Author: Utsav

Singapore’s Video Rebirth Raises $50 Million to Redefine AI Video for the Studio Era In a global race to make generative video as believable as film, Singapore-based startup Video Rebirth has entered the spotlight with a bold claim: AI-generated video should no longer look synthetic. The company has raised US $50 million in new funding to build what it calls “studio-grade generative video”, moving beyond consumer-grade text-to-video tools toward a professional production platform built for filmmakers, advertisers and digital storytellers. The round was backed by a mix of global strategic and financial investors and will fund development of the company’s…

Lumonus Raises A$25 million Series B to Build the AI “Workflow Layer” for Oncology Sydney-based HealthTech startup Lumonus has raised A$25 million in Series B funding to accelerate its AI-powered oncology workflow platforms Physician and Dosimetry that aim to make cancer care faster, safer, and more efficient. Led by Aviron Investment Management with participation from Oncology Ventures, the new funding will support US expansion of Lumonus and deepen its development of AI tools that automate documentation, treatment planning and clinical intelligence. With more than 750 active users and 280,000 cancer treatments supported across hospitals in Australia, the US and Europe,…

Bengaluru Team Unveils the Nation’s First Driverless Car. Built for India. Built By India  India’s journey toward autonomous mobility reached a defining milestone this week as Wipro, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and RV College of Engineering jointly unveiled the nation’s first driverless car prototype, built and tested in Bengaluru. Developed under the Wipro–IISc Research and Innovation Network (WIRIN), a six-year industry–academia collaboration. The project marks India’s most advanced attempt yet to create an autonomous vehicle engineered specifically for Indian roads. The prototype was presented on the RV College campus, where a demonstration run complete with dignitaries onboard that…

SchoolQualityReview.ai Brings AI Transparency to How Schools Measure Their Own Quality SchoolQualityReview.ai, an AI-powered platform founded by education consultant Adam Aberman, has officially launched its pilot program offering schools a faster, evidence-based way to assess their performance and identify areas for improvement. Built on two decades of experience conducting in-person school quality reviews across the United States, the platform aims to eliminate the weeks-long delays and high costs that often accompany traditional evaluations. With its combination of AI-driven document analysis and education-specific frameworks, SchoolQualityReview.ai promises something rare in the world of institutional improvement: actionable insight, delivered in minutes. Why Should…

Holi Secures €3 Million to Expand Its AI-Human Digital Health Clinic Warsaw-based HealthTech startup Holi has raised €3 million in a seed round led by 4growth VC, with participation from YZR Capital and Heartfelt Capital. The new capital will accelerate the company’s mission to tackle the global metabolic disease epidemic, starting with obesity by combining AI-powered systems with human empathy in digital healthcare. With this funding, Holi plans to expand into new international markets, advance its AI-human care platform and extend its model into additional health verticals beyond obesity. The startup also aims to deepen partnerships across clinics, payers and…

Daylight Security Secures $33 Million to Redefine Managed Security with Agentic AI Daylight, a fast-growing cybersecurity startup based in the US, has raised $33 million in Series A funding, just three months after closing its seed round. The round was led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Maple VC and other top investors, bringing the company’s total funding to $40 million, one of the fastest follow-on rounds in cybersecurity this year. Daylight’s mission is to reinvent Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with a new approach it calls Managed Agentic Security Services (MASS). Built on an AI-driven core…

Adam Raises $4.1 Million to Democratize 3D Design with AI-Driven CAD Tools San Francisco-based startup Adam has raised $4.1 million in seed funding, led by TQ Ventures with participation from Transpose Platform, 468 Capital and Script Capital, to transform how people create in 3D. A graduate of Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch, Adam first went viral earlier this year for its text-to-3D model generator, a web-based tool that allowed anyone to create lifelike 3D objects from a simple text prompt. But beneath that viral success lies a much bigger vision: to build an AI copilot for CAD, a generative and…

Sparrow BioAcoustics Raises $10M for Cardiac AI Innovation Sparrow BioAcoustics, a Canadian medtech startup pioneering smartphone-based cardiac diagnostics, has raised $10 million in funding to accelerate the expansion of its Stethophone platform, the world’s first FDA-cleared cardiac AI solution that transforms smartphones into medical-grade heart assessment tools. The round, led by Killick Capital and Klister Credit, with participation from Pelorus VC, 98827 Newfoundland & Labrador Inc. and Brinex Capital, will support Sparrow’s North American rollout and continued hospital adoption. With this funding, Sparrow aims to redefine how heart disease is detected, not through expensive hospital equipment, but through the device…

Aura Vision Brings Deep Learning to Retail In an era when digital stores can measure every click, tap and dwell time, physical retailers have been operating largely in the dark. That’s where Aura Vision, a UK-based retail analytics company, steps in that transforms ordinary CCTV footage into powerful business intelligence. Founded in 2017 by Daniel Martinho-Costa and Jaime , the London-based startup is helping brick-and-mortar retailers understand customer behaviour, optimise staffing and boost sales. All of this without installing new hardware or compromising privacy. “Aura Vision helps the world’s largest retailers increase their store performance,” says the company.  After participating…

Fighting Deepfakes With AI: Meet Contrails AI. Bengaluru-based trust and safety startup Contrails AI has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding from Huddle Ventures and the Indian Angel Network (IAN Group) to expand its multimodal deepfake detection platform. The startup is building advanced AI systems that can detect synthetic media, prevent scams and tackle the growing wave of misinformation spreading across digital ecosystems. As the line between real and artificial content blurs, Contrails AI’s mission is both urgent and ambitious: to become the trust infrastructure of the generative AI era. Why a startup like Contrails AI Matters ? The Deepfake…