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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 ...
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
At conferences, speakers are often delivering their keynote or panel discussions in languages that many attendees might not know. That leads to users scrambling for ...
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 ...
Synthpop Raises $15 Million Series A to Scale AI That Makes Healthcare More Human
Funding will accelerate automation of administrative workflows across the entire patient journey using multi-agent AI, helping providers focus on patient care
Exclusive: Synthpop seeds $5.6M for AI admin tasks
Synthpop, a startup developing AI agents for health insurance workflows, raised a $15 million Series A round led by Ansa, CEO Elad Ferber tells Axios ...
Keplr x Almanax: Commitment to Operational Security
We’re excited to share that Keplr Wallet has begun using Almanax in its development pipeline to secure two of its core repositories (oko and keplr-wallet), ...
Reveal Technology acquires Anomaly Six to grow intelligence offerings
Reveal Technology, a defense tech firm, has acquired Anomaly Six to add global location and behavioral-pattern solutions to its operator-focused intelligence offerings.
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 ...
Reveal Technology Raises $30 Million Series B Led by Ballistic Ventures
Reveal Technology, a veteran-founded defense technology company, today announced the close of a $30 million Series B funding round. The investment was led by Ballistic ...
Exclusive: Reveal Technology closes a $30M Series B
Reveal Technology, a mapping and imagery defense tech startup, raised a $30 million Series B led by Ballistic Ventures, CEO and founder Garrett Smith tells ...