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LastMile AI closes $10M seed round to ‘operationalize’ AI models

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By Kyle Wiggers

September 14, 2023

LastMile AI closes $10M seed round to ‘operationalize’ AI models

LastMile AI closes $10M seed round to ‘operationalize’ AI models
LastMile AI, a platform designed to help software engineers develop and integrate generative AI models into their apps, has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Gradient, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. AME Cloud Ventures, Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch, 10x Founders and Exceptional Capital also participated in the round, which LastMile co-founder and CEO […]

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