Samantha Stokes

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AI cybersecurity agent startup Reco just raised $25 million from Insight Partners

1 day ago | businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Samantha Stokes |Henry Blodget

Reco co-founders Ofer Klein, Gal Nakash, and Tal Shapira Reco 2025-04-22T11:45:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . AI startup Reco just raised a $25 million extension round from Insight Partners and other investors.
Millionen für Artisan: Das Startup will Mitarbeiter durch KI-Agenten ersetzen

1 day ago | businessinsider.de | Samantha Stokes

Artisan-Gründer Jaspar Carmichael-Jack und Sam Stallings. Artisan Artisan hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, eine Reihe von repetitiven Aufgaben zu ersetzen, die von Menschen erledigt werden. Dafür plant es, die Mitarbeitenden durch KI-Agenten zu ersetzen.
Sequoia Scout und Y Combinator setzen auf die KI-Agenten von Artisan – seht hier das Pitchdeck | Flipboard

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Samantha Stokes

NowDiese Tabelle zeigt, wie viel Rente Sie ab 1. Juli mehr kriegenDie Rentenerhöhung steht fest: Zum 1. Juli steigt die Rente um 3,74 Prozent – stärker als sie Inflation. Wie hoch die Rente künftig ausfällt, zeigt …5 hours agoÖkonomisches Schreckensszenario – jetzt droht Trump die StagflationDie USA steuern auf eine seltene Art der Wirtschaftskrise zu. Zuletzt hatte eine sogenannte Stagflation das Land in den 70er Jahren heimgesucht.
Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck startup Artisan used to raise $25 million to replace some human employees with AI agents

4 days ago | businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Samantha Stokes |Henry Blodget

Artisan co-founders Jaspar Carmichael-Jack and Sam Stallings Artisan 2025-04-19T09:00:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Artisan is a startup that uses AI agents to replace human employees who do repetitive work.
Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck startup Artisan used to raise $25 million to replace some human employees with AI agents

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Samantha Stokes

1 hour agoThailand: Humanoid robots compete in first-of-its-kind marathon in BeijingRESTRICTION: “@peiqiyezhu90 via X" — NO RESALE / MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY — EDITORIAL USE ONLY BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 19, 2025: Dozens of humanoid robots lined up alongside thousands of human participants in a historic half marathon in Beijing, marking the world’s first race of its kind to feature both man and machine, on Saturday (Apr. 19).
These twentysomething Yale graduates just raised $4.5 million in funding for their startup that uses AI agents to test websites for bugs

6 days ago | businessinsider.com | Samantha Stokes

Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Spur uses AI agents to test websites for quality assurance using natural language. The startup just raised $4.5 million from First Round Capital and Pear. Spur's two founders met as freshman at Yale and developed the tech their senior year. When Sneha Sivakumar and Anushka Nijhawan met during their freshman year at Yale University, they immediately connected.
NYC's tech in-crowd is making this cold-plunge and sauna studio the hottest spot in town

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Samantha Stokes |Henry Blodget

Othership co-founders including CEO Robbie Bent (far right) sit on the benches next to one of the space's cold plunge pools. Ian Patterson 2025-04-07T09:00:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Othership, a sauna and ice bath space, has become a hotspot for NYC's tech scene.
We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that landed this AI robotics startup $20.6 million in funding

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Samantha Stokes |Henry Blodget

Chef Robotics founder and CEO Rajat Bhageria Rajat Bhageria 2025-04-04T09:00:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Chef Robotics just raised a $20.6 million Series A led by Avataar Venture Partners. The startup builds AI robots that make food in an assembly line.
Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck AI tax startup Incentify used to raise $9.5 million

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Samantha Stokes

Incentify CEO Laurence Sotsky Incentify 2025-04-02T12:00:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Incentify is an AI startup that helps companies find and use tax credits and incentives. The startup just raised $9.5 million from Innovent Capital Group and other investors.
Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck that landed AI agent startup Auxia $23.5 million in funding

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Samantha Stokes

AI marketing startup Auxia just raised $23.5 million in combined Series A and seed funding. The startup brings AI agents to marketing and product teams to personalize consumer offerings. BI got an exclusive look at the 10-slide deck Auxia used to raise funding from VMG and other VCs.AI agents are revolutionizing marketing and sales, and one startup in the space just scored a combined funding round to the tune of $23.5 million.

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Articles

AI cybersecurity agent startup Reco just raised $25 million from Insight Partners

Millionen für Artisan: Das Startup will Mitarbeiter durch KI-Agenten ersetzen

Sequoia Scout und Y Combinator setzen auf die KI-Agenten von Artisan – seht hier das Pitchdeck | Flipboard

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck startup Artisan used to raise $25 million to replace some human employees with AI agents

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck startup Artisan used to raise $25 million to replace some human employees with AI agents

These twentysomething Yale graduates just raised $4.5 million in funding for their startup that uses AI agents to test websites for bugs

NYC's tech in-crowd is making this cold-plunge and sauna studio the hottest spot in town

We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that landed this AI robotics startup $20.6 million in funding

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck AI tax startup Incentify used to raise $9.5 million

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck that landed AI agent startup Auxia $23.5 million in funding

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