Mike Wheatley
Latest from Mike Wheatley
UVeye, which uses AI to enable drive-through vehicle checks, raises $191M
UVeye Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence as the basis of intelligent vehicle inspection technology, said today it has completed a $191 million extension to its Series D funding round, bringing its total amount raised to date to $380.5 million. The latest round was led by Woven Capital, the growth fund of Toyota Motor Co., ...
Quibim, a startup using AI imaging to aid in disease detection, raises $50M
A Spanish artificial intelligence startup called Quibim S.L. said today it has closed on a $50 million early-stage funding round to help accelerate the development of its foundational models for medical imaging. Today’s Series A round was led by Asabys, a leading venture capital firm based in Spain, and the private equity firm Buenavista. Others, ...
Hugging Face wants to reverse-engineer DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model
Researchers from Hugging Face Inc. say they’re attempting to recreate Chinese startup DeepSeek’s R1 “reasoning model.” The initiative comes after R1 stunned the artificial intelligence community by matching the performance of the most capable models built by U.S. firms, despite being built at a fraction of the cost. Hugging Face researchers say the Open-R1 project aims ...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov to accelerate government adoption of AI
OpenAI is trying to cozy up further with the U.S. government through the launch of “ChatGPT Gov,” a special version of its iconic chatbot that’s geared to federal agencies. The company said ChatGPT Gov will give government workers a more secure way to access its technology that meets the highest internal security standards. In a ...
Alice & Bob raises €100M to build world’s first error-resistant quantum computer by 2030
The French quantum computing startup Alice & Bob SAS said today it has raised €100 million ($104.2 million) in a Series B round of funding led by Future French Champions, AXA Venture Partners and Bpifrance. The round also saw the participation of all of the company’s Series A round investors, including Elaia Partners, Breega and ...
AI dentistry startup VideaHealth bites off $40M in venture capital funding
VideaHealth Inc., an artificial intelligence startup focused on dentistry, says it wants to help transform the way oral care is delivered after closing on $40 million in funding. Today’s Series B round was led by Threshold Ventures and saw participation from new investors such as Avenir Ventures and BAM Ventures, plus existing backers like Spark ...
Bluwhale raises $100M to build a dedicated ‘intelligence layer’ for decentralized AI agents
The Web3-native artificial intelligence startup Bluwhale AI Inc. said today it has raised $100 million in funding as it looks to pivot from its original mission and build a kind of “intelligence layer” that spans all Layer-1 and Layer-2 blockchain networks. More specifically, the company explained, it’s partnering with another AI startup called Caldera Network ...
Kore.ai’s newest AI agents elevate business process automation to the next level
Kore.ai Inc. is doubling down on artificial intelligence agents with the launch of a new, “no-code” platform for creating customized models that can automate knowledge-intensive operations. The company said AI for Process can be used by enterprise workers to quickly create, deploy and manage customized AI agents or agentic applications that have the ability to ...
Endor Labs’ newest tool helps developers discover and secure open-source models in their applications
Artificial intelligence governance startup Endor Labs Inc. today announced the availability of a useful new tool that will allow companies to search and discover which AI models are being used in their business applications, so they can create and enforce security policies to safeguard their private data. Called AI Model Discovery, the tool is aimed ...
AI voice cloning startup ElevenLabs raises $180M in Series C funding round
Updated: The synthetic voice startup Eleven Labs Inc. closed on a bumper $180 million Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to between $3 billion and $3.3 billion. According to a Friday report by TechCrunch, the round was led by ICONIQ Growth and saw participation from previous investor Andreessen Horowitz, which was one of the ...
