Several tech startups — ai.work, Laurel, Horizon3.ai, Trustible, among others, have announced their venture capital funding to bolster innovation and business growth.
ai.work Raises $10 mn
ai.work exited stealth with $10 million in seed funding led by A* and lool ventures, joined by several angel investors. The strategy is to integrate autonomous AI employees into enterprise workflows. The technology focus is on agentic AI and automation platforms. Customers are enterprise firms with repetitive processes. The innovation is task automation without RPA limitations. The benefit is reduced manual effort.
Laurel Raises $100 mn
Laurel has raised $100 million in Series C funding led by IVP and GV, with other strategic investors including 01.a, DST Global, Kevin Weil, Alexis Ohanian, Vladimir Fedorov, Arash Ferdowsi, and Hans Tung. These investors join returning investors ACME, Anthos, Gokul Rajaram, AIX Ventures, and Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures. The strategy is to quantify time spent in professional services using AI. Technology categorizes and links time data to outcomes. Customers include professional service firms. The innovation is time intelligence using AI. The benefit is optimized resource allocation and workflow improvement.
Horizon3.ai Raises $100 mn
Horizon3.ai has secured $100 million in Series D funding led by NEA, with SignalFire, Craft Ventures, and 9Yards Capital. The strategy is scaling the NodeZero Autonomous Security Platform. The technology focus includes reinforcement learning and graph reasoning. Customers include enterprise security teams. Innovation is autonomous red teaming with real-world attack simulation. Benefits include continuous improvement of defenses.
Trustible Raises $4.6 mn
Trustible has raised $4.6 million in seed funding led by Lookout Ventures and supported by the Office of Eric Schmidt, Tau Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, Alumni Ventures, FoundersX, former Deloitte CIO Larry Quinlan, former Relativity CEO Mike Gamson, and former Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, alongside existing investors Harlem Capital, Vamos Ventures, and JHH VC. The strategy is to enable scalable AI governance. Technology manages AI compliance and risk. Customers include enterprises deploying AI systems. The innovation focuses on safe deployment of AI. Benefits include regulatory alignment and risk mitigation.
