Artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider Elemental Cognition (EC.ai), has announced raising $60 million in its Series B funding round, with notable participation from Bridgewater Associates, Breyer Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Staged Ventures, and other individual investors.
The investment will be utilized to accelerate the commercial expansion of EC.ai’s proprietary platform, designed to enable enterprises to effectively address intricate challenges and expedite the implementation of AI solutions.
“Generative AI is a transformative technology with immense potential, yet to unlock its true value in the enterprise, it must be trustworthy,” said Dr. David Ferrucci, founder and distinguished computer scientist.
Ferruci added:
This latest funding will enable Elemental Cognition to further our mission of bringing robust reasoning and transparency to the market. Our methodology is distinct as we do not solely depend on LLMs to produce reliable responses. Instead, we blend GenAI for linguistic proficiency with accurate, logical reasoning and dependable problem-solving algorithms to create and rationalize trustworthy solutions.
EC.ai merges large language models (LLMs) and natural language understanding (NLU) with sophisticated reasoning to guarantee both linguistic fluency and accuracy. Its portfolio encompasses groundbreaking solutions for two primary use cases: research & discovery and expert assistance.
These solutions, according to the company are particularly valuable for sectors where substantiated evidence and justified decision-making are crucial, such as life sciences, financial services, travel & logistics, higher education, and government.
Founded in 2015, EC.ai leverages generative AI to resolve the most challenging problems by integrating LLMs with a spectrum of other AI techniques to guarantee precise solutions to complex, dynamic issues.
The company said it seeks to expedite and enhance critical decision-making processes where trust, accuracy, and transparency are of utmost importance.
According to Next Move Strategy Consulting the market for AI is expected to show strong growth in the coming decade. Its value of nearly $100 billion is expected to grow twentyfold by 2030, up to nearly $2 trillion.
The AI market covers a vast number of industries. Everything from supply chains, marketing, product making, research, analysis, and more are fields that will in some aspect adopt artificial intelligence within their business structures.