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Exclusive: Physical AI security firm Hakimo raises $12M
Hakimo, an AI video monitoring startup, closed a $12 million Series A2 led by Zigg Capital, CEO Sam Joseph tells Axios Pro exclusively. What’s next: A ...
DeepL Acquires Real-Time Audio Startup Mixhalo to Push AI Translation Into Live Events
German AI translation company DeepL has acquired San Francisco-based Mixhalo, a real-time audio platform specialising in live event translation, marking a significant expansion of DeepL’s ...
Read the pitch deck Instacart veterans used to raise $8.5 million for AI startup Champ AI
After nearly a decade as engineers at Instacart, Champ AI’s founders learned a painful lesson: scaling a company can mean drowning in back-office busywork. Now ...
defy.vc, Interview With General Partner Medha Agarwal
defy.vc is a Woodside, CA-based early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and companies looking to solve complex problems. Medha Agarwal, General Partner, ...
Exclusive: Birches Health raises $10M for gambling addiction care
Birches Health, a mental health company focused on treating gambling addiction, raised a $10 million Series A round, CEO Elliott Rapaport tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Is Agentic Shopping Right Around the Corner?
Agentic shopping (where AI agents handle the entire buying process for you) is one of the most-hyped ideas in tech right now. But according to ...
New Value Models, New Playbooks: Tactics AI-First Companies Use To Scale
AI is redefining software’s role, enabling products that perform end-to-end work. This shift brings new pricing models, value metrics and GTM tactics. At Defy, we’ve observed ...
Exclusive: Rocksalt Raises $3.5M Seed To Help Execs Become Influencers Via AI Marketing
As artificial intelligence has continued to infiltrate nearly every industry, siblings Arjun Moorthy and Anita Moorthy saw opportunity.
CRED launches with $15M to bring predictive AI to enterprise teams
Artificial intelligence-powered predictive intelligence platform startup CRED launched today and revealed that it has raised $15 million in new funding for all the usual reasons: to accelerate ...
CRED Launches with $15M to Transform Predictive Intelligence for Businesses
CRED blends business systems, predictive intelligence, and real-world signals to generate contextual insights that drive revenue and operational efficiency.
Exclusive: Predictive intelligence startup Cred raises $15M seed
Predictive intelligence platform Cred raised a $15 million seed round led by defy.vc, founder and CEO Jon Carr-Harris tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Exclusive: Crypto startup Nook raises $2.5 million from Coinbase Ventures, Defy.vc, and UDHC
Three former engineers at crypto exchange Coinbase left the company earlier this year to start their own venture. On Wednesday, the team announced its new ...
Episode 483. AI Revenue-Model Transformation, Building an AI Moat, and The Arrival of Agents (Medha Agarwal)
Medha Agarwal of Defy joins Nick to discuss AI Revenue-Model Transformation, Building an AI Moat, and The Arrival of Agents. In this episode we cover:
Haast Raises $6M in Seed Funding
Haast, a Sydney, Australia-based digital marketing compliance platform provider, raised $6m in seed funding.