Artificial intelligence startup Petuum closed $93 million in Series B financing from SoftBank Group and Advantech. Petuum is a software infrastructure and ecosystem provider that enables AI for enterprise. Its development platform and gallery of AI building blocks work with any programming language and any
Artificial intelligence startup Standard Cognition announced the close of $5 million in seed financing led by CRV, with participation from Initialized Capital and Y Combinator. Standard Cognition seeks to eliminate the hassle of retail checkout by offering an artificial intelligence-based system available to any retailer that
Polygloss is an AI-driven language learning app designed to help people learn languages outside the classroom. It uses computer vision that enables people to scan objects or places and translate them from English into their target languages. For example, point the camera at a laptop,
Spiro Technologies announced a $3 million Series Seed funding round, led by Geekdom Fund and with participation by MassVentures, Hyperplane Venture Capital and New Harbour Partners. Spiro, launched in 2014 by three CRM industry veterans, has created a customer relationship management system that automatically updates
Zuzu.ai is a Chrome extension bot that offers an artificially intelligent assistant for the workplace. According to the company, it helps users improve customer experience by delivering information when and where their teams need it. Zuzu also reduces the time it takes to respond to
Butterfly announced the completion of $2.4 million in seed financing. Four investors participated in the funding, among them Daphni, Tectonic Ventures, and Precursor Ventures. Butterfly is the first web platform and chatbot that offers real-time leadership coaching to develop managers continuously based on their teams’ feedback
Cardiologs Technologies announced today that it has raised $6.4 million in a Series A financing from new investors Idinvest, ISAI, Kurma Partners, and Partech Ventures, as well as current investor Bpifrance seed fund (F3A). In July, 2017, Cardiologs announced FDA clearance of its Cardiologs ECG
Bitebot is a productivity tool that coordinates everyday lunches directly in Slack and splits and tracks payments between team members. Bitebot knows whose turn it is to choose a lunch location and pick up the tab. It designates a person to call restaurants and pay
Chatbot4travelers is a travel app that provides an artificial intelligence tour guide at user’s fingertips. If a user types in “where to visit in Paris,” the bot will surface information about the Eiffel Tower in the chat interface, with convenient button clicks to call the
Wallet Genius is a Facebook Messenger bot that teaches users how to invest in cryptocurrency, provide real time updates, and offer investment advice. According to the maker, investing in cryptocurrency can be tricky, requiring registering for exchanges, setting up wallets, and understanding basic tech security.