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Health And Biotech Startups Now Get The Majority Of US Series A Funding

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This year is shaping up as the first we’ve seen in which biotech and healthcare startups receive a majority of U.S. So far in 2024, biotech and health companies have pulled in around $5.6 The biotech sector’s comparatively strong showing comes as overall Series A dealmaking looks on track to come in a bit above last year’s totals.

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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of March: Wonder, Biotech Headline Big Month

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Wonder ’s big $700 million raise may have captured most people’s attention last month, but the story when it came for large deals was really biotech. That makes it quite the month for startups looking to develop drugs and therapies for all that ails us. That sector saw seven of the rounds on this list. billion, per Crunchbase.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

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The retail industry has no shortage of cases on display where generative AI has shown tangible benefits. They had ChatGPT write the script, and other gen AI tools to create a digital person who reads the script, a scalable process with at least one measurable benefit: speed. And software code is a language.”

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Safe Superintelligence Leads With Massive $1B Raise

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SSI, co-founded by OpenAI ‘s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever , is looking to develop safe artificial intelligence systems — something that has been in the news a lot recently as fears increase of AI tech being harmful to humans and society. The 3-month-old startup will look to add computing power and hire new talent.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Another Big Week For Biotech And AI

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Biotech and AI had another strong week, as the sectors saw two big nine-figure rounds each — including one for $370 million in biotech. Candid Therapeutics , $370M, biotech: Every week there’s a big biotech raise — and this week there’s one that’s really big. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here.

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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of April: Xaira And Pine Gate Lead Huge Month Of Megadeals

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April also saw a half-dozen rounds of a quarter-billion dollars or more, including a $1 billion round for an AI-enhanced biotech. Xaira Therapeutics , $1B, biotech: The biggest round in April was really big. The company develops power-optimized chips targeting the data analytics and generative AI markets.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Metsera And Rivos Headline A Slow Week

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Metsera , $290M, biotech: This week was a slower week than normal for biotech — as it was for most sectors — but that didn’t stop New York-based Metsera. Rivos , $250M, semiconductor: Semiconductor startups are seeing big money, in part thanks to the explosion in generative AI.

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