Founded by Replika creator Eugenia Kuyda, Wabi is redefining personal AI as something people can use together, combining an AI agent and personalized mini-apps to help people pursue interests, navigate life’s challenges, and do more of what they love

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29, 2026 — Following strong interest in its recent public launch, Wabi, a new kind of personal AI assistant built for life together, today announced $55 million funding led by IVP, at a $1.25 billion valuation. Other participants included Andreessen (a16z), Forerunner, Amazon Alexa Fund and top angels and founders including Tobi Lütke, Marc Benioff, Marissa Mayer, Dick Costolo, and Alex Pall.

Founded by Eugenia Kuyda, who previously founded AI companion platform Replika, Wabi is reimagining what a personal AI agent can be. While most AI assistants today are built for one person typing into one chat, Wabi is betting the next era of personal AI happens between people; from the newlyweds excited about their next adventure, the book club planning its next themed night, the running group coordinating their next weekend route, the family sharing the mental load of running a household, to the friends who want to see more live music. Wabi combines an AI agent, personalized mini-apps, and shared spaces so people can put AI to work across their interests, relationships, and everyday lives.

“AI shouldn’t just save people time. It should help them spend it better, doing more of what they love, with the people they love,” said Eugenia Kuyda, founder and CEO of Wabi.  “We believe Wabi has the power to become an operating system for life, a place where your people, your tools, and your AI come together to help you do more of what matters. As AI becomes more capable, it should help us not just get things done, but pursue our goals, discover new experiences, and show up for one another. We’re building Wabi around that vision.”

Since launch, users have found creative ways to use Wabi together. Friends have used it to discover new bands based on their shared musical tastes, run 30-day fitness challenges, and find thoughtful ways to check in on each other during hard times. Couples have used it to proactively plan date nights and keep the spark alive. Individuals have used it to build routines around personal goals and get step-by-step guidance through a breakup.

Personalized mini-apps make these interactions more than one-off chats. Couples can keep a running list of new restaurants to try and check them off together, families can share a weekly meal plan that turns into a grocery list, and friends can build trivia games for milestone birthday celebrations or trackers for their book club. These tools can be revisited and adapted over time, giving people a way to turn an idea into something they can keep doing together. Wabi also helps with everyday responsibilities, from coordinating family schedules and helping children with homework to booking appointments and planning trips.

“Eugenia has a unique sense for where AI is headed and a track record of great taste in building it,” said Alex Lim, General Partner at IVP. “She has a clear vision for how people will interact with AI, one that goes far beyond the text box or command line. Wabi is the expression of that vision, and we’re thrilled to support her.”

“Eugenia Kuyda is one of the most incredible consumer thinkers I know. She was early and right about AI companions, and she thinks deeply about what people actually want. Eugenia knows personal agents need more than just a chat interface, so she’s building Wabi as a shared place to plan, play and get things done together. It’s a thoughtful bet in a space that’s moving fast, and we’re proud to have been in her corner since the pre-seed,” said Anish Acharya, general partner at a16z. 

The new funding will support Wabi’s continued product development and expansion.

For more information about Wabi and how to access, please visit wabi.ai or directly download on iOS, Android and Mac, with Windows coming soon.

About Wabi

Wabi is an AI assistant designed to help people do more of what they love with the people they love. Combining multiplayer collaboration, personalized mini-app creation, and proactive AI assistance, Wabi helps people coordinate plans, manage everyday life, and create shared experiences. Learn more at https://wabi.ai/ or on socials at Twitter: https://x.com/wabi, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wabimaxxing, and Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinwabi/.

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• Crux Labs emerges from stealth and raises over $6M in oversubscribed round
• Platform uses frontier science to align AI agents with expert judgment
• Strong traction with Fortune 500s and high-growth companies across healthcare, cybersecurity, financial services, and other high-stakes industries

NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2026 — Crux Labs, the first platform to turn enterprise judgment into continuous agent improvement, today emerged from stealth and announced a $6+ million oversubscribed funding round. The round was co-led by Benchstrength and Misneach, with participation from Analog Ventures and Pareto Holdings. Crux will use the funding to expand its research and engineering efforts while accelerating deployments with enterprise customers.

