Funding & Deals

Fora raises $60M at a $1 billion valuation, betting that AI makes travel advisors more valuable, not obsolete

Fora raises $60M at a $1B valuation to scale Via, its AI assistant for travel advisors. Why the human-plus-AI bet could fix travel's retention problem.

AI in Marketing

Birdsview raises €2.5M seed to replace retention software and the agency that runs it

Birdsview raises €2.5M to scale Avys, an AI agent that replaces both retention software and the agency running it. Smart bet or vendor hype? Our take.