Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, July 15, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings

“OpenAI Scale Ranks Progress Toward ‘Human-Level’ Problem Solving” (Bloomberg)

“Mixture of A Million Experts” paper (DeepMind)

👏 Deals

Polystyvert, a Montréal-based clean tech company focusing on recycling and purifying plastic waste to produce premium materials, has raised $16m in financing.

Command Zero, a TX-based startup building an AI-powered AI-powered cyber investigations and threat hunting platform, has raised $21m in seed financing.

Niva, a New York-based company developing fraud identification AI agents to provide business ID solutions, has raised $3.3M in financing.  

Roga, a LA-based health tech startup specializing in nerve-stimulating wearable devices to reduce mental stress, has raised $1.2m in pre-seed financing.

Nagish, a NYC-based company focusing on developing an AI-empowered speech-to-text and vice versa phone app for people with hearing loss, has raised $16m in financing.

epilot, a Germany-based startup building a platform to digitize and automate green energy transition processes for enterprise customers, has raised €10m in financing.

3Daughters, an MA-based company focusing on clinical innovation particularly for women’s healthcare, has raised $4.7m in seed financing. 

Buildots, a CA-based startup building an AI-driven platform featuring on-site progress tracking for construction companies, has raised $15m in financing.

AutoScheduler.AI, a TX-based company developing an AI-empowered warehouse orchestration platform to optimize warehouse operations, has raised $6.5m in financing.

Lekko, a CA-based startup designing a dynamic configuration tool platform for developers to update code safely at runtime, has raised $4.5m in seed financing.

Spotlight Medical, a France-based startup focusing on developing AI-powered prognosis tests to help doctors select the most effective treatment for cancer patients, has raised €6.2m in seed financing.