Today, companies from start-ups to the Fortune 500 are deploying AI agents at scale without a reliable way to measure and improve their performance. Many teams sample just 1% of agent traces for manual review, missing many of the failures that live at the tails of a broad distribution. Existing observability platforms make agent traces easier for humans to inspect but fail to monitor and improve agent performance across millions of user interactions. The result is customer frustration, engineering teams mired in support tickets, and ultimately revenue churn.

The Crux platform addresses this challenge by bringing dedicated agent evaluation and improvement capabilities to every enterprise. Crux agents capture expert judgment inside each company’s native workflows and calibrate custom evaluations to that judgment. These evaluations power real-time monitoring across 100% of traffic and drive continuous agent improvements shipped directly to production.

“Aligning AI agents to human judgment is one of the biggest challenges of our time,” said Julie Kheyfets, Cofounder and CEO of Crux. “Agents are incredible at attaining goals, but they lack access to the years of heuristics that we as humans have collected in our heads. Crux helps every enterprise to distill this judgment and to use it to rapidly improve their agents.”

The company has seen strong traction from high-growth startups and Fortune 500 enterprises across healthcare, cybersecurity, financial services, and other complex industries. Teams rely on Crux to manage their agent evaluation and improvement efforts, freeing up engineering and product bandwidth to ship new features.

“Engineering teams know how to build AI agents, and subject matter experts know what success looks like, but enterprises lack the bridge between them,” said Krishna Kulkarni, Cofounder and CTO of Crux. “Crux operationalizes domain expertise into continuous agent improvement so engineers can build truly business-aligned agents.”

“The companies that win with AI will have agents that reflect the judgment of their best people,” said John Monagle, General Partner, Benchstrength. “Crux makes this possible across every agent interaction, and Julie and Krishna are uniquely suited to build it. We’re proud to back a team that is transforming how enterprises put agents to work.”

Kheyfets and Kulkarni met at Princeton. Kheyfets brings a decade of experience deploying AI in complex industries, including leading North America for Tractable AI and leading Block Renovation as CEO. Kulkarni previously led brand engineering at Meta, developed AI products at Checkr, and scaled Healthify from 0 to 20M patients. They are rapidly scaling a team of researchers and engineers with deep expertise in evaluating and improving agents.

ABOUT CRUX LABS

Crux Labs is the first end-to-end platform that helps companies align AI agents with human judgment. The platform captures domain expertise, creates and calibrates custom evaluations, monitors 100% of production traffic, and turns evaluation results into continuous agent improvement directly in production. Crux gives enterprises the capabilities of a dedicated evaluation science team, accelerating agent performance and impact while freeing up product and engineering bandwidth. Learn more at crux-labs.ai.

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Financing follows peer-reviewed NeuroPulse pilot study results and supports a pivotal trial of Rhyvive™, an investigational adjunctive therapy designed to extend AF treatment beyond the hospital and into the home.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29, 2026 — StimCardio, a clinical-stage medical device company developing non-invasive wearable therapeutics for atrial fibrillation (AF), today announced the closing of its oversubscribed $30 million Series A financing led by John Slump’s family office, Metis Medtech, with participation from Catalyst Health Ventures, multiple corporate strategic investors, and other new and existing investors. The financing is expected to fund StimCardio through its planned NeuroPulse 2 pivotal study as well as the preparation for a De Novo submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

“Our vision is to establish non-invasive neuromodulation as a new therapeutic category in cardiac electrophysiology,” said Amir Soltanianzadeh, CEO of StimCardio Medical. “This financing brings together investors with deep expertise in cardiac device innovation and provides the resources to deliver a first-of-its-kind, multicenter pivotal study. With encouraging clinical evidence to date and a growing research program, we see an opportunity to extend treatment beyond the procedure room and improve outcomes for the millions of people living with AF.”

