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Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessagetechcrunch.com/2026/04/24/two-college-kids-raise-a-5-1-million-pre-seed-to-build-an-ai-social-network-in-imessage/
Series raises $5.1 million in pre-seed funding to build its iMessage-based AI social network. The Yale-founded startup, led by seniors Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow, counts Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Pear VC, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and GPTZero founder Edward Tian among its investors. Users text Series AI to find people with similar connection goals, then start private chats through image carousels without sharing their phone numbers; the company says students use the service across more than 750 campuses.
Apr 2026 · TechCrunchNews article
One founder’s account of what’s left behind from SVB’s crash
Series CEO Brexton Pham discusses the effects of Silicon Valley Bank’s crash in an interview on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. Pham has been building a full-stack enterprise platform for institutions and enterprises since March 2021. The conversation covers changing trust in banks, startup bank diversification, investor questions facing Series and its competitors, and the collapse’s longer-term effects.
Mar 2023 · TechCrunchNews article

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Series: A modern software platform enabling efficient and meaningful capital movement for institutions.