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SciFin launches with $44 million in seed funding to help revenue teams connect business context across disconnected systems. Altimeter and Madrona co-lead the round, with participation from Foundation Capital and others. Its platform brings together information across finance, accounts, deals, forecasts, customer conversations and operations, while its AI assistant, Pixie, provides answers, reports and recommended actions through web, voice, email and chat interfaces.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Adit Singh joins Mayfield as an infrastructure partner, investing in hardware, infrastructure software, cybersecurity, and physical AI. His investment history includes helping source and co-lead Foundation Capital’s first funding round in Cerebras, co-founding Neotribe Ventures, and joining Cota Capital. Mayfield’s $3 billion in assets under management allows it to write seed checks of up to $20 million.

Aug 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

AegisAI raises a $36 million Series A to use AI agents to detect spear-phishing emails, bringing its total funding to $49 million. Founded by former Google security executives Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo, the startup says its agents analyze messages for subtle anomalies and can catch malicious PDFs designed to evade spam filters. It reports adoption by dozens of customers, including Mesh, LangChain, and Lokker.

Jul 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Former Microsoft executives Ramnandan Krishnamurthy and Ajay Krishna Amudan launch Maximor, an AI-agent platform that automates finance work traditionally handled in spreadsheets. The New York-headquartered startup connects to ERP, CRM, billing, accounting, and payroll systems to reconcile transactions, produce workpapers and audit trails, and provide real-time financial visibility; it raises a $9 million seed round led by Foundation Capital. Maximor says early customer Rently cuts its month-end close from eight days to four and avoids two accounting hires.

Sep 2025 · TechCrunchNews article