“StimCardio is pioneering innovative technology positioned to disrupt the cardiac electrophysiology arena,” said John Slump, CEO and founder of Metis MedTech and a StimCardio board member. “Despite decades of advances in catheter ablation procedures, AF recurrence remains a significant unmet clinical challenge. StimCardio has an entirely different approach with a non-invasive wearable that we believe will redefine the treatment paradigm. Our decision to invest reflects our strong conviction in this impressive team, disruptive technology, and growing market.”

Advancing a New Approach to AF Treatment

According to a 2025 analysis of Global Burden of Disease data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, approximately 59 million people worldwide are living with atrial fibrillation. Catheter ablation is an established treatment for AF and is recommended as a first-line rhythm control therapy for selected patients under the 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS clinical guidelines. Despite significant advances in catheter ablation technology, including pulsed field ablation (PFA), recurrent AF remains a persistent clinical challenge. Today, approximately 30% to 40% of patients experience recurrent AF following an initial ablation procedure.

StimCardio’s lead investigational product, Rhyvive, is a wrist-worn therapeutic wearable designed to deliver personalized, non-invasive median nerve stimulation (MNS) through a closed-loop system that integrates physiological sensing and neuromodulation. Developed as an adjunct to catheter ablation, Rhyvive is designed to extend treatment beyond the procedure and into the patient’s home by modulating autonomic nervous system pathways with the goal of reducing recurrent atrial arrhythmias such as AF.

“Catalyst Health Ventures invests early in paradigm-shifting technologies with the potential to transform patient care,” said Joshua Phillips, managing partner of Catalyst Health Ventures and a StimCardio board member. “StimCardio’s differentiated therapeutic approach targets a significant unmet clinical need affecting a large patient population. Supported by encouraging early clinical evidence, the technology has the potential to reduce AF recurrence following catheter ablation.”

Building on Clinical Evidence

The financing follows the presentation of StimCardio’s NeuroPulse 1 pilot study as a late-breaking clinical trial at HRX Live 2026 and its peer-reviewed publication in Heart Rhythm. The randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in recurrent atrial arrhythmia events post-ablation with active MNS stimulation compared with the sham treatment group.

NeuroPulse 2 will be a major, multicenter pivotal trial designed to evaluate whether adding wearable neuromodulation to catheter ablation improves clinical outcomes compared with ablation alone.

About StimCardio Medical

StimCardio Medical is a clinical-stage medical device company pioneering non-invasive, wearable neuromodulation therapeutics for cardiac rhythm disorders. Its primary investigational technology, Rhyvive, uses median nerve stimulation to target autonomic pathways involved in atrial fibrillation (AF), offering a differentiated approach designed to complement existing cardiac treatments. The company’s initial clinical focus is improving outcomes following catheter ablation, with a longer-term vision to expand wearable neuromodulation into additional AF and cardiovascular applications. To explore StimCardio’s clinical research and publications, visit stimcardio.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn for updates.

About Metis MedTech

Metis MedTech is an investment and strategic advisory platform that supports innovative medical device companies through financing, commercialization, and long-term value creation. Led by CEO & Founder, John Slump, the company is built on his track record across four major medical device exits, including two in the cardiac electrophysiology market, Farapulse and Atraverse Medical, representing more than $1.25 billion in aggregate M&A transaction value. Metis MedTech works with technical founders and physician innovators advancing differentiated technologies in cardiovascular, neurovascular, and other high-impact medical device markets. Founders seeking aligned capital and operator-level partnership may visit metismedtech.com.

CAUTION: Investigational device. Limited by United States law to investigational use.

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• The funding provided by a new, undisclosed investor increases Group14’s Series D round to over $665 million
• Unlocks Group14’s third large-scale Battery Active Materials site (BAM-4) to be built in Spain
• BAM-3 in Korea is already operational and scaling, with BAM-2 in the US expected to come online in H1 2027  

WOODINVILLE, Wash., Oct. 29, 2026 — Group14 Technologies, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery materials, today announced the close of a €150 million (~$169 million USD) Series D equity extension. As part of the funding, Group14 has committed to expanding its SCC55® production into Europe, selecting Sagunto, Spain, for its next industrial-scale manufacturing module with an initial 10 GWh capacity.

