Morning VC Brief丨2024.12.17

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00. TL;DR

1/ General-purpose AI System Liquid AI raises $250M Series A

2/ Robotic inspection Solution Anybotics raises $60M Series B

3/ Video Understanding Model Twelve Labs raises $30M Venture Round

4/ Real-time Multimodal Intelligence Cartesia raises $27M Seed Round

5/ Bookkeeping Copilot Truewind raises $13M Series A

6/ LLM App Accuracy Platform Aimon Labs raises $2.3M Pre-Seed Round

01. Venture News

1/ General-purpose AI System Liquid AI raises $250M Series A

Liquid AI is on a mission to build the most capable and efficient AI system at every scale and integrate it into mission-critical workflows in many sectors such as consumer electronics, telecommunication, financial services, e-commerce, and biotechnology. This round was led by AMD Ventures with participation from OSS Capital, Duke Capital Partners, and more. Link

2/ Robotic inspection Solution Anybotics raises $60M Series B

Anybotics is revolutionizing safety, efficiency, and sustainability in the energy, power, metals, mining, and chemical industries. This round was led by Qualcomm Ventures with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Walden Catalyst, and more. Link

3/ Video Understanding Model Twelve Labs raises $30M Venture Round

Twelve Labs makes video instantly, intelligently searchable and understandable. This round was backed by Databricks Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, HubSpot Ventures and more. Link

4/ Real-time Multimodal Intelligence Cartesia raises $27M Seed Round

Cartesia is mission to build real-time intelligence with long memory, that runs wherever you are. This round was led by Index Ventures with participation from Lightspeed, Factory, Conviction, General Catalyst, and more. Link

5/ Bookkeeping Copilot Truewind raises $13M Series A

Truewind is a digital staff accountant that never sleeps, never gets sick, and always does its work. This round was led by Thomson Reuters Ventures and Rho Capital Partners. Link

6/ LLM App Accuracy Platform Aimon Labs raises $2.3M Pre-Seed Round

Aimon Labs enables reliable adoption of Enterprise Generative AI. This round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Tidal Ventures. Link