Baseten, which helps companies launch open-source or custom AI models, raised a $150M Series D led by Bond at a $2.15B valuation, up from $825M in February
The Baseten founding team. — BASETEN — In some sense, Baseten started with building blocks—literally.
New Zealand-based Halter, which provides smart collars and geofencing software for the dairy industry, raised a $100M Series D led by Bond at a $1B valuation
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Q&A with Mary Meeker on publishing her first Trends report since 2019, its focus on the AI revolution, why OpenAI may have an insurmountable lead, and more
#google #chatgpt #openai #ai #gemini @martenmickos : 340 slides you want to read. — Mary Meeker's report on AI trends. — www.bondcap.com/reports/tai Greg Linden / @glinden : At least in my read, t...
Q&A with Mary Meeker on publishing her first Trends report since 2019, its focus on the AI revolution, why OpenAI may have an insurmountable lead, and more
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai @eguango : if you want to know the nitty gritty of the state of AI, can't recommend this report from Mary Meeker strongly enough. [embedded post] Threads: Benedict Evans /...
Seattle-based Carbon Robotics, which offers an AI-powered deweeding robot for farmers, raised a $70M Series D led by BOND, taking its total funding to $157M
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Algerian startup Yassir, which offers on-demand ride hailing, banking, and more, raised $150M led by BOND to expand overseas, bringing its funding to $193M
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Sentry, an application performance monitoring service used by Microsoft, Slack, and others, raises a $90M Series E led by Bond and Accel at a $3B+ valuation
Sentry, an application performance monitoring (APM) platform used by some of the world's biggest companies, has raised $90 million in a series E round of funding.
Sources: online used-car marketplace Carvana, which saw its shares drop ~30% in recent weeks, was forced to sell half of its bonds to Apollo Global for $1.6B
Online used-car retailer was spurned by lenders to fund deal — Carvana Co. 's financial troubles spilled over into debt markets … Tweets: @jodixu , @wampummining , @blue_chip1 , and @wsjcfo Tweets: ...
BrowserStack, a cross-browser website testing service for DevOps, raises $200M Series B led by BOND, at a $4B valuation
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Berlin-based Flink, a six-months old grocery delivery service built around its own delivery stores, raises $240M co-led by Prosus, BOND, and Mubadala Capital
On-demand grocery delivery, which really came into its own with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, continues to command huge attention from investors.