BAM-4 will bring Group14’s total near-term manufacturing footprint to 40 GWh of capacity, inclusive of one module at BAM-3 in Sangju, Korea (10 GWh) which is currently operational and scaling, and two modules at BAM-2 in Moses Lake, Washington (20 GWh) which are expected to start producing in 2027. Group14 has also operated a commercial-pilot facility in Woodinville, Washington (BAM-1) since 2021, from which it has delivered SCC55 to over 150 customers. Group14 has the vision to deploy hundreds of gigawatt-hours of manufacturing capacity over the next decade.

By establishing an operational base in Spain, Europe’s second-largest automotive manufacturing country, Group14 positions its battery materials directly adjacent to key European OEM supply chains. This expansion cements Group14 as the most geographically dispersed silicon battery material producer in the world—a strategic advantage that insulates global battery supply chains from regional disruptions, accelerates time-to-market, and ensures direct, localized support for key automotive, tech, and manufacturing partners across North America, Asia, and Europe.

This follow-on funding reinforces Group14’s leadership in the silicon battery sector. It also underscores the company’s expanding global footprint and its commitment to secure critical mineral supply chains on behalf of its customers. Group14’s innovations are backed by a global patent  portfolio of more than 200 patents. Leveraging this technology, its flagship SCC55 material delivers breakthrough battery performance, already earning commercial traction in applications such as smartphones, drones, hypercars, and eVTOLs.

“To truly transform the energy economy, battery material producers must be located where the batteries are made,” said Rick Luebbe, CEO and Co-Founder of Group14 Technologies. “Our expansion into Spain reflects our vision: staying nimble, building near key customer hubs, and maintaining secure, localized supply chains. The launch of BAM-4 gives us the springboard to accelerate our European footprint while simultaneously propelling our global growth trajectory across the U.S. and Asia.”

While the €150M investment anchors Group14’s European foothold, the capital serves a broader strategic catalyst: driving the company’s global expansion to scale manufacturing capacity, meeting demand from top-tier automotive, consumer electronics, datacenter, aerospace, and defense manufacturers.

About Group14 Technologies

Group14 Technologies is the leading global manufacturer of advanced silicon battery materials, accelerating the electrification of everything from electric vehicles and consumer electronics to AI-enabled technologies. Its flagship silicon-carbon material, SCC55®, delivers higher energy density and faster charging speeds for any battery chemistry. Supporting customers representing over 95% of global lithium-ion battery production, Group14 operates commercial-scale manufacturing facilities across the U.S., Europe, and Asia to power the worldwide transition to the silicon battery era.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. and DALLAS, Oct. 29, 2026 — Rochefort Asset Management (Rochefort), a U.S. national security-focused firm licensed under the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA), today announced that it has co-led, alongside Advent International, the more than $150 million Series D financing of Firehawk Defense (Firehawk), a vertically integrated propulsion and energetics manufacturer serving the U.S. defense industrial base. The investment builds on the senior secured loan Rochefort provided to Firehawk in April 2026.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Firehawk produces solid rocket motor propellant and Hydra-70 rocket motors and is developing 155mm artillery base bleed motors, all using a continuous thermoplastic process that forms propellant in hours rather than weeks. The Series D proceeds will fund the continued build-out of Firehawk’s propulsion manufacturing, including its production facility in Lawton, Oklahoma, and its missile integration facility in Crawford, Mississippi, and will accelerate production of artillery motors, solid rocket motors, energetics, and propellant for U.S. and allied customers.

Meeting Allied Demand for Long-Range Fires

Sustained munitions expenditure in Ukraine and the Middle East has depleted U.S. and allied stockpiles of artillery and rocket propulsion, and replenishment demand now extends across Europe, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific. Base bleed units, which extend the range of standard 155mm artillery projectiles, face supply chain constraints that have limited production. Through a teaming arrangement with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Firehawk is positioned to supply base bleed motors to meet growing international demand for extended-range artillery, with a parallel path to U.S. qualification.

Production Capacity and Partnerships in Place

Firehawk’s Crawford facility is operational and integrating Hydra-70 rockets today. Its Great Plains Arsenal propellant plant in Lawton, Oklahoma, is expected to commission in early 2027 and to produce 740,000 pounds of thermoplastic propellant per year, with installed capacity scalable to more than 3.1 million pounds. The company also holds a U.S. Air Force solid rocket motor development contract and, in August 2026, completed a six-for-six Hydra-70 live-fire test following a U.S. Army Other Transaction Authority award.

“Firehawk has the technology, facilities, and partnerships in place to supply the propulsion the United States and its allies urgently need,” said Jody LaNasa, Co-Founder of Rochefort Asset Management. “Rochefort first backed Firehawk with senior secured debt, and co-leading the Series D reflects conviction in a team positioned to deliver artillery and rocket propulsion to American and allied forces at a speed and cost legacy suppliers cannot match.”

“Allied militaries are competing for the same constrained supply of artillery and rocket propulsion,” said Alex Lemond, Co-Founder of Rochefort Asset Management. “Firehawk’s partnership with General Dynamics opens international markets for its base bleed technology, and its continuous manufacturing process provides the cost and speed advantage needed to win them.”

“This financing marks Firehawk’s transition from proving our technology to producing it at scale,” said Will Edwards, Chief Executive Officer of Firehawk Defense. “With the continued support of Rochefort, Firehawk will expand capacity at Crawford and Lawton and deliver propulsion solutions to the United States and its allies at the pace current demand requires.”

For more information, please contact:

Steele Schottenheimer – Rochefort Asset Management [email protected] | 214-347-8045

Shane Karp – Firehawk Defense [email protected] | [email protected]

About Firehawk Defense

Firehawk Defense is the propulsion company built for the age of volume. Our mission is to make American strength inexhaustible, ensuring that production, replenishment, and capacity never become the reason America and its allies have to compromise the mission.

We engineer past the material and manufacturing limits of legacy propulsion, replacing traditional cast-and-cure processes with a continuous thermoplastic manufacturing platform, then scale that advantage from propellant to motors to complete rounds. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with a 320-acre propellant and motor production facility in Lawton, Oklahoma, and a DCMA-rated rocket system integration facility in Mississippi. Firehawk conducts R&D, static fire and flight testing at two West Texas sites, including a 30-square-mile launch range.

For more information, visit www.firehawkdefense.com.

About Rochefort Asset Management

Rochefort is a U.S.-based national security-focused firm co-founded by Kyle Bass, Jody LaNasa, and Alex Lemond. The firm operates as a licensed manager under the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Rochefort invests in companies driving innovation across defense and the American industrial base, with a focus on transformative and disruptive technologies critical to U.S. national security.

For more information visit: www.rochefort.us 

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Founded by investor Kim Moore, the firm has already backed nine AI-native engineering and security software startups, helping founders build products informed by enterprise demand while accelerating their path to market.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29, 2026 — U&I Ventures today announced the oversubscribed final close of its $32.237 million debut fund to back seed-stage founders building AI-native infrastructure within security, engineering and IT. The firm is built around a community of 1,800 CIOs, CTOs and CISOs who understand where enterprise technology is breaking and help U&I-backed founders build what the enterprise needs.

The approach is already delivering results. U&I connected Pluto Security founder and CEO Shahar Bahat with 68 enterprise CISOs in less than 24 hours during the company’s oversubscribed seed round. Another portfolio company in stealth that tests and evaluates autonomous AI agents in production environments secured initial pilot deployments at Fortune 20 enterprises through U&I’s network.

“I spent years asking founders what they needed beyond capital, and the answer was always access to the right people,” said Kim Moore, Founder and General Partner of U&I Ventures. “That is the foundation for U&I. Our network has a seat at the investing table and helps us understand what enterprises need before we invest. This value-add flywheel gives founders direct access to the people who can shape, validate, and ultimately adopt what they’re building.”

Turning Enterprise Challenges Into Investment Opportunities

U&I’s investment model was years in the making. Before launching the firm, Moore spent more than a decade building relationships with enterprise technology leaders, learning firsthand about the infrastructure engineering gaps, security vulnerabilities and operational challenges they faced.

