Basis Set led Basata's $21M Series A to bring AI to healthcare's most overlooked workforce — the administrators keeping practices alive.

A new category of consumer companies is emerging—those driven by scalable infrastructure. Let’s call it “consumer infra.”

The shift from coding to building with agents is about creating reasoning systems that compound human judgment

Clearly AI helps security teams manage the surge of AI-generated code, cutting review times by 90%+ without sacrificing trust or safety.

Basis Set has raised $250M for Fund IV to partner early with independent founders building real AI systems

The company has a 24/7 founder concierge team.

Basis Set Ventures invests in early-stage startups using artificial intelligence to help people work more productively. It says AI can improve business workflows and uncover new opportunities.

Dropbox announced plans to acquire Tigris Data for **$350 million**, its largest acquisition since 2007. Tigris, founded by former Uber engineers, builds localized data storage networks for distributed AI workloads. The deal accelerates Dropbox’s shift into AI infrastructure, complementing its new **DBX Agent Cloud** platform for developers. Tigris has raised **$31.9 million** since 2021, including a **$25 million Series A** in October 2025 led by Spark Capital, and claims 8x annual growth since founding.

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Nowadays, founded by sisters Anna Sun and Amy Yan, raises a $2 million seed round to automate planning for large events with AI. Its system uses a database of 400,000 venues and a model combining OpenAI, Anthropic, and its own code to solicit bids by email and phone, then organizes options for planners. The company says it has booked more than $4 million worth of events, including for Google, Amazon, Notion, and Supabase.

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