Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse today said it has closed its Series C extension, with a total of $439 million raised in the round. The company told TechCrunch that with the new tranche of financing, its valuation has surpassed $2 billion. With the cash, the company aims to expand its global model offering and reach
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the field of Lithium batteries are currently dominated by Chinese companies such as BYD and CATL. Not only do they sell the majority of batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage projects around the world, but they are also opening new factories in their backyard. When companies outside China try to compete, like Europe’s
A years-long lawsuit between college social app Fizz and rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices has taken an interesting turn. In a new filing, Fizz accuses investor Jerry Lu, who works at venture capital firm Maveron, of meeting with Fizz under the guise of exploring a potential investment, but then turning around and sharing Fizz’s
Gradium, a Paris-based startup that offers voice AI models, reopened its seed round to new investors, including Nvidia, and has now raised $100 million in total for the round, it said Thursday. The company is using the cash to open an office in the Bay Area and compete for talent there, “strengthening its position at
There’s something almost too perfect about this, via Bloomberg. Lyzr, a three-year-old startup from Jersey City, New Jersey, that helps companies create AI agents, used its own AI agent to raise its own round. The system, SivaClaw, reportedly answered questions from more than 130 investors, drafted investment memos, and even tracked which slides sponsors left