Funding & Deals
Pre-Seed, Big Thesis: Why Investors Are Betting on AI-Search Visibility Tools Now
ChatFeatured raised a $2M pre-seed for an AI search visibility agent. Small round, big ambition: here's what it signals about the GEO funding wave.
Funding & Deals
Funding & Deals
CM.com's profit jump is proof the conversation is becoming the funnel, not just a feature
CM.com, the Breda-based communications and martech provider behind the Halo platform, reported second-quarter results this week. Revenue grew 14 percent year over year to 67 million euros, up from 9 percent growth in Q1, so the growth rate is accelerating, not just holding steady.
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.