Market Moves edition

Market Moves · 1 Oct 2026

1 Oct 2026 · 15 articles

Startup Ascerta collects $18M in funding to help enterprises understand the value AI provides

Many businesses are spending enormous sums of money on artificial intelligence, but they don’t have any way to understand how much value those investments are returning — and that’s a challenge that a startup called Ascerta Inc. wants to solve after raising $18 million in an early-stage round of funding today. Today’s Series A round […]

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CEO Interview: Fuse

Andres Klaric, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fuse, tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Fuse is the AI-native …

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CoreWeave expands its AI stack as inference surges: theCUBE’s Fully Connected keynote analysis

Token economics are becoming a defining measure of artificial intelligence infrastructure efficiency. As AI workloads move beyond training, the economics of producing useful intelligence are starting to shape infrastructure decisions. CoreWeave is building around that shift, expanding beyond GPU compute into networking, storage and software while inference demand grows faster than training. That…

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Executive Interview: Scout AI

Anthony John, Corporate Development of Scout AI, tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company.   How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? We’re developing the AI …

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Executive Interview: Machina Labs

Ronen Lebi, CCO of  Machina Labs, tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? We build large metal structures, in …

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On-demand GPU infrastructure startup GMI Cloud raises $263M to fuel global expansion

Taiwan-based neocloud GMI Cloud Inc. wants to capitalize on what it says is an “unprecedented” demand for artificial intelligence computing power after raising a massive $663 million in funding from two sources. The startup said today it has just closed on a $223 million Series B round of funding led by the robotics and AI-focused […]

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Smart radio startup Relay raises $36M to help businesses capture vital intelligence from frontline workers

The business communications startup Relay Inc. says it’s trying to capture “frontline intelligence” for enterprises after raising $36 million in funding, bringing its total amount raised so far to more than $90 million. Today’s round was led by the industrial manufacturing giant International Paper Co. and saw participation from the wealth management firm Cerity Partners […]

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World model startup General Intuition closes $220M investment

General Intuition Inc. today announced that it has raised $220 million in funding at a $6.2 billion valuation. The capital was provided by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Seven Seven Six, Point72, Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst. The investment comes a year after General Intuition spun out of video sharing startup Medal B.V. Medal provides a […]

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EliseAI raises $350M to enhance its AI work automation suite

EliseAI, a startup that develops artificial intelligence tools for real-estate companies and healthcare providers, has raised $350 million in funding. Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer jointly led the round. EliseAI said today that they were joined by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventures and Navitas Capital. The company is now valued at $4 billion. EliseAI, officially […]

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Executive Interview: Calculum

Eric Zager, Co-Founder and Head of Global Business Development of Calculum tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company.   How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? …

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CEO Interview: Spinwheel

Tomas Macedo Campos, CEO of Spinwheel, tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Spinwheel operates in the financial technology …

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What 17,000 Subscription Apps Tell Us About Free Trial Length: Annual Plans Convert 86% Better With 30-Day Trials, Monthly Tops Out at Two Weeks, and AI Apps Hit a Wall at 16 Days

RevenueCat just published one of the richest datasets on free trials out there.  They have the data, at least for mobile subscriptions apps, where they power 60%+ of the subscription management. SaaStr Fund made the very first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, so I’ve watched this dataset grow from a few hundred apps to...

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Making AI an asset, not an expense

When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest, most capable model in the cloud. Do they always need that level of capability? Not necessarily. But that is often where the conversation goes. As AI moves from experimentation to production, model choice is only…

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The Best AI + B2B Events to Sponsor in 2027: Where the Buyers Are

Every B2B + AI company is setting its 2027 event budget right now. Most will spread it across too many events, pick them off lists built from organizer press releases, and find out by Q3 that half the booths produced nothing. Yes, we run one of these events. Discount this post accordingly. But we also...

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