Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Lucid Bots, the leading platform for autonomous exterior cleaning in the United States, announced it has raised an oversubscribed $20 million Series B round co-led by Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners, with participation from Taylor Rhodes, WaterStone Impact Fund, and Front Porch Ventures, in addition to existing investors. The […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Shield AI announced it is raising $1.5 billion in Series G funding at a $12.7 billion post-money valuation and $500 million in fixed-return preferred equity financing. The Series G is led by Advent International and co-led by the Strategic Investment Group of JPMorganChase’s Security and Resiliency Initiative, with participation from existing investors […]
Doss has raised $55 million in Series B funding co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest, with participation from Intuit Ventures and other investors, as it advances its AI-driven approach to enterprise resource planning. Founded in 2022 and led by CEO Wiley Jones, the company is positioning itself as an AI-native inventory management layer that integrates […]
Hark, a new AI lab founded by entrepreneur Brett Adcock, has outlined plans to develop a fully integrated AI system combining models, hardware, and interfaces into a unified personal intelligence platform. The company is focused on building multimodal systems capable of seeing, listening, and interacting in real time, while maintaining persistent memory of user activity […]
Mirage, formerly known as Captions, has secured $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund as it expands its focus on AI-driven video creation. Led by co-founder and CEO Gaurav Misra, the company has repositioned itself as an AI lab developing models for advertising and marketing, including systems optimized for pacing, framing, […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Shepherd, the AI-native commercial insurance platform, announced a $42 million Series B round led by Intact Private Capital, with participation from Spark Capital, Costanoa Ventures and additional investors. The raise brings Shepherd’s total funding to $67 million. Shepherd has grown revenue more than 7x over the past 24 months, insuring over $400 […]