Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, January 20, 2025

📌 Musings and Readings

“More teens say they're using ChatGPT for schoolwork, a new study finds” (NPR)

“LANL: Artificial Algorithms Used To Tune Particle Accelerators” (Los Alamos Reporter)

“Human interpretable structure-property relationships in chemistry using explainable machine learning and large language models”  (Nature)

“Learning rich speech representations with acoustic-semantic factorization” (Amazon)

👋 Deals

hc1, an IN-based startup  specializing in lab data management, analytics, and automation to deliver insights that can enhance patient care, optimize operations, and reduce costs, has raised $6m in financing. 

Red Sky Health, a MA-based startup using AI/ML to identify issues in health insurance claim denials and recommend solutions, has raised $3m in seed financing.

First Ascent Biomedical, a Miami-based company employing AI to analyze functional drug testing, DNA/RNA sequencing, and tumor weakness mapping, enabling personalized cancer treatment by identifying targeted therapeutic solutions, has raised $6m in financing. 

BforeAI, a New York-based predictive cybersecurity company using AI to anticipate and block threats like phishing, spoofing, and ransomware before they impact businesses, has raised $10m in series B financing.

Overland AI, a Seattle-based startup designing ground autonomy systems for off-road vehicles with focus on defense to enable uncrewed ground vehicles to autonomously navigate off-road terrains, has raised $32m in series A financing.

Thoras.ai, a DC-based developing an AI platform to identify potential downtime, diagnose underlying issues, and uncover optimization opportunities, has raised $5m in seed financing.

Nilus, a New York-based fintech startup offering an AI platform for real-time cash visibility, automated accounting, and accurate cash flow forecasting to streamline liquidity management, has raised $10m in financing.

Teal Health, a CA-based health tech company specializing in at-home, self-collect cervical cancer screening methods for women to increase accessibility and encourage regular screenings, has raised $10m in seed financing.

Rockfish Data, a CA-based startup focusing on generating privacy-preserving synthetic data to help enterprises break data silos and improve AI/ML workflows, has raised $4m in seed financing.

Micron Biomedical, a GA-based life science tech company developing dissolvable microarray technology for needle-free delivery of vaccines and therapeutics, has raised $16M in Series A financing.

Truewind, a CA-based startup using AI to automate accounting processes and streamline transaction classification and reconciliation, enabling firms to focus on strategic advisory roles, has raised $13M in Series A financing.

Eve, a CA-based company building an AI platform to automate client intake, document drafting, and discovery management to enhance efficiency for plaintiff law firms throughout the case lifecycle, has raised $47m in series A financing.

Coram AI, a CA-based startup utilizing AI to enhance video surveillance, providing real-time incident detection and proactive alerts to improve safety and streamline security operations, has raised $13.8m in series A financing.

Quantifind, a CA-based company specializing in automating financial crime detection and compliance processes by leveraging AI and external data to streamline risk screening, watchlist screening, alerts triage, and investigations, has raised $22m in financing.

Pipe17, a WA-based startup developing an AI platform to automate and optimize omnichannel order operations such as order routing and inventory management to enhance efficiency and accuracy, has raised $15.5m in financing.