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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B to take on OpenAI — VentureBeat

Confirming reports from April, the series B investment comes from the participation of multiple known venture capital firms and investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding, writes Shubham Sharma. 

Aerodome raises $21.5M

Aerodome, a Los Angeles, CA-based company specializing in Drone-As-First-Responder (DFR) technology, has secured $21.5 million in a Series A funding round.

UpdateAI raises $2.3M

Pasadena, Calif.-based UpdateAI, a ChatGPT-powered customer success platform that generates smart summaries of customer meeting notes and automates a follow-up workflow, has raised a $2.3 million funding round.

Nrwl raises $8.6M

Nrwl, a company that builds developer tools for software dev teams, has raised a $8.6 million seed round.

SpotOn raises $300M

SpotOn, a software and payment company with solutions for restaurant and retail businesses, has raised $300 million in Series F funding.