Superplastic, which creates “synthetic” influencers and other virtual characters, raised $20M led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and plans to work with Amazon Studios
Janky and Guggimon, ‘synthetic’ celebrities conceived in a studio and big on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram …
Splash, whose AI tools facilitate music creation and integration in games, including in Roblox, raises a $20M Series A led by Alexa Fund and Bitkraft Ventures
Marie Dealessandri / GamesIndustry.biz :
Drivetime, which makes interactive hands-free audio games for drivers, raises $11M Series A led by Makers Fund with Amazon's Alexa Fund and Google participating
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Enterprise sales intelligence startup Tact.ai raises $27M Series C led by Amazon's Alexa Fund, Microsoft's M12, Salesforce Ventures, and Comcast Ventures
Tact.ai, a Redwood City, California-based enterprise intelligence startup, announced today that it closed a $27 million funding round led …
CTRL-labs, makers of an armband that picks up brain signals to control devices, raises $28M from Lux Capital, GV, Vulcan Capital, Founders Fund, and Alexa Fund
Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital is among those raising an interested hand over a 3-year-old startup called CTRL-Labs …
Google announces investment program for early-stage startups working on Google Assistant hardware or features, similar to Amazon's Alexa Fund
Thuy Ong / The Verge :
Toronto-based smart thermostat maker Ecobee raises $62M Series C led by Energy Impact Partners with participation from Amazon's Alexa Fund
- Energy Impact Partners and Amazon Alexa Fund are among the investors in a $62 million round of funding for Ecobee.
Andy Rubin's Essential Products raises $300M from Tencent, Amazon, and others, says Best Buy and Amazon will be its retail launch partners in the US
Amazon Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Andy Rubin's startup, Essential raises $300 million from Amazon, Tencent and others Philip Michaels / Tom's Guide : We'll Soon Know When the Essential Phone Will Launc...
TrackR, which helps users find lost items using its Bluetooth devices, raises $50M Series B led by Revolution Growth with participation from Amazon's Alexa Fund
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal :
Founder of Nucleus, which raised $5.6M from Alexa Fund, and now faces competition from similar Echo Show device, says Amazon crippling its Alexa Fund ecosystem
Jason Del Rey / Recode :