Founders Feature: Volley
Earlier this month, Volley announced their $55M Series C. We’re proud to say we co-led that funding round, along with Lightspeed Venture Partners. A market leader in creating voice-enabled games via AI platforms, we sat down with Volley co-founders Max Child and James Wilsterman to learn more about them, how they got the company to […]
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AI Agenda: Startup Volley Raises $55 Million to Create Voice-Powered AI Games
VentureBeat: Volley raises $55M voice-enabled AI games
Fueling the Future of Gaming with an Investment in AI Voice Game Leader
Today, we are excited to share that M12 co-led, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, the $55M Series C round in Volley Since its founding in 2016, Volley has led the market in creating voice-enabled games via voice AI platforms. Volley makes AI-powered voice games, or games you can talk to: interactive, multiplayer, and on screen. Volley’s […]
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The Shadow IT Implications of AI
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 […]
Why We Invested In Synth Labs, A Company Focusing On Automating LLM Alignment
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
