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Clika, a startup participating in the Battlefield 200 competition at TC Disrupt 2023, aims to build tech to “compress” existing AI models.
LastMile AI closes $10M seed round to ‘operationalize’ AI models
LastMile AI, a platform designed to help software engineers develop and integrate generative AI models into their apps, has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Gradient,…
Weights & Biases, which counts OpenAI as a customer, lands $50M
One of the more prolific AI and machine learning development platforms, Weights & Biases has secured a new tranche of cash from ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and former Y Combinator…
Deepset, a platform for building enterprise apps powered by large language models akin to ChatGPT, today announced that it raised $30 million in a funding round led by Balderton Capital…
FedML raises $11.5M to combine MLOps tools with a decentralized AI compute network
Interest in AI among the enterprise continues to rise, with one recent survey finding that nearly two-thirds of companies plan to increase or maintain their spending on AI and machine…
Striveworks snaps up first funding of $33M to build tools for machine learning operations
MLOps, or DevOps for those working with machine learning models, has seen a boom of interest in the last year, and that should come as no surprise: organizations want to…
MLOps platform Qwak today announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A1 funding round from Bessemer Venture Partners. The startup, which offers a fully managed platform that combines…
McKinsey, eyeing the MLOps space, buys Tel Aviv–based Iguazio
The same day Microsoft invested billions in OpenAI, McKinsey snatched up enterprise-focused AI firm Iguazio for a relative steal. The consulting giant reportedly paid around $50 million for Iguazio, a…
Galileo, a startup launching a platform for AI model development, today announced that it raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Battery Ventures with participation from The…
In 2017, three entrepreneurs — Chris Hazard, Mike Resnick and Mike Capps — came together to launch a platform for building AI and machine learning tools geared toward the enterprise.…
Arize AI, a startup developing a platform for machine learning operations, today announced that it raised $38 million in a Series B round led by TCV with participation from Battery…
Tecton raises $100M, proving that the MLOps market is still hot
Machine learning can provide companies with a competitive advantage by using the data they’re collecting — for example, purchasing patterns — to generate predictions that power revenue-generating products (e.g. e-commerce…
Modular closes $30 million seed round to simplify the process of developing AI systems
AI has transformative potential. But if you ask the co-founders of Modular, a startup emerging from stealth today, the software used to develop it is “monolithic,” fractured into silos piled…
Grid.ai rebrands as Lightning AI, raises $40M to expand its AI dev tools
Lightning AI, the startup behind the open source PyTorch Lightning framework, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Coatue with participation from Index…
AI platform Continual raises $14.5M Series A and comes out of beta
Continual, a startup that focuses on simplifying operational AI on top of a modern data stack, today announced that it has raised a $14.5 million Series A funding round led…
Gantry launches out of stealth to help data scientists keep AI models fresh
The demand for AI in the enterprise is insatiable, but the challenge lies in building the support infrastructure and its development and maintenance. A 2020 IDC survey found that a…
Iterative launches MLEM, an open source tool to simplify ML model deployment
MLOps platform Iterative, which announced a $20 million Series A round almost exactly a year ago, today launched MLEM, an open source Git-based machine learning model management and deployment tool.…
Arrikto’s mission is to enable data scientists to build and deploy their machine learning models faster. The company, which raised a $10 million Series A round in late 2020, is…
Galileo emerges from stealth to streamline AI model development
As the use of AI becomes more common throughout the enterprise, the demand for products that make it easier to inspect, discover and fix critical AI errors is increasing. After…
As the demand for feature stores grows, tech giants and startups are developing products to meet the need — and investors are backing them enthusiastically.
Union.ai raises $10M to simplify AI and ML workflow orchestration
Union.ai, a startup emerging from stealth with a commercial version of the open source AI orchestration platform Flyte, today announced that it raised $10 million in a round contributed by…
Investors: Up your ante at the iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021
The “oil bidness,” as they say in Texas, is so 20th century. Data, artificial intelligence and machine learning are the power triad fueling the future. If you’re an investor placing…
TechCrunch+ roundup: 5 pitch deck slides to fix, initial viable product, MLOps acceleration
This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch…
Here’s where MLOps is accelerating enterprise AI adoption
DevOps fueled the enterprise shift to the cloud, and companies are in a similar phase of trying out and accepting machine learning (ML) in their production environments.
MLOps startup Comet nabs $50M Series B just six months after raising its A
As machine learning becomes a more integral part of running businesses, the model-building process still requires iteration and experimentation. Comet has created an entire platform to get models from idea…
15 sectors pi Ventures expects deep tech to disrupt in the next 5 years
The Exchange gained early access to pi Ventures’ Deep Tech Shifts 2026 report, which identifies 15 deep tech subsectors the firm believes will reach an inflection point by 2026.
A look at some of the AI and ML expert speakers at the iMerit ML DataOps Summit
Calling all data devotees, machine-learning mavens and arbiters of AI. Clear your calendar to make room for the iMerit ML DataOps Summit on December 2, 2021. Join and engage with…
WhyLabs, a machine learning startup that was spun out of the Allen Institute last year, helps data teams monitor the health of their AI models and the data pipelines that…
Weights & Biases raises $135M Series C to keep building MLOps software
Update: The round in question was $135 million, not $100 million as originally noted. I apologize for the mistake! What do you call AI these days? ML in a suit.…
Taiwan-based MLOps startup InfuseAI raises $4.3M Series A led by Wistron Corporation
AI models not only take time to build and train, but also to deploy in an organization’s workflow. That’s where MLOps (machine learning operations) companies come in, helping clients scale…
