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9 Oct

Cool Company Raises · $60.0M

Hone raises a $60.0M Seed round

Hone is a San Francisco-based A.I. start-up founded by Austrian entrepreneur Moritz Stephan that builds autonomous A.I. agents called "Engines" designed to independently manage and complete specific business goals over extended periods. These agents learn company systems, processes, and workflows to achieve objectives such as improving customer retention, reducing procurement costs, or increasing sales conversions. The company implements security measures including decision simulation, human approval requirements, and comprehensive logging to ensure responsible deployment of A.I. agents with access to sensitive systems.

Software Elad Gil SV Angel Scott Wu Benchmark Index Ventures+1 more

27 Aug

Cool Company Raises · $250.0M

Instinct raises a $250.0M Series B round

Instinct is an AI assistant built to organize your life: users connect their apps and devices and talk to it by text message and phone call. Founded by Noah Shinn and operated by Spear Street Technology, it went viral while still in private beta — and drew scrutiny over the breadth of app permissions it asks for. The $250M round, led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, values the company at $2.5B and takes total funding to $350M.

Biotechnology Health-Care Benchmark Index Ventures $100M+

26 Aug

Cool Company Raises · $43.0M

Deep Cogito raises a $43.0M Series A round

Deep Cogito is a San Francisco AI research company building general superintelligence. Its research centres on advanced reasoning and iterative self-improvement — models that get better by refining their own reasoning — rather than on scale alone. The $43M Series A backs its post-training engine for frontier intelligence.

Software Artificial-Intelligence SAAS Zscaler South Park Commons Atreides Management+6 more

9 Jul

Cool Company Raises · $65.0M

Ollama raises a $65.0M Series B round

Ollama is the largest developer platform for open models, making them easy, efficient, and safe to use. With 8.9 million monthly active developers and over 67,000 integrations, it connects users to open models on their own devices or through the cloud. Founded by Jeffrey Morgan and Michael Chiang, Ollama has raised a total of $88 million in funding. The company aims to empower developers by providing accessible tools for AI model integration.

Software Artificial-Intelligence Machine-Learning 49 Palms 8 Vc Benchmark+5 more

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