One quarter into 2023, and Crunchbase News readers are feeling slightly more upbeat compared to the beginning of the year. But plenty are also "confused," "pessimistic" and even "scattered."
Artificial intelligence and robotics
While the promise of AI has percolated for decades, the sector has only heated up fairly recently. We talk AI with General Catalyst's Deep Nishar.
Rounds were small this week, with no round crossing the $200 million barrier. One has to wonder if we may be seeing some Silicon Valley Bank fallout.
Personalized chatbot startup Character.AI closed a $150 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Spark Capital certainly came in like a lion this March, leading a $300 million round for AI startup Anthropic, and co-leading Adept AI's Series B.
Artera, which uses artificial intelligence for cancer testing and personalized care, raised a $90 million round to support the distribution of its...
Another San Francisco-based AI company came in near the top of this week's list. Investors seem to have blinders on for AI startups right now, so...
AI in agtech is playing a much more consequential role in furthering two goals for agtech: making lots of food, and doing it sustainably.
![Illustration of man and robot looking at each other. [Dom Guzman]](https://news.crunchbase.com/wp-content/uploads/AI_robotics_Facing-470x352.jpg)
Another week, another huge raise for a generative AI startup.
The big news of the week in venture obviously is not who raised what but rather where will they put that money? Nevertheless, there were some big...
The new funding further illustrates investors' insatiable appetite for all things AI.
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