Artificial Intelligence

April 20, 2022 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Futr has raised £2.1 million from Blackfinch Ventures, according to a statement from the company. Futr is a live chat and customer service chatbot that aims to disrupt customer service by leveraging AI. Futr has a mission of “delivering superpowers to… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CatapultX, the creator of the AI-powered On-Stream advertising and monetization platform, recently announced a “multimillion” dollar raise by the company and 1083 YoY% increase in revenue has “led to the ability to bring in top tier talent across the organization, including the appointment of four… Read More

April 14, 2022 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Observe.ai has raised $125 million in a Series C funding round bringing total funding for the firm to $213 million. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with participation from Zoom Video Communications. Other investors included  Menlo Ventures, Nexus Ventures, Scale Ventures, Emergent Ventures,… Read More

April 10, 2022 @ 7:30 pm By Alexandr Khomich  |  

AI solutions development In the 21st century, artificial intelligence for business is like the invention of electricity over a century ago. Nowadays, AI technologies are also revolutionizing the work of all sectors of the economy. The main thing is to properly implement AI in your… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 7:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gupshup, a conversational messaging platform, this week announced it has acquired Active.Ai, a conversational AI platform popular with banks and fintechs. The terms of the deal were not made public. Based in Singapore, Active.Ai distributes its Conversational Banking-as-a-Service platform to customers in 43 countries, including the… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-enhanced legal operations platform, recently released several updates designed “to address the complex and varied budgeting requirements of corporate legal departments.” In combination with existing department-level budgeting and forecasting features, Brightflag’s versatile new matter-level controls “afford in-house legal professionals complete visibility and proactive… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oceain Insights, a digital video interview platform that uses AI to offer Corporate Personality Assessments, has raised 78% (£156,617) of its £200,004 target from 27 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in Haywards Heath,… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Effectiv AI, a fraud and risk management Fintech, has announced a $4 million seed round led by Accel. REV (funded by RELX) and other angel investors participated in the funding round. Co-founded by ex-Simility executives which was acquired by PayPal in 2018, Effectiv seeks to… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Global securities crowdfunding platform OurCrowd will open a global artificial intelligence innovation center in Abu Dhabi later this year, according to a report. The new center is part of the ongoing initiative to connect countries that have normalized relations with Israel because of the… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has announced the launch of its advanced, X-Sight Entity Risk SaaS solution, which is described as an innovative solution that “produces a single risk score that enables a financial institution to gain a greater understanding of their clients… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC Global has announced an ecosystem fund of $150 million, along with Bybit, in order to support the ecosystem growth of Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based AI lab building an open-access “decentralized” machine learning network for smart infrastructure. Known as… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 2:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

OnCorps, a provider of artificial intelligence to financial services operations, this week announced the close of a Series B investment round led by Guggenheim Investments. Guggenheim Investments is the global asset investment and advisory arm of Guggenheim Partners. The company today also announced that Jay Hooley,… Read More

March 19, 2022 @ 10:58 am By Xu Gao  |  

Shanghai Data Exchange Launches Recruitment Campaign in the Metaverse From March 7th to 14th, Shanghai Data Exchange (SDE) launched a recruitment campaign in a metaverse style, which was the first recruitment event since its establishment in November 2021. SDE is expected to recruit globally for… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 1:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Refinitiv, an LSEG Business, recently revealed that it entered a strategic agreement with Vestorly, an AI-powered content curation, and marketing platform, in order to offer wealth management companies and advisors with personalized content and marketing tools “designed to foster a more-impactful digital customer engagement experience.”… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance has received a crypto asset license from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), according to the crypto exchange. This is Binance’s first digital asset-specific license. The company said approval by the CBB demonstrated its commitment to being in regulatory compliance as the first of… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KurateDAO, a database developed on the blockchain, recently announced the close of its $6.85 million seed funding round, which was reportedly led by Polychain Capital. KurateDAO’s mission is to “use economic incentives to curate the world’s information.” Established this year, KurateDAO sees today’s “one size… Read More

March 12, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendable, an AI-enhanced consumer finance platform, has announced a £210 million funding round at a valuation “in excess of £3.5 billion.” The round has reportedly been led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’), through its Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP). TIP focuses on… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Glean AI, the intelligent accounts payable firm, has secured $10.8 million in seed financing from Contour Venture Partners (lead investor), Amex Ventures, Infinity Ventures, B Capital Group, Portage Ventures, Parameter Ventures, and several other venture funds and angel investors. The proceeds from the investment round… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Resonate (RESO), a “decentralized” social NFT platform that is centered on enabling users to have a decentralized AI-enhanced, “trusted” social experience “free from all forms of malicious, untrustworthy sources and actors” is set to launch on Fetch.ai. The first version of the platform “enables users… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a global financial center situated in the MENA and South Asia region, has issued a consultation paper “proposing to amend the Real Property Law, DIFC Law No. 10 of 2018.” The Proposed amendments will aim to “facilitate the administration… Read More