Artificial Intelligence

March 6, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, a provider of AI-enhanced transaction monitoring tech to protect banking institutions and Fintech platforms against financial crimes, recently revealed that it has solidified its international revenue operations with the appointment of Peter Reynolds as the firm’s Chief Revenue Officer. ThetaRay is an OurCrowd portfolio… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

VISO Trust, an AI-based cybersecurity due diligence platform, has raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with additional participation from Work-Bench, Sierra Ventures, and Lytical Ventures. Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia, Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz, and former Splunk CEO Doug Merritt also participated in the round, with… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperhuman is reportedly raising a €0.7M round being led by Sparking Capital, along with contributions from Early Game Ventures and SeedBlink investors. The offering on SeedBlink is raising equity capital from retail investors at a pre-money valuation of €6.2 million. The offering is scheduled to… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Squirro, an “Augmented Intelligence solutions provider,” has been awarded a contract with the European Central Bank (ECB) to provide insights into risk and the countries that have adopted the Euro. Squirro notes that it is already working with the German Bundesbank and the Bank of… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mecanicus, a company focused on driving a “revolution” in the classic car market to ensure its “transmission to future generations,” has secured 113% (€568,692) of its €500,000 fundraising target via Crowdcube (from 121 investors at the time of writing). Mecanicus notes that it aims to… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital insurance marketplace RenewBuy has reportedly acquired Bengaluru-headquartered Fintech firm Artivatic.AI. The strategic acquisition by RenewBuy has been made as it aims to scale its operations and further enhance its tech stack to address the requirements of clients in insurance claim settlement, risk assessment and… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

SKAEL has raised $38 million in Series A funding, led by RTP Global, according to a company statement. SKAEL is a digital platform designed to support firms using digital employees by automating services, saving money. The funding was led by RTP Global with participation from… Read More

February 11, 2022 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the decentralized data exchange protocol that taps into data for AI, is pleased to confirm the introduction of DataX Protocol, an initiative financed via OceanDAO, Ocean’s community-curated grants program. DataX Protocol has a lineup of various DeFi tooling solutions for datasets in the… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Smarter.ai, the creators of an AI marketplace to democratize artificial intelligence and help SMEs meaningfully compete with Big Tech, has announced its pre- seed raise, which was led by Fuel Ventures and Hambro Perks. As noted in the update, this comes at a time when… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Harjyot Singh, Technology Director at Human Protocol, which has been specifically designed for tokenizing work. HUMAN Protocol connects projects with millions of international respondents, offering not only access to a global Q&A, but the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) infrastructure… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Seira Yun, the Founder & CEO at Socious, a Fintech/Community App for social change. Seira Yun, a Japanese serial social entrepreneur, full-stack developer, and impact angel investor told Crowdfund Insider that he’s interested in getting more involved in the decentralized/distributed autonomous… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 5:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Look for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in customer service to grow in 2022 TelcoSwitch CEO Russell Lux said. The growth will continue with automated chatbots which are deployed in customer contact centres and will extend to call analytics. The importance of both have… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Kirobo, a decentralized finance application developer, has partnered with Evai, an AI-driven decentralized crypto asset rating platform. Besides a shared client base and investment opportunity agreement, the partnership includes a series of mutual integrations, bringing the users of Kirobo’s Liquid Vault built-in instant analytics on all… Read More

February 1, 2022 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinScience, the Fintech firm of the Datrix Group, recently revealed that Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point now provides FinScience’s Thematic Dataset as part of an alternative data catalog. The dataset allows investors to keep track of the trend exposures of thousands of securities. FinScience confirmed that… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trust Stamp, a global provider of AI-powered identity services for use in banking finance, regulatory compliance, and more, has commenced trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol IDAI. This is an uplisting as Trust Stamp has been trading on OTC Markets. Gareth N. Genner, Trust… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pagaya, a tech firm building AI infrastructure for the financial ecosystem, and Visa (NYSE: V), which facilitates over 160 billion payments transactions globally, have announced a strategic relationship that will “enable Visa’s expansive network of merchant partners and issuing co-brand financial institutions to leverage Pagaya’s… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the “decentralized” data exchange protocol for unlocking data for AI and business innovation, has entered into a partnership with Dimitra, an agricultural technology firm guided by the goal to provide tech to help farmers across the globe with enhancing  operations while delivering greater… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

National governments have reportedly invested more than $25 billion into quantum computing research and more than $1 billion in VC deals have closed in the past year – “more than the past three years combined,” according to an update shared by the World Economic Forum… Read More

January 19, 2022 @ 5:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-enhanced legal operations platform, recently announced the launch of its Legal Service Requests module. This latest innovation provides corporate legal departments “a powerful new way to centralize intake, triage requests, and understand demand for legal services across the business.” As mentioned in a… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at AlphaSense has reflected on what they consider to be a transformative year for the company. Jack Kakko, CEO and Founder at AlphaSense, noted: “As I’ve been reflecting on all that has been accomplished this year, I am deeply grateful for the dedication… Read More