Justt, a company developing an AI-powered platform to fight fraudulent chargebacks, today emerged from stealth with $70 million raised across three funding rounds, including a series B led by Oak HC/FT and two previously unannounced rounds led by Zeev Ventures and F2 Venture Capital, respectively. CEO Ofir Tahor says that the proceeds will be used to expand Justt’s sales and marketing operations…
AI code discovery platform CatalyzeX raises $1.64M
November 16, 2021
California-based CatalyzeX, a startup that offers a platform AI/ML code discovery and know-how, today announced it has raised $1.64 million in a seed round of funding led by Unshackled Ventures, Darling Ventures, Kepler Ventures, On Deck, Abstraction Capital, Unpopular…
How OfferFit uses self-learning AI to stop customer churn
November 16, 2021
Running a business optimally is not only about finding and convincing customers to buy your product. It’s also about retaining customers who’ve already bought your product, so they will remain loyal to your business.
Stopping customer “churn” has long been a big…
AI-driven background check startup Intelligo raises $22M
November 15, 2021
Intelligo, an Israeli startup providing AI-driven background check solutions to investors, financial institutions, and corporations, today announced it has raised $22 million from Felicitas Global Partners, one of its long-standing clients. The company said that the growth round, which takes its total fund-raise to $44 million, will drive the development of its AI-powered risk intelligence…
AI-powered writing assistant Writer nabs $21M
November 15, 2021
Writer, which bills itself as an AI writing assistant for marketing teams, today announced that it raised $21 million. (Writer’s total now stands at $25 million.) Insight Partners led the series A round with participation from Gradient Ventures, which Writer CEO May Habib…
Astera Labs today announced key advancements to clear up performance bottlenecks in enterprise datacenters caused by the massive data needs of AI and ML applications.
Timed to coincide with Supercomputing21, a conference for high-performance computing that happens this week…
Tanya Watson signs on as president of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Games
November 15, 2021
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JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Games has named game development veteran Tanya Watson as president and chief operating officer.
She will join Anna Sweet, who is CEO of Bad Robot Games, which started in July 2020. Back in May, Sweet announced that the company had raised $40 million, and…
OpenAI rival Cohere launches language model API
November 15, 2021
Cohere, a startup creating large language models to rival those from OpenAI and AI2Labs, today announced the general availability of its commercial platform for app and service development. Through an API, customers can access models fine-tuned for a range of natural…
Boston-based DataRobot, a startup enabling enterprise AI development and deployment, today announced the launch of DataRobot AI Cloud for Industries, a comprehensive platform that unites AI capabilities with sector-specific best practices, integrations, and partnerships for…
AI Weekly: Workplace surveillance algorithms need to be regulated before it’s too late
November 15, 2021
This week, the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the future of work, a special interest group of members of parliament in the U.K., said that the monitoring of workers through algorithms is damaging to employees’ mental health and needs to be regulated through legislation. This legislation, they said, could ensure that companies evaluate the effect of “performance-driven” guidelines…
