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EvolutionaryScale Secures $142M for Biological Data AI
EvolutionaryScale has closed a disclosed $142 million seed round to advance biological foundation models capable of generating novel proteins. The startup's ESM3 model, trained on a massive dataset of 2.78 billion sequences, represents a major shift toward Physical AI in the life sciences sector.
Read the briefing →Scale AI Secures $1B Series F at $13.8B Valuation for Data Supply Chain
Scale AI has closed a disclosed $1 billion Series F funding round, bringing its total valuation to $13.8 billion. The capital will expand its 'data foundry' capabilities to meet the soaring demand for high-quality training sets in the generative AI era.
Read the briefing →Skild AI Secures $300M Series A for Physical AI Foundation Models
Skild AI has closed a $300 million Series A funding round to develop foundation models for Physical AI, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. The investment signals a massive shift in the data economy toward embodied intelligence and cross-hardware sensor datasets.
Read the briefing →Skild AI Secures $300M Series A for General-Purpose Physical AI
Skild AI has closed a $300 million Series A round at a $1.5 billion valuation to scale its foundation models for robotics. The deal marks a pivotal shift toward Physical AI, where real-world sensor data is becoming the industry's most contested asset.
Read the briefing →Skild AI Secures $300M to Scale General-Purpose Physical AI Data
Skild AI has raised a disclosed $300 million to accelerate the development of a 'robot brain' trained on massive proprietary physical-interaction datasets. The round, valuing the company at an estimated $1.5 billion, marks a pivotal shift in AI investment toward the data-heavy requirements of general-purpose robotics.
Read the briefing →OpenAI Strikes $250M Data Licensing Deal with News Corp
OpenAI has finalized a landmark multi-year partnership with News Corp, valued at more than $250 million, to integrate high-quality news content into its generative models. This deal marks a decisive shift toward licensed data assets as the industry faces increasing regulatory and scarcity pressures.
Read the briefing →EvolutionaryScale Secures $142M for Biological "World Models"
EvolutionaryScale has closed a $142 million seed round to pioneer foundation models for programmable biology. The startup's ESM3 model represents a breakthrough in biological world models, trained on the largest available datasets to simulate evolutionary processes.
Read the briefing →EvolutionaryScale Secures $142M to Scale Biological Data Models
EvolutionaryScale has raised a disclosed $142 million to develop AI models trained on vast biological datasets. The funding round signals a massive shift toward specialized, high-integrity data assets in the life sciences sector.
Read the briefing →OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Integrate Real-Time Data Indexing
OpenAI has finalized the acquisition of Rockset, a real-time analytics database, to bolster its retrieval infrastructure for enterprise-grade AI. The move signals a strategic shift toward high-velocity data integration in the race for agentic AI dominance.
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