New funding for AI/ML startups:
- Gong (San Francisco, CA), AI-based customer interaction insights platform: $200M D led by Coatue, participation from Index Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Thrive Capital, Battery Ventures, NextWorld Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Wing Venture Capital. The round valued the company at $2.2B.
- mPulse (Los Angeles, CA), conversational AI healthcare platform: $16M C led by Optum Ventures, participation from HLM Venture Partners, OCA Ventures, SJF Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, Rincon Ventures.
- Root AI (Boston, MA), produce-picking robots: $7.2 Seed from PJC, First Round Capital, Jason Calacanis, Austin McChord...