Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, September 23, 2024
5-minute weekly must-read on data science and artificial intelligence news, funding, and research, curated by Joyce Shen.
📌 Musings and Readings
"Will AI Make Job Recruiting More Efficient—but Less Fair?" (WSJ)
“Do AI models produce more original ideas than researchers?” (Nature)
“A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots” (WP)
“UN Summit of the Future: AI opportunity for everyone” (Google)
““The Era of Foundation Models in Medical Imaging is Approaching”: A Scoping Review of the Clinical Value of Large-Scale Generative AI Applications in Radiology” (Paper)
“Introducing the Large Medical Model” (Paper)
👏 Deals
c/side, a CA-based cybersecurity startup developing an AI-powered detection engine to assist businesses in monitoring, optimizing, and securing third-party scripts against cyberattacks, has raised $6m in seed financing.
PinPoint Analytics, a NJ-based startup building an AI-driven construction estimating platform to analyze millions of data to enhance the bidding and estimating processes for the road construction industry, has raised $3.2m in seed financing.
Supermaven, a New York-based company specializing in developing an AI coding assistant to process larger codebases more effectively, while minimizing errors and enhancing the developer experience, has raised $12m in series A financing.
Symphera, a Germany-based startup developing a comprehensive surgical system designed to automate the switching of tools during laparoscopic procedures, has raised €2.4m in seed financing.
Dunya Analytics, a Delaware-based startup building a data-driven risk analysis platform for biodiversity and natural ecosystems to help companies simplify the measurement and management of biodiversity risks, has raised $1.2m in seed financing.
Hgen, a CA-based startup specializing in the technology to convert water and electricity into affordable clean hydrogen to enable heavy industry to reduce carbon emissions, has raised $5m in seed financing.
Sitewire, a CA-based startup developing a construction finance platform with live visual media, financial monitoring, and expert insights, has raised $3.17M in seed financing.
Knit, a TX-based company automating the consumer research processes to streamline time-consuming tasks and providing thorough insights, has raised $9m in financing.
Harbor, a TX-based healthcare tech startup creating a baby monitoring system to offer parents improved control, privacy, and security without relying on an internet connection, has raised $7m seed financing.
Opnova, a CA-based startup dedicated to redefining IT, security, and compliance operations optimization by delivering intelligent automation to workflows, has raised $3.75M pre-seed in financing.
Ferrum Health, a CA-based company with clinical AI algorithms to protect patient data, lowers IT costs, and speeds up AI initiatives for healthcare systems, has raised $16m series A financing.
Canopie, a VA-based prevention-oriented maternal health startup that offers personalized health assessments, care management, on-demand services, and virtual classes, has raised $3.7m in seed financing.
Fathom, a CA-based company building an AI-driven meeting intelligence platform to record, transcribe, and summarize meetings in real time, has raised $17m in series A financing.