GFC is a venture fund that supports entrepreneurs at various stages of business development. It focuses on global markets and seeks individuals with innovative ideas. The fund evaluates opportunities based on potential impact and feasibility.

Global Founders Capital

B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.

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Atlantic Bridge is a Growth Equity Firm with a Cross Border Value Add strategy. We invest in deep technology companies in Europe and the US. Our team is made up of successful entrepreneurs and senior technology industry executives and we invest in strong ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams that have the passion and drive to scale up and exploit major growth opportunities. We help our portfolio companies expand and grow internationally through our global platform with our team and offices in London, Dublin, Munich, Paris and Palo Alto. Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the UK and the US. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies. Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in Europe and the US. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

Atlantic Bridge

OpenOcean is a thesis driven pan-European early-stage Venture Capital investor with offices in Helsinki and London. Our investment strategy focuses on leading or co-leading Series A investments in European companies driving the data economy with a focus on B2B platforms and Enterprise Software technology. Our investments are driven by three core theses: Automation, Data Infrastructure and Future of Software Development, with initial average investment sizes of €5m. ‍  Our founding team members include key persons behind MySQL AB (sold to Sun Microsystems Inc. for $1 Billion in 2008), after which the team jointly built category leader MariaDB Corporation Ab, as well as forming and managing OpenOcean. Our DNA is rooted in having a deep understanding of the underlying technology and software stacks, which drive the growth of innovative new digital platforms and services. Our strong technical background and expertise allows us to identify and invest in the next game-changing and category winning start-tups at the early-stages, whose unique solutions can be rapidly scaled and adopted globally.

OpenOcean

FPV Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

FPV Ventures

LatticeFlow

LatticeFlow is empowering organizations to build and deploy robust AI they can understand and trust.

ETH Zurich spinoff LatticeFlow provides a scalable platform for enterprises to develop reliable and safe AI solutions across the AI lifecycle. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/34897">October 2024</a>, the company launched Compl-AI, the first evaluation framework for determining compliance with the EU AI Act. The free, open-source framework evaluates LLMs across 27 technical areas based on the Act's six ethical principles. Following this, the company launched Suite 2.0 in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36644">November 2024</a>, a platform designed to improve AI system performance, reliability, and compliance.

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LatticeFlow AI is a platform that empowers enterprise teams to build performant, safe, and trustworthy AI solutions at scale. Founded in 2020 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, the company offers a scalable AI platform that guides AI teams through the AI lifecycle by automatically finding and fixing data and model issues. LatticeFlow AI's technology systematically addresses critical model and data issues through automated processes and intelligent workflows across the entire AI lifecycle. The platform is designed to unlock the full value of AI by helping organizations build resilient AI systems for mission-critical applications in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, and defense.
In June 2024, LatticeFlow AI introduced LatticeFlow AI Audio, the first product designed to find and identify model errors in audio AI applications. This release was aimed at addressing the demand for reliable voice deepfake detection solutions in advance of the 2024 US elections. Combined with the company's existing capabilities in computer vision, LatticeFlow AI positions itself as an advanced solution for deepfake detectors to combat threats combining audio and video.
LatticeFlow AI's approach involves integrating a robust framework and toolset to systematically diagnose AI models and reveal hidden blind spots, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and safety. The company's Model Diagnostics tool guides machine learning engineers through intelligent workflows to detect and access model blind spots, regardless of whether they use off-the-shelf AI models or custom architectures. This systematic approach to eliminating model blind spots has helped many of LatticeFlow AI's enterprise customers scale the deployment of trustworthy AI models with greater confidence.

