A marketing automation startup called Conversation has a founding story that sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.”
Source: techcrunch.com
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Blitzy, an autonomous software development startup, said it has raised $200 million in a funding round that values it at $1.4 billion, making it the latest company to receive major investor backing to streamline coding for large enterprises with the help of AI. Cambridge, Mass.-based Blitzy has now raised more than $204.4 million. Northzone led…
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Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has raised a $50 million extension from Nvidia’s venture arm, NVentures, reports CNBC. The raise brings the Swedish company’s recent Series D funding round total to $600 million. At the time of the first close in March, Legora was valued at $5.5 billion. Atlassian, Adams Street Partners and…
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