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Faraday Future has managed to raise $90 million from existing investors to help it get its much-delayed FF 91 luxury electric SUV to production and delivery. Faraday’s investors will also accelerate an existing commitment of $15 million, the EV company said Tuesday. Faraday is one of a litany of EV SPACs — EV startups that […] Despite EV delivery delays, Faraday Future raises $90M to stay afloat by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

While running a 5,000-agent contact center, Brian Tuite often experienced the problem of having to train new agents on the basics. The way he tells it, they weren’t prepared for success — and drained the contact center’s resources. That gave Tuite the idea of creating what he describes as “simulation training” for customer service agents. […] Zenarate, an AI-powered agent coaching platform, raises $15M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Realtime Robotics has been raising funding at a steady clip since announcing a two-pronged $31 million Series A back in 2021. This week’s $9.5 million announcement is a fast follow-up to last September’s $14.4 million raise. The new funds from Shinhan GIB and Kyobo Life Insurance push the Boston-based firm’s to date raise to north […] Months after its last raise, Realtime Robotics drums up another $9.5 million by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Companies are increasingly embracing generative AI. But they’re not necessarily considering all the blockers and challenges that come along with folding the tech into their existing workflows. In one recent survey by KPMG, 90% of businesses said that they had “moderate to highly significant” concerns about the risks of using generative AI and doubts about […] CalypsoAI raises $23M to add guardrails to generative AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

The jury is still out on whether AI adoption really will spell the end of humanity as we know it, but in the meantime, we’re continue to see a boom of AI startups and AI dealmaking. In the latest development, a generative AI-based language learning startup called Loora is coming out of stealth with $9.25 […] Loora, a generative AI app that uses an audio interface to help users learn English, raises $9.25M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

AI-based traffic management platform NoTraffic has bagged $50 million in Series B funding as it picks up momentum in cities across the U.S. The capital injection comes as the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill enters its second year and a host of funding programs kick in to alleviate traffic congestion, tackle CO2 emissions and reduce road […] NoTraffic raises $50M to tackle congestion and enhance road safety by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response to the growing needs of the young and style-conscious women in Africa. This is as it currently scales regionally over the next few months while working to attract international fashion brands, and more than triple the […] ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

When you run big real-life industrial operations, there’s always a gauge or readout somewhere deep in the facility that your engineers or field teams need to check in person. Lilz is a Japanese startup that builds devices you can set up to read these meters remotely, and the company just raised $4.1 million as they […] Lilz brings its gauge-watching smart cameras to the US and raises $4M by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Utu, a travel tech company that helps flyers get more out of their tax-free shopping, announced today it has raised a $35 million Series B led by SC Ventures. Part of the funding was used to acquire CardsPal, a Singapore-based fintech that offers deals and promotions nearby to users. During the pandemic-induced travel hiatus, utu […] UTU raises $35M to help travelers get more from tax-free shopping by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Of the many issues highlighted by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, one big one was the liability of having too much cash sitting in too few bank accounts. Today a London startup called TreasurySpring — which has built a platform for businesses to put some of their cash reserves to work, in investments — […] TreasurySpring raises $29M to expand its investment platform aimed at businesses with excess cash by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

After spending more than a decade in the customer experience industry, three friends, Jaime Scott, Michelle Dinsmore and Alex Richards, decided to launch their own company, EvaluAgent, to develop quality assurance testing software for contact centers. The three co-founders say that they were motivated by a shared desire to find a solution to the problem […] EvaluAgent raises $20M to build out software that evaluates call center agents by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

If everything seems to be going well, but you're not getting any traction, it's probably because you've run into one of these three problems. Falling into these 3 traps means you will never raise VC funding by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

This follow-on investment will allow the fund to continue expanding its portfolio, offering capital and mentorship opportunities to founders. Fearless Fund raises multi-million-dollar follow-on round from Bank of America, Costco and Mastercard by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

Kibsi is an Irvine, California-based startup that is building a no-code computer vision platform that allows businesses to build and deploy computer vision applications. Among the things that set Kibsi apart from many other players in this space is that it lets businesses reuse their existing cameras to create insights into virtually anything they want […] Kibsi raises $9.3M for its no-code computer vision platform by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Data teams are overworked, meanwhile — forced to cater to the needs of disparate departments within an organization while trying to maintain data policies consistently. That’s the shared thesis of Shirshanka Das and Swaroop Jagadish, at […] Acryl Data raises $21M to grow its enterprise data catalog platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Advances in Internet of Things technologies promise to give organizations and us ordinary people an unprecedented view of all of the objects we own and use — where they are, how they’re working, and if they’re not working. But what about the vast swathe of physical assets and environments that are not connected, and may […] Limble raises $58M at a $450M valuation to help orgs track and maintain ‘dumb’ physical assets by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

Supercritical, the carbon removal marketplace aimed (at the moment) mainly at tech companies that want to hit ‘net zero’, has raised a $13 million Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round includes funding from RTP Global, Greencode Ventures, MMC Ventures and others. We covered Supercritical’s launch back in August 2021, when it pointed out that the […] Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace aimed at tech firms, raises $13M Series A led by Lightspeed by Mike Butcher origina... →

With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Data teams are overworked, meanwhile — forced to cater to the needs of disparate departments within an organization while trying to maintain data policies consistently. That’s the shared thesis of Shirshanka Das and Swaroop Jagadish, at […] Acryl Data raises $21M to grow its enterprise data catalog platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

In late 2022, BetterBrand found success on Whole Foods Market shelves, driving over $1 million in gross sales in the first five months. BetterBrand’s new dough raises company’s valuation to over $170M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Open banking — where traditional banks enable payments and other new services by way of APIs that give access to financial data previously locked up in their systems — has led to a rush of startups looking to build the links to make it a reality. Today one of the hopefuls in open banking — […] Volt, an open banking fintech for payments and more, raises $60M at a $350M+ valuation by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →