
Jul 8, 2026
German AI startup Finto has closed a $3.4M seed round backed by Y Combinator, Google's Gradient, and Lightspeed — and is doubling down on Munich over Silicon Valley. The company builds autonomous AI agents for core accounting tasks, targeting Europe's industrial mid-market.
AI
Fintech
Startups

Jun 30, 2026
Lucida AI has completed its seed round at $7M after adding a $1.6M extension, backed by Velocity Capital and a cohort of international investors. The startup's proprietary Speech Language Model powers real-time spoken AI interactions — no text prompts required. With 3 million users and 2.2 billion minutes of spoken interaction logged, the company is pushing deeper into enterprise and new language markets.
Lucida AI
Speech AI
Seed Round