ETH Zurich spinoff LatticeFlow provides a scalable platform for enterprises to develop reliable and safe AI solutions across the AI lifecycle. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/34897">October 2024</a>, the company launched Compl-AI, the first evaluation framework for determining compliance with the EU AI Act. The free, open-source framework evaluates LLMs across 27 technical areas based on the Act's six ethical principles. Following this, the company launched Suite 2.0 in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36644">November 2024</a>, a platform designed to improve AI system performance, reliability, and compliance.The company also offers Model Diagnostics to assist machine learning engineers in uncovering hidden model blind spots. This includes automating data quality checks and model comparisons.&nbsp;In&nbsp;<a href="https://latticeflow.ai/news/latticeflow-ai-deepfake-detection-software/">June 2024</a>, LatticeFlow launched LatticeFlow AI Audio, designed for identifying model errors in audio applications. Its focus is on detecting voice deepfakes ahead of the 2024 US elections. With its computer vision capabilities, LatticeFlow AI offers a solution for addressing audio and video deepfake threats.The company expanded into the US market through the creation of LatticeFlow USA in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/latticeflow-brings-safe-and-trustworthy-ai-to-the-us-301994077.html">November 2023</a>.Key customers and partnershipsLatticeFlow has served clients across the manufacturing, defense, insurance and healthcare industries. Notable clients that used the platform included the US Army, Stevanato Group, and Actuate (October 2024).In&nbsp;<a href="https://latticeflow.ai/news/kpmg-switzerland-and-latticeflow-ai-partnership/">October 2024</a>, the company partnered with KPMG Switzerland to leverage the latter’s expertise in digital risk advisory and offer AI risk assessments.

Founded in Israel, NeuReality specializes in providing hardware infrastructure to streamline computation processes to accelerate the development of AI applications. Its technology assists AI inferencing deployment by offering a comprehensive system solution that seamlessly supports a vast array of deep learning models.NeuRealitys’ infrastructure includes an architecture called the Network Addressable Processing Unit (NAPU) to maximize the capabilities of Deep Learning Accelerators (DLAs). This design facilitates inference through purpose-built NAPUs that are specifically crafted for AI inference tasks, enhancing performance and efficiency.The NR1 AI Inference Solution by NeuReality is a comprehensive system comprising architecture, hardware, and software platforms. Launched in November 2023, it intends to simplify the installation, utilization, and management of AI, making it accessible and manageable for users.The hardware offerings of the solution include,1. NR1 Network Addressable Processing Unit : A network addressable inference Server-on-a-Chip with an embedded Neural Network Engine, which is a workflow-optimized hardware device with specialized processing units, native network capabilities, and virtualization capabilities2. NR1-M™ AI Inference Module : A full-height, double-wide PCIe card containing one NR1 Network Addressable Processing Unit (NAPU) system-on-chip and a network addressable Inference Server that can connect to an external Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA)3. NR1-S AI Inference Appliance : An optimized design for an inference server that contains NR1-M modules with the NR1 NAPU, which enables disaggregated AI service in a scalable and efficient architectureThe software component of the solution is designed to be compatible with any trained model from any development environment. It includes tools that handle the entire AI pipeline and enable seamless connection of AI workflows to any environment.NeuReality differs from traditional AI chip connectivity in replacing CPU-centric support with an AI-centric platform. This allows components to communicate directly with AI accelerators, eliminating the need for commands to pass through a central processing unit. Additionally, the technology enables AI accelerators to connect with each other, enhancing efficiency and performance in AI applications. It also claims its AI-centric approach reduces complexity, cost, and power usage. The firm claims it can reduce inference costs by 90%.Key customers and partnershipsIn November 2021, NeuReality teamed up with IBM to develop advanced AI inference technology by enhancing its NR1 chip and system for use in IBM's Hybrid Cloud.In September 2021, the company partnered with Xilinx to develop AI-centric platforms that improve real-world AI applications. This collaboration was intended to focus on NeuReality's AI-centric inference platform NR1-P and address existing issues with AI deployment including cost and complexity.

