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Otter.ai secures **$320 million** in non-equity funding from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund to expand its AI-powered meeting assistant. The tool transcribes calls, organizes transcripts by speaker, integrates slide data, and generates one-page summaries with action items. It supports over **12 cloud services** (e.g., Snowflake, Jira) and syncs with chatbots via an MCP server. Role-specific tools include automated follow-up emails for sales teams and study guides for educators. Otter.ai claims **40M+ users**, including employees at **86% of Fortune 500 companies**, and aims to double its enterprise business by tripling its sales and marketing budget.

Oct 2026SiliconANGLENews article

AuxoAI Inc. secures $20.7M in Series A funding to scale its enterprise AI consulting model, combining business-process expertise with autonomous AI agents. The company deploys on-site engineers to tailor AI solutions for Global 2000 enterprises, embedding intelligence into workflows via its **Damia** platform. Partners include Google, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft, while investors like NTT Venture Capital and ServiceNow’s Amit Zavery back its expansion. Funding will accelerate global growth, proprietary tech development, and AI-native delivery capabilities.

Oct 2026SiliconANGLENews article

ASOS investigates reports that mobile users received app notifications stating, “we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance,” as its shares fall more than 10%. The retailer’s stock decline follows reports from mobile users, and the company says it is investigating the incident.

Oct 2026Financial TimesNews article

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