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In this Issue:
Your Weekly Industry News Recap
The Raise Recap
Your Weekly Industry News Recap
A new report from Google's DORA highlights how DevOps is changing as AI agents become more common in software development. Get ready for some AI teammates! 🤖 Read More
Snowflake is launching a new program to help startups build and scale their AI innovations. They're making it easier for new companies to get into the AI game! ❄️ Read More
A new paper from Anthropic gives us some tips on how to "effectively" work with AI agents. It's all about context and engineering! 🤓 Read More
The Verge is reporting that Anthropic is launching Claude Sonnet 4.5 in a new push for AI agents and coding domination. Watch out, other AI models! 👀 Read More
Peloton is launching a new hardware and AI product as part of a big turnaround plan. Get ready to sweat with some AI assistance! 🚴 Read More
Leadership is changing with the rise of "agentic AI." It's all about leading a mix of human and AI employees! 🤝 Read More
A new report on "shadow AI" warns that hidden machine learning models are already running your company's systems without you knowing. Spooky! 👻 Read More
A new AI platform is making it possible for AI agents to do things in the real world. This is getting real, folks! 🌎 Read More
Google's new Gemini 1.5 is bringing AI agents into the physical world and even helping with robotics! The future is here! 🦾 Read More
Canada is joining the global push for "sovereign AI" with the launch of the Telus AI Factory. They're building their own AI from the ground up! 🍁 Read More
The "Future-Proof Edge AI" report suggests that the key to strong AI is in the device's design. It's all about building a solid foundation! 🏗️ Read More
Google's Data Commons is giving AI agents access to a huge trove of information. Talk about a data feast! 📊 Read More
A new report from Morningstar is discussing how to build scalable, prefabricated data centers for the AI era. It's all about making sure there's enough space for all that AI! 💻 Read More
Dot AI Australia is becoming a reseller for Fleet Equipment Magazine. They're bringing AI to a whole new market! 🚚 Read More
Helios AI is making news! Looks like they're a company to keep an eye on. ☀️ Read More
Making growing complexity accessible🗺️⚖️
California's new proposed bill, SB 53, and how it could put a check on big AI companies. ⚖️ It's all about new regulations and their potential impact. 📜 Read More
TLDR; this new proposed Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), focuses on "frontier models" developed by "large frontier developers," which are defined as companies with over $500 million in annual revenue. It requires these companies to publish their safety and security protocols and report "critical safety incidents" to the state. The bill also includes provisions that protect employees and contractors who report critical risks or violations of the law.
Yes, it’s coming REAL soon to the interactive World Regulation map I gave you last week!
Sneak peek! 😉 Click to jump to the real thing
This Week’s Raise Recap 📈💰
Lexroom, a company that uses AI for legal technology, just raised $19M in Series A funding to expand across Europe. That's a huge win! 💸 Read More
Fintech company Maximoor secured $9M to expand its AI finance automation solutions. Get that paper! 💰 Read More
AI Anywhere, Anytime, GreenBitAI's new company, is making a splash with its "Libra" offline-capable AI agent and some serious funding to go with it! 🚀 Read More
Anything, a no-code AI app development platform, raised an impressive $11M in Series A funding. Seems like a lot of people want to get into the AI app game! 💻 Read More
Goodfit raised $13M in a Series A funding round. Things are looking good for Goodfit! ✨ Read More
Rocket, a SaaS company, just raised a whopping $15 million in a seed round. Sounds like they're ready for liftoff! 🚀 Read More
Aydi, an AI agronomy assistant, raised $7.5 million in a seed round to help farmers with their crops. 🌱 Read More
Blazeo is blending human agents and AI to redefine call centers, and they just secured some funding to do it. Sounds like a hybrid approach to customer service is the future! 📞 Read More
Vocca, a voice-AI company, raised $5.5M in a seed round. Looks like they're ready to make some noise in the market! 🗣️ Read More
Ardent AI raised a cool $2.15M in a pre-seed round. 🔥 Read More
Light AI, an AI-native finance platform, raised $30M to take on legacy finance systems. Goodbye old ways, hello AI! 👋 Read More
Blacksmith raised $10M to streamline AI development with fast CI for GitHub Actions. Sounds like they're building the future of coding! 🔨 Read More
Flox raised $25M in funding to help engineering teams tackle the growing complexity of AI. They're helping make AI easier for everyone! 🧠 Read More
BotCity, a company focused on "shadow automation," secured $12M in Series A funding. They are on a mission to address the hidden risks of AI in the workplace. 🕵️ Read More
Sunhat raised a cool €9.2M in a Series A funding round. ☀️ Read More
Stay well, and see you next week!
-✌🏽 Sam
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