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- đź“Ś 6 AI Startups raise $400M+
đź“Ś 6 AI Startups raise $400M+
BONUS: The Next Interface Is A Face From Felicis
TODAY’S FUNDING RECAP 🗓️
Doji raises a $14M Seed — Virtual fashion try-on
Hedra raises a $32M Series A — AI character animation for video
Cognichip raises a $33M Seed — Foundational model for semiconductor design
3 more rounds caught by my funding tracker
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TOP PICKS 📢
1/3
Amount: $14M 🎉
Round: Seed
Lead Investor: Thrive Capital
Doji is a fashion app that allows users to try on clothes virtually.
The app generates an AI avatar of the user based on six selfies and two full-body photos. Once processed, users can scroll through a curated feed of clothing options and see how each piece looks on their avatar. Users can also input product URLs from across the internet to see how different garments would look on their avatars.
2/3
Amount: $32M 🎉
Round: Series A
Lead Investor: Andreessen Horowitz
Hedra is an AI generation and editing suite for character-driven video creation.
The platform allows users to animate any character image with speech and expression using either an audio track or a text script. At the core of it is their Character-3 model which enables realistic lip syncing, facial gestures, and character movement with coherent backgrounds. The platform also integrates external models for environment generation, voice, and other tools for image and text generation.
3/3
Amount: $33M 🎉
Round: Seed
Lead Investor: Lux Capital, Mayfield
Cognichip offers an AI foundation model built for semiconductor design.
Their building a system that behaves like an AI teammate to engineers—learning physical principles, adapting to design constraints. Their model is “physics-informed,” meaning it incorporates domain-specific physical laws into its training. The company aims to cut development costs by 75% and reduce time-to-market by 50%.
OTHER ROUNDS 🤏
ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS
→ Pathos raises a $365M Series D — AI-powered oncology drug development
→ Akeno raises a $5M Seed — AI-powered production planning
UNANNOUNCED DEALS FROM ARFUR ROCK
→ Develop Health is raising a $8-12M Series A, $7M+ ARR (NEW)
→ Browserbase is raising a Series B at a $300M post-money valuation led by Notable Capital
BONUS 🔥
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