Vera Health raises **$28.5 million** in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered clinical search engine, which scans **60M+ peer-reviewed publications, guidelines, and drug labels**. The platform prioritizes **evidence-based answers** over generic AI outputs, addressing a **17-year gap** between medical research and clinical practice. Used by **800,000+ clinicians** across 190 countries, Vera’s growth stems from clinician referrals and record app downloads. Investors include **Threshold Ventures, Optum Ventures, Mantis VC, and SV Angel**, with Y Combinator and Gradient Ventures doubling down. The funding will accelerate **global expansion, partnerships, and team hiring** while maintaining a clinician-first approach.
Freeform raises $67 million in a Series B to expand its AI-native metal 3D-printing platform. The funding will support an upgrade from its 18-laser GoldenEye system to Skyfall, designed to use hundreds of lasers to produce thousands of kilograms of metal parts daily. Freeform says it already delivers hundreds of mission-critical parts each week and plans to hire up to 100 employees and expand its facility to address its contract backlog.
Inertia Enterprises raises $450 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with GV, Modern Capital, Threshold Ventures, and other investors participating. The startup is developing a laser-based fusion system drawing on technology from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility, and aims to build a laser delivering 10 kilojoules 10 times per second. It hopes to begin construction on a grid-scale power plant in 2030.
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