Peltarion verzekert US$ 20M Series A financiering om de mensheid vooruit te helpen via AI
LONDON-(BUSINESS WIRE)- Peltarion, de wereldleider in Operational AI, kondigde vandaag, naast de bestaande investeerder FAM en EQT Ventures, een financiering van US$20 miljoen serie A aan onder leiding van Euclidekapitaal.
Deze laatste ronde brengt de totale financiering van Peltarion op 34 miljoen US$, inclusief eerdere investeringen van FAM, de houdstermaatschappij die in particulier bezit is van de drie grootste Wallenbergstichtingen en EQT Ventures.
De missie van Peltarion is om AI-technologie bruikbaar en betaalbaar te maken voor zowel overheden, non-profit organisaties als bedrijven. Het gelooft dat het operationeel maken van AI zal helpen om wereldproblemen – van voedseldistributie tot diagnose van ziekten – sneller en op grotere schaal op te lossen. Het Peltarion Operational AI-platform maakt het bouwen en implementeren van AI-producten en -diensten eenvoudiger, sneller en betaalbaarder.
Peltarion Secures US$ 20M Series A Funding to Advance Humankind Through AI
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Peltarion, the world leader in Operational AI, today announced US$20 million series A financing led by Euclidean Capital alongside existing investor FAM and EQT Ventures.
This latest round brings Peltarion’s total funding to US$ 34 million to date, including previous investment from FAM, the holding company privately owned by the three largest Wallenberg foundations, and EQT Ventures.
Peltarion’s mission is to make AI technology useable and affordable for governments, not-profits and businesses alike. It believes that making AI operational will help to solve world problems – from food distribution to disease diagnostics – more quickly and at scale. The Peltarion Operational AI platform makes building and deploying AI products and services easier, faster and more affordable. Its API approach creates an enterprise-ready solution, lowering the bar of hard-to-find AI skills required to build AI products and services, while reducing the need for expensive infrastructure.
“AI is a technology that everyone should benefit from. Our mission is to make AI technology useable and affordable for all and this investment will help us to grow and scale in order to do more good in the world.” comments Luka Crnkovic-Friis, CEO and co-founder of Peltarion.
Peltarion has built strong momentum over the past twelve months, onboarding clients from a variety of different countries and focus areas – from the media industry through to finance and healthcare. Many of these solutions are already helping to make a difference in the world, particularly in relation to: cancer tumor segmentation, skin cancer detection, agriculture yield optimization, DNA prediction and energy.
In 2018, Peltarion founded the Swedish AI council, to establishing a continuous dialogue between Industry, Academia, Swedish Government and EU. The company has also built several technical and service partnership agreements with, including:
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- Sopra Steria
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- Bearingpoint
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- Silo.AI
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- Fourkind
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- Neiron
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- Avaus
About Peltarion
Peltarion provides a collaborative, graphical cloud platform for developing, managing and deploying deep learning systems at scale. It’s designed for use, so it’s got everything you need to execute an AI project from start to finish in a single software platform.
Founded in 2004, over 300 companies and organizations have used Peltarion’s AI technology including NASA, Tesla, iZettle, General Electric, Dell, BMW, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, and the Universities of Harvard, MIT and Oxford. Our mission is to make AI technology usable and affordable for all.
Find out more at www.peltarion.com.
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Contacts
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Kye Andersson, Head of Brand & Communication
+46 790 23 23 23, kye@peltarion.com
United Kingdom
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+44 0 7436 0420, peltarion@sparkcomms.co.uk
USA
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