised $28 million in a token round co-led by Multicoin Capital and Dragonfly Capital. “We’ve reached a point where the bottleneck for blockchain is actually on the ...
AWS debuts GameLift Streams service that allows developers to stream games to any device
Amazon Web Services Inc. has introduced a new managed cloud-based game streaming service that allows game developers to deliver high-fidelity, low-latency experiences to players on virtually any device with a browser. The service announced today called Amazon GameLift Streams is a new capability of Amazon GameLift, a purpose-built hosting service to build, host and scale ...
Tavus introduces family of AI models to power real-time human face-to-face interaction
Tavus Inc., an artificial intelligence research startup developing models for real-time AI technology that can mimic the experience of talking to another person, today announced the release of a family of AI models that push the envelope. The company said it’s building what it calls an operating system for human-AI interaction with its “Conversational Video ...
QuantWare raises €20M to scale quantum processors for next-gen computing
Dutch quantum hardware company QuantWare B.V. said Tuesday it has raised €20 million, or about $21.5 million, in an early-stage funding round. The money from the Series A round will be used to build out its chip fabrication facilities, in which it will roll out its technology to help solve scaling bottlenecks that limit the size ...
Salesforce lets AI agents run in the background with Agentforce 2dx launch
Salesforce Inc. today launched Agentforce 2dx, the next iteration of its platform for artificial intelligence agents, which allows agents to act proactively based on changes, function autonomously and interact with users more efficiently. Additionally, Salesforce unveiled development tools for both developers and business users. The toolset enables faster building, customization, testing and deployment of Agentforce ...
AI agent knowledge development platform LlamaIndex raises $19M
LlamaIndex, an artificial intelligence agent development platform that automates knowledge ingestion and work for enterprise data, today announced it has raised $19 million in an early-stage funding. The Series A round was led by Northwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investor Greylock. The company also announced the launch and general availability of its cloud-based ...
Momentic raises $3.7M to redefine software testing with AI
Momentic Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered testing and quality assurance platform for software developers, said today it has raised $3.7 million in seed funding. FundersClub, General Catalyst, Y Combinator and AI Grant participated in the round alongside prominent angels including the Box Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Aaron Levie and Richard Aberman, co-founder of WePay Inc. ...
Salesforce launches AI agent skills marketplace with 200+ initial partners
Building on its ongoing focus on artificial intelligence agents, Salesforce Inc. announced today the launch of AgentExchange, a trusted marketplace that allows enterprise customers to expand the capabilities of Agentforce AI agents. Using Agentforce, companies can deploy highly customizable generative AI agents that operate autonomously, augmenting employee work. The platform enables developers to create AI ...