It’s the last full month of summer, and between vacations and other news (the IPO market has apparently opened), it’s easy to miss some intriguing funding rounds, and August certainly had a bunch of them.
Robotics
New York-based investment firm Insight Partners has invested around $4 billion in artificial intelligence companies over the past five years. We talk...
Japanese robotics firm Telexistence raised a $170 million Series B, which included a commitment from new investor SoftBank Group.
SoftBank wants to be a leader in the AI revolution.
Big Tech's love affair with AI isn't totally new. We look at some tech giants and their VC arms not covered last month and what they’ve done.
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Is AI a job creator or job destroyer?
Signaling yet another major player’s acceptance of AI, global consulting firm Accenture said it will invest $3 billion over three years into its AI...
Zume's closure was the latest in a long string of disappointing outcomes for the SoftBank Vision Fund.
Bessemer Venture Partners' massive bet on the future potential for AI reflects its belief that the technology is a seismic shift that will...
With its potential to disrupt one of the oldest of human endeavors, indoor farming has emerged as a venture capital cash crop.
AI in agtech is playing a much more consequential role in furthering two goals for agtech: making lots of food, and doing it sustainably.
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