Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Nace.AI has announced it has raised $21.5 million in seed funding, led by Walden Catalyst with participation from General Catalyst and a group of leading institutional and angel investors. Alongside the raise, the company is launching its new product in research preview, a new model for professional work where 100+ specialized AI agents […]
In 2025, the Bay Area expanded its dominance of U.S. seed funding — capturing a growing share of both deals and dollars — even as most startups remained geographically dispersed, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows, resulting in a more bifurcated landscape.
More than half of seed dollars last year went into deals of $10 million or above. At the same time, deal counts for seed-stage startups have fallen since the 2021-2022 peak, as has funding going into rounds below $10 million, Crunchbase data shows.
Insider Brief Humble has emerged from stealth with a fully autonomous, cabless electric freight vehicle and raised $24 million in seed funding led by Eclipse, with participation from Energy Impact Partners and others, as it looks to bring automation deeper into logistics operations. The San Francisco-based startup said its first product, the Humble Hauler, is […]
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ActionAI, a Reliable AI company powering mission-critical automations and business intelligence for enterprises, announced $10 million in Seed funding. The round was led by prominent UAE-based investors. Founded by Miriam Haart, a Stanford educated engineer, Computer Science lecturer, and star of Netflix hit series My Unorthodox Life, ActionAI will use the funding to scale safe, […]
Objection has launched with multi-million dollar seed funding backed by Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan, introducing an AI-driven platform designed to evaluate the accuracy of journalistic claims. Founded by Aron D’Souza, the system allows users to challenge specific assertions in published content for a fee, triggering structured reviews. The platform uses large language models from […]
Insider Brief Antioch announced it has raised $8.5 million in seed funding, valuing the company at $60 million, to develop a simulation platform for physical autonomy. The round was led by Category Ventures and A*, with participation from MaC Venture Capital, BoxGroup, Icehouse Ventures, Abstract and angel investors, according to the New York startup. The […]
