ObEN, Inc., an artificial intelligence company that is building a decentralized AI platform for intelligent avatars, today announced that it has raised $10 million from K11, founded by entrepreneur Adrian Cheng. ObEN’s Personal AI system quickly creates a 3D avatar that looks, sounds and behaves
DigitalGenius raised $14.8 million in Series A financing, led by Global Founders Capital. MMC Ventures, Paua Ventures, Kairos Ventures, Runa Capital, Spider Capital, Salesforce Ventures, RRE Ventures, Lumia Capital, Compound Ventures, and Lerer Hippeau Ventures also participated. Founded in 2013 by Dmitry Aksenov and Mikhail Naumov,
Heretik, a Chicago-based software company, completed $2.4 million in seed financing, led by Corazon Capital, with participation from Chicago Ventures and Relativity Capital. Heretik’s goal is to use machine learning to make the contract review process easier and smarter in Relativity by enabling attorneys in litigation and other
San Jose-based startup 3TEN8 secured $2 million in seed financing, led by Social Capital. 500 Startups, Citrix Systems Ventures, and Alchemist Accelerator participated in the funding. The 3TEN8 AI platform is designed to predict network outages with 90% accuracy, and diagnose network degradations using proprietary
Orderly Health has created a personal AI healthcare assistant named Louie to connect users with doctors, find discounts on prescriptions, and source healthcare plans. Companies can also deploy Louie to help answer employee’s healthcare questions by combining multiple sources of data, so these employees can
Lily, an online personal stylist service that uses emotional intelligence to help women discover clothes that flatter their bodies and make them feel their best, completed $2 million in seed financing. Seven investors contributed to the round, among them New Enterprise Associates, Global Founders Capital,
According to a recent SEC filing, CrossChx raised $5 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. CrossChx created Olive, an AI-driven “employee” that aims to automate repetitive, high volume tasks, and provide interoperability by working with systems and tools businesses have in place. The company’s software
AI mobile startup Kasisto raised $17 million in Series B financing, led by Oak HCFT, with participation from Propel Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, Commerce Ventures, MasterCard, and Partnership for New York City Fund. Kasisto invented KAI, a conversational AI platform for smart bots and virtual
Slingshot Aerospace raised $3.3 million in seed financing, led by ATX Seed Ventures, with participation from Okapi Venture Partners, Sway Ventures, and Noname Ventures. According to the company, Slingshot’s satellite, aerial, drone signal processing AI, analytics capabilities, solutions, and geospatial insights allow customers worldwide to make
Cloud-based cyber-security solution provider Upstream Security closed $9 million in Series A financing, led by CRV, with participation from Glilot Capital Partners and Maniv Mobility. Founded by cyber-security veterans, Upstream Security leverages big data and machine learning to provide OEMs and vehicle fleets with unprecedented, comprehensive,