Online auto sales marketplace Bidbus has raised $15 million in new funding. The company says its Series A round, announced Tuesday (July 7) will help it expand on its mission to make selling a vehicle “as transparent and competitive” as trading stocks. “Nearly 39 million used cars are sold...
South Korean semiconductor maker SK Hynix is preparing to go public in the U.S. And as Bloomberg News reported Sunday (July 5), the company’s $29 billion listing — set for July 10 and believed to be the largest ever share sale by a foreign firm...
geoSurge raised $12 million in a seed round to help brands shape how they are seen in generative artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. The company was founded just over a year ago and now supports customers across four continents and multiple...
Plaid has held preliminary discussions with banks about a potential initial public offering, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (July 1), citing unnamed sources. The company is considering the move but has not made a final decision, according to the report. Plaid did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’...
Twelve Labs argues that AI is leaving a text-based era and pivoting to video. Now, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup has $100 million in new funding to explore that idea, according to an announcement on its blog Wednesday (July 1). “Five years ago, we began with a simple...
MGX has raised $49 billion for its new MGX Fund I to make investments across the artificial intelligence technology stack. The Abu Dhabi-based technology investment firm launched the fund “to provide highly curated exposure to the AI thematic through disciplined investments in differentiated and restricted...
Small business-focused marketing platform Pie has emerged from stealth with $19.5 million in new funding. The company announced the new financing Tuesday (June 30) along with the launch of Front Desk, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that answers calls for small business owners around the clock, takes bookings...
Google Ventures has helped raise $30 million in funding for space-focused cross-border payments FinTech Nebex. The company’s seed round, announced Monday (June 29), will help it expand its platform and link sovereign space programs with the founders and companies developing new technologies to serve the space industry. In an interview with Bloomberg...
Quantifind has secured a $200 million growth investment to accelerate the international expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI)-native risk intelligence platform for financial crime prevention. The company’s Graphyte platform is used by multinational financial institutions and government agencies to combat financial crime. It uses internal and external...