Tag: search
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WhiteBridge AI raises $3M to redefine standards in people search and research
WhiteBridge AI, a team developing an AI-powered people search and research engine, has raised a $3M seed round. The round was led by FIRSTPICK VC, with participation from First Degree, NGL.VC, Scalewolf.VC, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs, Plug and Play, and several angel investors. Founded in 2024 by Tomas Martūnas, Irmantas Motiejūnas, Justinas Barauskas, and Paulius Taraškevičius, WhiteBridge read more
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Qdrant closes $50M Series B to expand vector search infrastructure
Qdrant, an open-source vector search engine, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by AVP, with participation from Bosch Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, and 42CAP. Vector search initially emerged as a technique for retrieving nearest neighbours from dense embeddings within relatively static datasets. However, modern AI systems operate under more dynamic read more
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Brazilian Authorities Search for Art Holdings of Bank CEO
Brazilian authorities are searching for assets, including art, linked to financier Daniel Vorcaro, CEO of the failed bank Banco Master SA, reports Bloomberg. Brazil’s central bank liquidated Banco Master last November due to a severe solvency crisis and regulatory violations and after a police investigation into its practices. Officials allege that Banco Master, a mid-sized read more
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French Police Search Institut du Monde Arabe As Part of Epstein Probe
French police raided the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on Monday as part of an investigation into its former president, ex–culture minister Jack Lang, who resigned earlier this month amid scrutiny over his past ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The cultural institution was one of several premises searched, France’s National Financial Prosecutor’s read more
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In Search of Chartreuse, I Went to Chartreuse
It’s a sunny day in May at the foot of the French Prealps, and the bar-brasserie Le Schuss in the town of Voiron is throwing—there’s no other word for it—a rager. On the outdoor terrace, a DJ stands with his turntable on a raised platform, rallying a horde of teenagers in green and yellow bandanas, read more
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Kime raises €2M to turn AI search into a transparent analytics dashboard
Copenhagen-based AI SaaS company Kime has raised €2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by PSV Tech, with participation from Nordic Makers and a group of angel investors based in Copenhagen and Stockholm. As user behaviour shifts away from traditional search engines toward AI assistants that provide a limited number of direct answers, brand read more
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geoSurge emerges from stealth to help brands improve visibility in AI search
London-based deeptech AI company geoSurge has launched out of stealth, focusing on helping brands understand and improve how they are represented within large language models. As AI increasingly serves as a starting point for everyday decisions, visibility within generative AI systems is becoming more commercially significant. Recent reports find that ChatGPT prompt volume rose by read more
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Ranketta receives €1M to improve e-commerce brand performance in AI search
Czech-based Ranketta, an AI visibility platform that helps brands understand and improve their presence in AI search and AI shopping results, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Lighthouse Ventures with participation from Gi21 Capital. Recent data indicates that around 50 per cent of consumers already use AI-powered search to read more
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