Pickmybrain Secures €1.8M to Scale AI-Powered Digital Brains for Experts and Public Figures
Tallinn-based Pickmybrain has raised €1.8 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Garri Zmudze, Raison.app, and additional backers, as it develops AI-powered “Digital Brains” for professionals and public figures. Founded in 2022 by Sergei Verbitski, the platform enables experts to transform their knowledge into AI-driven advisors that deliver personalised, on-demand insights. The system trains models […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Sona, the AI platform for real economy businesses, has turned what was a ten-year product vision into a one-year execution plan. With core products already powering scheduling, HR, payroll and other business-critical workflows, Sona is fast-tracking its evolution into the operational foundation these organizations run on — the platform providing the infrastructure, collaborative agents […]
Runway has announced the launch of a $10 million venture fund to support early-stage startups building across AI, media, and simulation, as the company expands its focus beyond AI video generation into broader “video intelligence” applications. The initiative includes a Builders program offering startups significant API credits to accelerate development on Runway’s platform. Led by […]
Mantis Biotech has secured $7.4 million in seed funding led by Decibel VC, with participation from Y Combinator, Liquid 2, and angel investors, as it develops AI-powered synthetic data infrastructure for biomedical applications. The company is focused on addressing data scarcity in healthcare by generating high-fidelity digital twins of the human body using large language […]
ScaleOps has secured $130 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, NFX, Glilot Capital Partners, and Picture Capital, valuing the company at $800 million. The company develops AI-driven software designed to automatically manage and optimize compute infrastructure in real time, addressing inefficiencies in AI and cloud environments. […]
Notch has announced a $30 million Series A funding round led by Headline, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jibe Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Phoenix Insurance, bringing total funding to $45 million. Founded in 2021, the company is developing an AI operating system designed to enable regulated industries to deploy AI safely across complex workflows. […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Variance, building AI investigative agents for risk and compliance, announced a $21.5 million Series A funding round to expand its agentic AI platform for financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. The round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures, with participation from 645 Ventures, Y Combinator, Urban Innovation Fund, and Okta Ventures. Variance […]
Jimini Health has secured $17 million in seed funding from M13, Town Hall Ventures, LionBird, Zetta Venture Partners, OneMind, and additional investors, bringing total funding to over $25 million. The company is developing clinician-supervised, patient-facing AI infrastructure designed for large behavioral health systems, enabling safe and compliant deployment of AI at scale. The platform, Sage, […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Censys, the trusted authority for Internet intelligence and insights, announced its Series D funding round led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, with participation from Decibel Partners, Greylock Partners, GV, Intel Capital, and others. The company will use the $40 million Series D round and $30 million debt financing to accelerate building AI-driven solutions for […]
Copenhagen-based Financial News Systems (FNS) has raised €1.5 million in pre-seed funding backed by Ugly Duckling Ventures, as it advances an AI-only financial newsroom model delivering real-time coverage of 9,000 companies across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Founded in 2024 by Gelu Sulugiuc and Nicolai Pedersen, the team behind PLX AI, the company is focused […]