Today, U&I convenes weekly, closed-door discussions with technology leaders across San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv and London. Its network includes nearly 650 CISOs and security executives, 850 CTOs and more than 300 CIOs, whose insights help inform investment decisions while giving founders access to product feedback, industry expertise and prospective customers.

These longstanding relationships give U&I an advantage at both ends of the investment process, helping the firm identify opportunities grounded in real-world needs while enabling startups to develop products with early input from potential customers.

Fund I plans to back 40 to 45 pre-seed and seed-stage companies, with initial checks ranging from $250,000 to more than $800,000. The firm has made nine investments across AI security, agent reliability, compliance and enterprise infrastructure, including:

• Pluto Security: Securing enterprise adoption of AI coding and application-building platforms (seed round led by TLV Partners). Pluto Security has raised a total of $42 million across two funding rounds as it emerged from stealth in October 2026.
• ZeroDrift: Real-time visibility and control for every AI compliance decision. Monitor, approve, block, and export evidence across all AI communication surfaces (backed by a16z speedrun).

Seven additional stealth investments address autonomous vulnerability remediation, agentic digital forensics, identity management, security operations, testing and evaluating autonomous AI agents in production environments, and AI data infrastructure.

“U&I has been by far our most helpful investor,” said Kumesh Armoogan, Founder and CEO of ZeroDrift.

“As companies deploy more autonomous AI systems, they’re facing security challenges that existing tools weren’t designed to handle,” said Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Cognition and former Chief Security Officer at Facebook and Yahoo. “The technology leaders responsible for securing these systems know firsthand where the gaps are. By bringing those leaders together with founders early, U&I is helping turn real-world security challenges into solutions enterprises actually need.”

Before launching U&I, Moore spent over a decade at Glynn Capital and Innovation Endeavors, backing enterprise infrastructure companies including Chronosphere and Drata. She was employee No. 23 at Asana . Her earlier investments include security startups Fig Security and Mate Security, which subsequently raised Series A financing. Read more on why Moore founded U&I here.

About U&I Ventures

U&I Ventures is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm investing in AI-native infrastructure across security, engineering and IT. Founded in 2025 by Kim Moore, the firm manages a $32.237 million debut fund and draws on a network of 1,800 CIOs, CTOs and CISOs to identify emerging enterprise needs and help portfolio companies build, validate and bring their technologies to market. Founding Operating Partner Kim Cooper leads the firm’s operator community and value creation platform. For more information, visit uandi.vc. Connect with us on LinkedIn at U&I Ventures.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any interest in any fund or investment vehicle managed by U&I Ventures. Any such offer may be made only through definitive offering documents to qualified investors. References to portfolio companies are for illustrative purposes only, do not represent all investments made by U&I Ventures, and should not be considered an indication of future results.

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SINGAPUR, 29 października 2026 r. — Ailytics, start-up zajmujący się technologią wizyjnej AI zmieniającej monitoring wizyjny w warstwę bezpieczeństwa i eksploatacji w czasie rzeczywistym, zebrał 7,4 mln $ w Rundzie A pod kierunkiem Tin Men Capital. Fundusz SEEDS, wchodzący w skład SG Growth Capital, Safie, największa japońska firma oferująca kamery z technologią chmury i jedna z największych japońskich firm budowlanych połączyły siły rodzinnych firm i dotychczasowych inwestorów.

Od momentu zakończenia prowadzonej przez Tin Men Capital rundy pre-A, w ramach której pozyskano 2,7 mln $, firma Ailytics rozwinęła się z poziomu 70 projektów w czterech krajach do ponad 400 realizacji w 15 krajach.

Od Singapuru na cztery kontynenty

Ailytics rozpoczął działalność od inwestycji obejmujących mieszkalnictwo społeczne w Singapurze (HDB), a obecnie ma na koncie duże projekty obejmujące NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Leonarda Da Vinci w Rzymie i budynek Terminala 5 Portu Lotniczego Changi.

„Ta runda umacnia nasze lokalne zespoły w USA, Japonii, Australii i w krajach Zatoki Perskiej, przy czym równocześnie koncentrujemy się na trudnych warunkach zewnętrznych środowiska przemysłowego. Budujemy międzynarodową firmę sektora technologii przemysłowej AI z siedzibą w Singapurze” – powiedział Lenard Tan, współzałożyciel i dyrektor generalny Ailytics.

