Runway, established in 2018, specializes in applied AI research and development. It offers an innovative video editing platform for professionals, utilizing AI-powered tools that enable intuitive manipulation and creation of visual content through text-based commands.
VinBrain
Acquisition in 2024
VinBrain is a healthcare technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence applications within the medical field, particularly in medical imaging and diagnostics. The company offers DrAidTM Teleradiology, a remote medical imaging solution that facilitates the connection of resources and expertise between hospitals, ensuring patients receive quality diagnostic imaging services anytime and anywhere. VinBrain's platform enhances patient outcomes by identifying and distinguishing various types of cancerous cells and tissues, analyzing medical histories to pinpoint potential risk factors, and automatically generating reports based on healthcare data. Utilizing computer vision and generative AI, the company streamlines radiologists' workflows, providing healthcare providers with valuable insights to improve diagnosis, treatment, and overall patient care, while also enhancing operational efficiency.
SuperAnnotate
Series B in 2024
SuperAnnotate is a platform for building high-quality training datasets for Generative AI, large language models, computer vision, and natural language processing. It provides advanced annotation and data management tools, automation features, data curation, orchestration, and an integrated workforce marketplace to help machine learning teams organize, annotate, and scale image, video, text, and lidar data. The platform supports collaboration, quality management, and pipelines to train and deploy accurate models, aiming to accelerate ML development and improve dataset integrity.
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.
Artisight
Series B in 2024
Artisight is a company specializing in Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks tailored for the healthcare industry. Its mission is to enhance organizational operations and financial performance within this sector. The company's HIPAA-compliant platform leverages artificial intelligence to analyze data, creating new and previously inaccessible datasets. Artisight also provides computer vision technologies that ensure the privacy of patients and healthcare professionals, adhering to regulations such as the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.
AI21 Labs
Series C in 2023
AI21 Labs is an Israeli artificial intelligence company that develops generative AI and large language models along with tools to understand and generate natural language. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, it provides AI-based writing and reading assistance that understands context and meaning, including a writing companion that can rephrase text to convey the intended message and generate summaries. The company's tools help users read more efficiently, analyze and visualize complex knowledge structures, and apply deep learning and NLP to transform writing and comprehension for businesses and individuals.
Runway, established in 2018, specializes in applied AI research and development. It offers an innovative video editing platform for professionals, utilizing AI-powered tools that enable intuitive manipulation and creation of visual content through text-based commands.
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.
Adept is an AI research and product lab focused on automating software processes for developers. The company utilizes a combination of automation, computer vision, and machine learning to streamline repetitive tasks, which enhances efficiency in various workflows. By reimagining human-computer interaction, Adept's systems enable collaborative creativity, allowing users to maintain control while leveraging AI to handle routine activities. This approach not only automates processes but also frees up time for users to engage in more meaningful work.
Skydio designs, manufactures, and supports AI-powered drones for consumers, enterprises, and government customers. Its drones use computer vision technology to recognize, avoid objects in real-time, and predict future movements, enabling autonomous flight and obstacle avoidance.
Animatico
Acquisition in 2022
Animatico is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered human-computer interface platform that creates interactive avatar guides to enhance user experiences in customer service. By integrating voice technology with machine learning-driven character animations, Animatico's platform offers a seamless and intuitive method for users to interact with digital devices. The avatars are designed to perceive users through voice, gestures, and expressions, responding with appropriate verbal, nonverbal, and visual reactions. This innovative approach not only adds a human touch to digital interactions but also improves customer engagement and satisfaction, helping clients attract and retain customers effectively.
Activ Surgical
Series B in 2021
Activ Surgical is a Boston-based digital surgery company developing a surgical imaging and software platform that uses computer vision, artificial intelligence, analytics, and machine learning to assist surgeons in complex procedures, enhance intraoperative decision-making, improve efficiency and accuracy, and reduce unintended complications. The platform supports augmented reality-based guidance and AI-driven surgery, and its robotic initiatives include the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, a system designed to automate aspects of tissue manipulation during surgery.
Guangzhou WeRide Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in developing autonomous driving technology for level 4 vehicles, including its own hardware solutions that ensure comprehensive sensor coverage. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Guangzhou, China, WeRide has established research and development centers across several major cities in China, as well as in Silicon Valley. The company has received strategic investments from leading global automotive groups and holds the distinction of being the first startup to obtain driverless test permits in both China and the United States. In November 2019, WeRide launched its first publicly accessible Robotaxi service in Guangzhou, which covers an area of 144 square kilometers and has since integrated with Amap, a popular ride-hailing app in China. The service has completed over 147,000 trips for more than 60,000 passengers within its first year. WeRide's offerings include a range of autonomous vehicles, such as Robotaxis, Robobuses, and Robovans, and the company continues to focus on enhancing safety and efficiency in transportation.
IFDAQ
Non Equity Assistance in 2017
IFDAQ, or International Fashion Digital Automated Quantification, is an advanced AI system that delivers quantitative market values across the fashion and luxury sectors. By creating a high-dimensional virtual representation of the fashion industry, IFDAQ analyzes and measures effective market values based on relative performance. Its comprehensive analytics provide insights into various elements of the fashion landscape, including fashion groups, brand campaigns, models, and even individual catwalk runs or image fragments. Established initially as a research project in 2008, IFDAQ transitioned into a startup in 2016, focusing on developing artificial intelligence solutions to enhance analytics and research in the fashion industry.
RayScale
Acquisition in 2008
RayScale provides ray tracing and photo-realistic rendering solutions. The company's software solutions provide computer graphics algorithms, as well as drive the next generation of graphics applications, such as 3D modelling and animation authoring, video gaming, photorealistic advertising and designing, medical imaging, and computer-generated motion. It offers LightNow for Autodesk Maya for feedback with physically-based ray tracing and batch rendering.
mental images
Acquisition in 2007
mental images provides software rendering and visualization tools for animators, visual effects artists, and professionals who create high quality imagery.
AI21 Labs is an Israeli artificial intelligence company that develops generative AI and large language models along with tools to understand and generate natural language. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, it provides AI-based writing and reading assistance that understands context and meaning, including a writing companion that can rephrase text to convey the intended message and generate summaries. The company's tools help users read more efficiently, analyze and visualize complex knowledge structures, and apply deep learning and NLP to transform writing and comprehension for businesses and individuals.