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Resolve AI, a startup building an autonomous site reliability engineer (SRE) platform, announced a Series A financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that carries a headline valuation of $1 billion. The company, founded less than two years ago by former Splunk executives Spiros Xanthos and Mayank Agarwal, reports annual recurring revenue of about $4 million. Resolve AI’s technology automates the detection, diagnosis, and remediation of production issues, addressing a growing talent shortage in SRE roles as cloud environments become more complex. The round’s blended valuation is lower than the headline figure due to a multi‑tranche structure, a model gaining popularity among high‑growth AI startups. Ler mais

Harvey, a legal artificial‑intelligence startup founded in 2022, announced the close of a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz that lifts its valuation to $8 billion. The round raised $160 million, adding to earlier $300 million raises that valued the company at $5 billion and $3 billion in the preceding months. Investors now include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, EQT, WndrCo, Kleiner Perkins, Sarah Guo’s Conviction, and Elad Gil. Harvey serves roughly 50 of the top AmLaw 100 firms and corporate legal teams, and it recently reported surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue. Ler mais

Sesame, a conversational AI and smart‑glasses startup founded by former Oculus executives, announced a $250 million Series B financing round. The company is now opening an early beta of its iOS app, giving select users hands‑on experience with its voice‑driven AI agent. Sesame’s leadership team includes Brendan Iribe, Ankit Kumar, Nate Mitchell, Hans Hartmann and other former Meta engineers. The funding will support development of lightweight eyewear that integrates the AI companion, which has already generated millions of minutes of conversation in early demos. Ler mais