Stworzone na potrzeby przemysłu w dowolnym miejscu

Zastrzeżony produkt firmy Ailytics o nazwie Ailyssa uzyskuje trójwymiarowe, przestrzenne zrozumienie z pojedynczego dwuwymiarowego materiału i działa nawet w warunkach deszczu, zapylenia, słabego oświetlenia i z kamerami wyprodukowanymi ponad dziesięć lat temu, zapewniając analitykę w czasie rzeczywistym, stanowiącą podstawę do podjęcia określonych działań. Najnowszy silnik rozumowania, AilyssaX, przetwarza kontekstowe sceny w ruchu i weryfikuje wieloetapowe procedury, umożliwiając bardziej precyzyjne i znaczące alerty.

„Runda ta pozwoli nam na stworzenie naszych własnych, dostosowanych do naszej dziedziny modeli rozumowania, przy równoczesnym utrzymaniu niskich kosztów pracy AI w warunkach rosnącego zapotrzebowania” – powiedział Prateek Manocha, współzałożyciel i dyrektor technologiczny Ailytics.

„Firma Ailytics dotarła na 15 rynków z mocnymi wskaźnikami ekonomii jednostkowej i odpływem klientów na poziomie poniżej 1 procenta. Chcemy wspierać i stać u boku zespołu w momencie ich globalnego rozwoju” – powiedział Jeremy Tan, współzałożyciel i partner zarządzający Tin Men Capital.

Ailytics

Ailytics przekształca istniejące systemy monitoringu w opartą na technologii AI warstwę bezpieczeństwa i eksploatacji na potrzeby przemysłu. Założona w Singapurze w 2021 roku firma ma na swoim koncie ponad 400 zrealizowanych projektów w 15 krajach. Szczegółowe informacje znajdują się na stronie ailytics.ai.

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-Tin Men Capital lidera una ronda de financiación Serie A de 7,4 millones de dólares para la startup de IA aplicada a la visión Ailytics, con el fin de expandirse por la región Asia-Pacífico, Estados Unidos y la región del Golfo

SINGAPUR, 29 de octubre de 2026 — Ailytics, una startup de IA aplicada a la visión artificial que transforma los sistemas de CCTV industrial existentes en una herramienta de seguridad y operaciones en tiempo real, ha recaudado 7,4 millones de dólares en una ronda de financiación de serie A liderada por Tin Men Capital. A esta ronda se sumaron SEEDS —parte de SG Growth Capital—, Safie (la mayor empresa de cámaras en la nube de Japón) y una de las principales constructoras japonesas, junto con diversas family offices e inversores que ya formaban parte de la compañía.

Desde una ronda pre-Serie A de 2,7 millones de dólares liderada por Tin Men Capital en abril de 2024, Ailytics ha pasado de 70 proyectos en cuatro países a más de 400 implementaciones en 15 países.

Desde Singapur hasta cuatro continentes

Ailytics comenzó en proyectos de vivienda pública (HDB) en Singapur y, actualmente, cuenta con implementaciones a gran escala en NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, el Aeropuerto Internacional Leonardo da Vinci de Roma y la construcción de la Terminal 5 del Aeropuerto de Changi.

«Esta ronda refuerza nuestros equipos locales en Estados Unidos, Japón, Australia y la región del Golfo, ya que nos centramos en entornos industriales exteriores hostiles. Estamos construyendo una empresa global de IA industrial desde Singapur», afirmó Lenard Tan, cofundador y consejero delegado de Ailytics.

Diseñado para industrias pesadas en cualquier lugar

Ailyssa, el producto exclusivo de Ailytics, obtiene una comprensión espacial tridimensional a partir de una única fuente de vídeo bidimensional; funciona incluso en condiciones de lluvia, polvo o escasa iluminación, e incluso con cámaras de hace décadas, proporcionando información práctica en tiempo real. Su motor de razonamiento más reciente, AilyssaX, procesa escenas contextuales en movimiento y verifica procedimientos de varios pasos, lo que permite generar alertas más precisas y relevantes.

