AI Funding News: Week Ending 01.19

🚀 Welcome to this week's roundup of the movers and shakers in the AI world!

Like the amount of investments that have been happening in Q1 so far I'm going to keep it brief on the intro:

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USA 🌎

1. Alphathena Receives Strategic Investment from ETFS Capital and HPA
   Warrenville, IL - AI-powered direct indexing platform for RIAs secures $4m investment.
2. Forta Raises $55M in Series A Funding
   San Francisco, CA - AI healthcare company for quality care raises $55M.
3. Blueshift Receives $40M Growth Investment From Runway Growth Capital
   Menlo Park,CA - Automates and personalizes brand engagement across marketing channels.
4. Thomvest Ventures Closes $250M Fund; Promotes Two to Leadership Team
   San Francisco, CA - Venture capital firm closes a new $250m fund.
5. Mercor Raises $3.6M in Funding
   San Francisco, CA - AI-powered platform for talent assessment and matching.

EMEA 🌍

1. Runnr.ai Raises €1M in Funding
   Utrecht, the Netherlands - Conversational guest engagement platform for hotels.
2. CloudTalk Raises $28M in Series B Funding
   Bratislava, Slovakia - AI-powered calling solution provider.
3. Sky Engine AI Raises $7M in Series A Funding
   London, UK - Simulation and learning platform for AI developers.
4. Recraft Raises $12M in Series A Funding
   London, UK - AI graphic design generator.
5. elv.ai Raises €500K in Funding
   Bratislava, Slovakia - AI and human moderation for internet safety.

Acquisitions 🤝

1. Nextiva Acquires Thrio
   Scottsdale, AZ - Provider of customer experience solutions acquires Calabasas, CA-based AI-driven contact center software company.

Other reads:

1. Cognizant Impact Study Predicts Generative AI Could Inject $1 Trillion Into U.S. Economy Over 10 Years

Until next time, keep your eyes peeled and your minds open, the world of AI, the only constant is change!

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