Venture firms need to emulate private equity
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FORTUNE: Armada lands $40 million in funding round led by Microsoft’s M12
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AI Agenda: Startup Volley Raises $55 Million to Create Voice-Powered AI Games
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VentureBeat: Volley raises $55M voice-enabled AI games
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Bloomberg: M12’s Investments Into Early-Stage Tech
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Bolster, creator of the CheckPhish phishing tracker, raises $14M led by Microsoft’s M12
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The Shadow IT Implications of AI
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As we kick off RSA in San Francisco this week, we wanted to talk about the shadow IT implications of AI. It’s a well traveled path: A new technology emerges to great excitement and fanfare. Companies and users rush to enjoy its benefits and cybercriminals close on their heels to exploit its unaddressed risks. Embarrassing […]
Builder.io closes $20 million in funding led by M12
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Why We Invested In Synth Labs, A Company Focusing On Automating LLM Alignment
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We are thrilled to announce that M12 has co-led with First Spark Ventures, the Seed round for Synth Labs.ai, a startup developing leading technology for a fully auditable, transparent and robust AI alignment platform. This investment will enable them to expand their team, continue research efforts in AI alignment, evaluations, synthetic pipelines and launch their […]
Competitive strategies in AI: Insights from an M12 managing partner
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