«Esta ronda nos permite desarrollar nuestros propios modelos de razonamiento especializados en un ámbito concreto y mantener bajos los costes de ejecución de la IA a medida que crece la demanda», afirmó Prateek Manocha, cofundador y director de tecnología (CTO) de Ailytics.

«Ailytics ha llegado a 15 mercados con una economía unitaria muy sólida y una tasa de abandono de clientes inferior al 1 por ciento. Queremos brindar todo nuestro apoyo al equipo a medida que escala a nivel global», afirmó Jeremy Tan, cofundador y socio director de Tin Men Capital.

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Ailytics transforma los sistemas de CCTV existentes en una capa de seguridad y operaciones basada en inteligencia artificial en tiempo real para la industria pesada. Fundada en Singapur en 2021, cuenta con más de 400 implementaciones en 15 países. Para obtener más información, visite ailytics.ai.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 28, 2026 — Montage Partners, a people-first private equity firm with offices in Scottsdale and Salt Lake City, has been named to Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list for the sixth consecutive year. This year’s list recognizes 294 private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies.

“With the current funding environment and rapid changes facing growing companies, founders are looking for more than just capital from their investors. They want true partners who believe in their business, but who are also able to provide the critical advisement and strategic support they need to reach their potential,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “The 2026 Founder-Friendly Investor awards celebrate those firms — the ones committed to partnership, excellence, and helping founder-led companies grow.”

“Six years on this list means a lot to us because of where it comes from,” said Jordan Tate, co-Managing Partner of Montage Partners. “Inc. asks the founders, and founders are the ones who see how we show up when a decision gets hard, long after the day we close. We try to be the same partner in year five that we were in the first meeting, and it’s gratifying that we’re living up to it.”

The recognition follows a strong stretch for the firm. In 2025, Montage Partners exited its investments in Equity Methods and Puroflux and received PE Hub’s Deal of the Year award (North America Small-Cap) for its 2024 exit of Southwest Data Products. In January 2026, the firm announced the sale of Advantco, a Charlotte-based integration software company, to Argano, a portfolio company of Trinity Hunt Partners. In May, the firm invested in Lighten Up, a Los Angeles-based provider of premium lighting design and technical production for high-profile live events. Montage made the investment in partnership with founder Nathan Megaw, who retained a meaningful ownership stake and continues to lead the company.

Since its founding in 2004, Montage Partners has invested in more than 20 founder-led businesses, guided by six core values: people, transparency, integrity, accountability, mutual respect, and excellence. Through its Montage Accelerate™ program, the firm provides hands-on support in strategy, marketing, operations, recruiting, and M&A, resources more common at much larger firms, tailored to founder-owned companies in the lower middle market. Management teams also have access to a network of proven operators, advisors, and service providers.

“This year was a good reminder that founder-friendly looks different for every company,” said Rob Wolfman, co-Managing Partner of Montage Partners. “With Advantco, it meant supporting a leadership transition and seeing it through to a strong next chapter. With Lighten Up, it meant earning Nathan’s trust that we understood the culture he and his team spent more than twenty years building. Recognition is nice, but the real measure is whether the founders we’ve worked with would choose us again.”

To compile the Founder-Friendly Investors list, Inc. went straight to the source: entrepreneurs who have sold to private equity and venture capital firms. Founders completed questionnaires about their experiences partnering with private equity, venture capital, or debt firms and shared data on how their companies have performed during these partnerships. The resulting list highlights investors that founders identified as strong partners throughout the investment process.

For more information or to view the complete list of honorees, visit https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors.

About Montage Partners
Founded in 2004, with offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah, Montage Partners is a people-first private equity firm dedicated to helping established businesses reach transformative growth. Managing $80M in capital, Montage Partners invests in companies headquartered in the U.S. or Canada with $1.5 million to $7 million in EBITDA in the technology and professional services, healthcare, industrial products and services, and consumer sectors. Above all other investment criteria, Montage Partners invests in exceptional people.

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