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 Accubits is an AI and BLOCKCHAIN focused development and solutions company based in Washington DC with its development offices in India and Dubai. Pioneering as a custom Blockchain solutions provider delivering solutions ever since 2012, Accubits is one of the oldest and experienced Blockchain dev house in the market and is featured as one among the top 13 Blockchain companies in India by INC42. We are a big family of engineers, innovators, inventors and many others continually working to help our customers in leveraging their business and adding value to their lives. Over the past 6 years, We have delivered more than 600 projects, for over 200 clients worldwide. Several of Fortune 500 companies in sectors from Retail to Health are being powered by our solutions to streamline and leverage their growth.Our portfolio for AI solutions includes intelligent conversational tools, RPAs, CRMs, SIPs, real-time video and image analytics systems, state of the art ALPR systems and many more being used enterprises, startups across North America, Canada, Middle East, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, India &amp; Sweden. Our portfolio of Blockchain development includes custom DApps and smart contracts, crypto token and exchange development, integrated blockchain services and ICO platforms.
 
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 LeewayHertz is a leading software development company delivering tailor-made digital solutions to businesses worldwide. Our team of 250+ full-stack developers, designers and innovators has designed and developed 100+ digital solutions across industry verticals. As a close-knit team of AI and web3 experts, designers and full-stack developers, we undertake collaborative research and development to create next-gen applications and solutions perfectly suited to the evolving tech space. As a technology pioneer with deep knowledge and expertise in AI, blockchain and other advanced technologies like IoT, LeewayHertz believes in helping companies overcome their most complex tech challenges and drive business growth. Our motto, &lsquo;You Dream It: We Build It,&rsquo; reflects our business philosophy. From putting flesh on your idea to delivering the expected end product, we do whatever it takes to make your project successful. Having worked with 30+ top fortune 500 companies and created various on-demand solutions, we boast an impressive work portfolio demonstrating our expertise.
 
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Databricks, a data and AI company established by the original developers behind prominent Big Data solutions such as Delta Lake, Apache Spark, and MLflow, and provides organizations with AI and data analytics tools for efficient management of their data.&nbsp;Databricks' primary product is the Databricks Lakehouse platform, a unified data intelligence platform that merges a data warehouse and data lake to provide developers with efficient access to data and enables enterprise customers to create their AI models—similar to a ChatGPT-style AI system—using only their internal data.&nbsp;Databricks Unity Catalog, part of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, provides unified governance for structured and unstructured data, machine-learning models, notebooks, dashboards, and files across various environments, offering automated monitoring, proactive alerts, and seamless data sharing through Delta Sharing integration. Furthermore, Databricks offers an open architecture that streamlines the AI development process, allowing the integration of various LLMs such as Llama 2, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic, enabling customization with enterprise data for tailored model creation. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28436">April 2024</a>, Databricks introduced its Data Intelligence platform for energy to use AI technology to process large data for energy companies. Following this, the company added synthetic data capabilities for AI agent evaluation in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/37008">December 2024</a>.Notably, Lakehouse leverages NVIDIA technology for accelerated data processing and AI model generation. Databricks also offers industry-specific solutions like Databricks Lakehouse for Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, and Manufacturing.Databricks has expanded its offerings through multiple acquisitions, including MosaicML (<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19683">July 2023</a>), Arcion (<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/23041">October 2023</a>), Okera (<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/18197">May 2023</a>), and Datajoy (October 2022).&nbsp; Key customers and partnershipsAs of November 2024, Databricks served a global customer base of more than 10,000 organisations, including Comcast, Conde, DuPont, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce, Shell, and Tata Steel.Databricks collaborates with over 1,200 global cloud, ISV, and consulting partners to deliver data, analytics, and AI solutions, supporting customers in scaling their projects.Notable partnerships include collaboration with AWS in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/34884">October 2024</a> to leverage AWS Trainium chips as the preferred AI chip to power Databricks' Mosaic AI model training and serving capabilities.&nbsp;Databricks also partnered with Karini AI in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33687">September 2024</a> to accelerate GenAI deployment for enterprises.&nbsp;

