TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

6D.ai raises seed round

By TechTaffy Desk

6D.ai, a developer of APIs for augmented reality (AR) apps has raised a seed round. The equity investment was led by General Catalyst.

Oxford Sciences Innovation is also participating in the round, as well as Greg Castle from Anorak Ventures, Ori Inbar from Super Ventures, Amit Mahajan from Presence Capital, Jacob Mullins from Shasta Ventures, Ryan Walsh from Floodgate, Don Stein from Candela Partners, Jeff Kraus from Google Ventures, Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert, and Robert del Naja. Niko Bonatsos, managing director of General Catalyst is joining the 6D.ai board.

Co-founded by Matt Miesnieks and Victor Prisacariu, 6D.ai is the first software spin out of Oxford University’s Active Vision Lab to launch in Silicon Valley.

[Image courtesy: 6D.ai]

Just in

Seed

Oso Semiconductor raises $5.2M

Oso Semiconductor has raised $5.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Engine Ventures.
People

Battelle appoints Tim Ryan to board of directors

Battelle has elected Tim Ryan, Citi’s Head of Technology and Business Enablement, to its board of directors.
Around the web

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies — CNBC

It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use; writes Hayden Field. 
Around the web

DeepSeek’s popular AI app is explicitly sending US data to China — Wired

Users have already reported several examples of DeepSeek censoring content that is critical of China or its policies, writes Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman. 
Around the web

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations — CNBC

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services; writes Hayden Field.