Pliant raised $80 million in a Series C funding round to deepen its B2B payment infrastructure’s capabilities around agentic payments and workflows, the company said in a Wednesday (Nov. 4) press release. The Berlin-headquartered company will also use the new funding to support its expansion...
ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski said the voice artificial intelligence startup could begin preparing to go public in 2028, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Nov. 3). Plans for that initial public offering (IPO) come amid a boom in AI agents for enterprise communications. “We’d love to IPO, build...
OPay, a digital financial platform built for emerging markets, has decided to postpone its planned initial public offering due to “an ongoing inquiry by a regulatory authority,” the company said in a public statement shared Saturday (Oct. 31) in post on X. OPay had been...
Artificial intelligence (AI) assistant startup Wabi has reportedly raised $55 million in new funding. The new financing values the company at $1.25 billion and will help it work on its software that lets groups of people interact with AI to coordinate activities and make decisions,...
Kalshi says it is now a $40 billion company following a $1 billion funding round. “This funding accelerates our long-term vision: building the next-generation financial exchange,” the prediction market said in announcing its Series G Thursday (Oct. 29). “An exchange that gives individuals, businesses, and institutions more direct...
Autonomous factory company Foundry Robotics is planning an expansion of its manufacturing footprint after raising $100 million. The company said its Series A round, announced Wednesday (Oct. 28), will allow it to build out its facility in Emeryville, California, and to accelerate deployment of artificial...
Wealthsimple has raised $302 million to expand its investment and digital finance platform. The new funding round, announced Tuesday (Oct. 27), values the Canadian company at $9.8 billion, or $13.8 billion CAD, and will help Wealthsimple expand its spending, checking, trading and investment offerings. “This...
Cloud and artificial intelligence security platform Upwind has raised $450 million in new funding. The company’s Series C round will allow Upwind to strengthen its product and engineering growth, Co-Founder and CEO Amiram Shachar wrote in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) blog post. “Security is a cloud and AI story now,”...
Three analysts remain bullish on Meta after the company announced plans to raise $95 billion through equity financing, though they raised questions about the company’s growing investments in artificial intelligence (AI), Seeking Alpha reported Monday (Oct. 26). Wells Fargo maintained an Overweight rating and $995 price target...