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Labelbox offers a data-centric AI platform for enterprises, enabling them to develop, optimize, and use AI to solve complex problems and power new products and services.&nbsp;&nbsp;Labelbox’s platform offers capabilities for building, optimizing, training, fine-tuning LLMs, and AI-enabled data labeling automation.&nbsp;Its products include&nbsp;1) Catalog: A platform for building AI applications with features such as advanced search capabilities and optimizing data for labeling budgets2) Annotate: A data labeling solution designed to streamline and accelerate labeling operations using automation tools and pre-labeling techniques(3) Model: Offers tools for data enrichment, model-assisted labeling, and custom Foundry Apps to automate data management tasks and improve AI model performance&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Boost: Offers fully managed tailored solutions such as on-demand data labeling services to enhance AI development speed and efficiency.&nbsp;As such, Labelbox enables companies to streamline the fine-tuning and alignment of LLMs and enables the validation of outputs through techniques such as reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF), reinforcement learning from AI feedback (RELIEF), and evaluation. This incorporation of human expertise ensures more accurate, contextually relevant, trustworthy, and secure results from LLM systems.The platform is offered through a SaaS subscription model with packages ranging from free subscriptions with limited usage and custom pricing for enterprises.Key customers and partnershipsThe firm's solutions have use cases across diverse industries, including retail, consumer internet, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. Labelbox has a large portfolio of customers, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Blue River Technology, a smart AgriTech company that used Labelbox's model-assisted labeling suite to enhance its See &amp; Spray technology in smart agriculture, resulting in herbicide cost savings of 70%–80. Labelbox's customers also include several Fortune 500 companies, such as Walmart, P&amp;G, Audi Adobe, Airbnb, Bayer, and Bosch.Key partnerships include a long-term collaboration with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/21770">Google Cloud </a>to facilitate digital transformations in retail, consumer internet, financial services, and manufacturing and logistics.&nbsp;

Labelbox

Integrated solutions that handle various processes such as model training, fine-tuning, model deployment, monitoring, and maintenance in working with and deploying LLMs

Platforms that provide hardware such as high-performance CPUs, GPUs, or TPUs, including cloud-based solutions that are commonly used to train and run GenAI models efficiently

Platforms that assist with fine-tuning pre-trained GenAI models or custom models tailored to specific use cases. Includes services that train models from scratch or use existing models

Platforms that store and retrieve training data in vector databases for access during the model training phase

Services to deploy GenAI models (on-premises or cloud-based) into production environments and integration tools to support existing systems and workflows

Ongoing monitoring of GenAI models to ensure performance. Includes regular model retraining, performance optimization, and troubleshooting

Platforms that assist in designing and refining prompts or instructions to GenAI models to get the desired responses or outcomes

Platforms that enable safe, responsible, and ethical GenAI deployment, ensuring compliance with regulations and/or protection against GenAI-based cybersecurity threats.

All services offered by these companies provide support to AI/ML

NLP is a key component of generative AI which is the core focus of this hub.

All companies within this space are offering infrastructure for generative AI

Generative AI infrastructure hub covers companies that deploy and run these foundation models.

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 GenAI's governance platform LatticeFlow has introduced Suite 2.0 aimed at improving the performance, reliability, and compliance of AI systems for organizations. The platform is designed for those looking to deploy production-ready AI systems.
 The platform's key feature, Health Checks, provides automated controls for validating AI model performance and data quality. It includes predefined but customizable checks that operate at both data and model levels. Health Checks can detect issues such as duplicate images, leaked samples, and mislabeled items and monitor model underperformance linked with specific metadata.
 According to the company, Suite 2.0 optimizes the efficiency of AI teams by automating validation processes. This feature enables smaller teams to gain expert-level insights without the need for manual processes, while giving executives a transparent view of the quality and performance of AI applications. The platform also includes a feature called COMPL-AI, specifically designed to help teams align with the regulatory standards of the EU AI Act.
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 LatticeFlow's launch of Suite 2.0 marks its expansion into GenAI security solutions, complementing its offerings, such as <a href="https: 
//sp-edge.com/updates/34897"> Compl-AI </a> , the first framework for evaluating compliance with the EU AI Act. This product launch follows its USD 3 million raise in <a href="https: 
//sp-edge.com/updates/35341"> October 2024 </a> , which supported the development of an AI assessment platform integrating governance frameworks with technical validations to meet regulatory standards like the EU AI Act.

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