IBM Ventures

AI-based solutions for evolving digital threats

Next-gen Cybersecurity

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 Gem is a cloud security firm developing a Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR) solution for cloud infrastructure, securing an organization&rsquo;s serverless environments across multiple cloud providers. As of May 2023, Gem&rsquo;s platform supported major cloud and container service providers, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes.
 
 
 Gem&rsquo;s platform gathers telemetry data from multiple sources and maps it against the MITRE ATT&amp;CK knowledge base, providing a holistic, high fidelity view of an organization&rsquo;s cloud infrastructure while reducing noise and irrelevant alerts. Threat detection is driven by cloud-specific methods and behavioral analytics, with alerts providing context from cloud services to avoid needing manual checks in triage.&nbsp;
 
 
 Rather than aiming to only prevent breaches, Gem&rsquo;s platform operates with an &ldquo;assume breach&rdquo; approach, combining threat hunting with automated response to threats via Gem&rsquo;s cloud native methods or by integrating with other platforms in an organization&rsquo;s cybersecurity workflow.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 Gem emerged from stealth in February 2023, raising USD 11 million in seed funding from Team8. 
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 Ox Security is an Israel-based supply chain security startup that provides a security platform that incorporates a new standard&ndash;pipeline bill of materials (PBOMs)&ndash;that covers the entire development phase of the final software. This provides developer and security teams with complete visibility and control over the attack surface, including source code, pipeline, artifacts, container images, runtime assets, and applications, automatically blocking any vulnerabilities in the pipeline.
 
 
 The platform continuously monitors security changes in an organization&rsquo;s infrastructure to ensure that the software supply chain is in its original secure state and also provides remediation strategies through a list of prioritized risks and recommendations by considering the business context and objectives. The company reduces the threat exposure during the building stages to minimize the company&rsquo;s attack surface without impeding developer agility.
 
 
 Ox Security covers use cases including CI/CD security posture, CI/CD workflow automation, production integrity, security tools marketplace, application security orchestration and correlation (ASOC), asset and risk visibility, maturity assessment and compliance, and shift left security. The company offers its platform under a freemium model for USD 25 per month for over 20 developers and also includes a free basic plan for less than 20 developers.
 
 
 Ox Security operates in Israel and the US.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 As of September 2022, the platform was used by 30 customers, including Kaltura and Bloomreach.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In September 2022, the company 
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 in a seed funding round co-led by Evolution Equity Partners, Team8, and M12 (Microsoft). The company expected to utilize the funds to double its 30-employee headcount by the end of 2023.
 
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 Cyolo is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that provides zero-trust protection for IT and OT assets to enable onsite and remote users to securely connect to their organization&rsquo;s applications, servers, desktops, and files on local networks, offline networks, cloud, and IoT environments through user ID, device ID, user and device location, time and action, biometric, and multi-factor authentication. Cyolo has no visibility into customer&rsquo;s sensitive information as users control all the encryption keys. The company&rsquo;s Next Generation Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA 2.0) enables security teams, CISOs, CIOs, IT Managers, SASE providers, and MSSPs to create their own secured distributed cloud into any existing environments such as Okta, Active Directory, and Azure AD without requiring any infrastructure changes.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In June 2021, Cyolo formed a partnership with Merlin Ventures to deliver cloud-based solutions to US corporates and federal agencies in compliance with an executive order to improve national cybersecurity.
 
 
 Cyolo and IBM Ventures partnered in October 2022 to work towards go-to-market initiatives, which include establishing new partner engagements and panel sessions to accelerate the market adoption of identity-based connectivity for digital firms. IBM provided its cybersecurity expertise and technical resources to support Cyolo&rsquo;s Zero Trust Secure Access platform.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 As of June 2022, Cyolo had an employee headcount of 75, which included 40 at its R&amp;D center in Ramat Gan, Israel. During the same period, the company reported that its revenue increased by sixfold over the previous years.
 
 
 In October 2022, the company 
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Leveraging personal data for custom-fit diagnosis and treatment

Precision Medicine

Variantyx is a precision medicine company offering genetic testing services for rare genetic disorders, reproductive health, and precision oncology. Its proprietary whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and data analysis platform, Genomic Intelligence, identifies unique genetic mutations in a patient’s tumor and predicts treatment response, offering healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies diagnostics, treatment recommendations, and clinical trial information.Its WGS-based approach, which uses multiple genomic technologies, can sequence the entire DNA and this data can be sliced based on the required analysis. It detects multiple types of variants including small sequence changes, large structural variants, mitochondrial variants (common in tumors), and tandem repeat mutations (found in neurological diseases). The company claims this approach allows it to provide insights and analytics that are currently not available through other diagnostic tests at the shortest turnaround time.

PreciseDx is an oncology diagnostics company that leverages AI for morphology-driven disease analysis. The company's core technology is an AI-powered morphology feature array (MFA) platform that analyzes histology images to provide patient-specific risk information and enhance cancer diagnosis and prognosis.&nbsp;PreciseDx's flagship product is PreciseBreast, an early-stage invasive breast cancer risk assessment tool that predicts the six-year risk of recurrence. The test uses standard H&amp;E pathology slide images and is independent of HER2, hormone receptor, and node status. The test received approval from the New York State Department of Health in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/precisedx-receives-new-york-state-approval-for-an-ai-enabled-breast-diagnostic-301740679.html">February 2023</a>, allowing PreciseDx to begin commercial testing through its CLIA-certified laboratory.The platform aims to improve upon traditional pathology by providing objective, quantifiable data to support clinical decision-making. The technology is claimed to have shown promise in detecting early-stage Parkinson's disease with high accuracy. As of October 2024, the company was working to expand its offerings, with a prostate cancer test in development.&nbsp; &nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ucla-and-precisedx-announce-new-collaboration-to-advance-ai-enabled-predictions-and-risk-mitigation-for-triple-negative-breast-cancer-recurrence-302105153.html">April 2024</a>, PreciseDx announced a research partnership with UCLA's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine to evaluate PreciseBreast's ability to assess recurrence risk in triple-negative breast cancer patients. The company was also collaborating with Baylor Scott &amp; White Health in Texas to further validate PreciseBreast for early-stage invasive breast cancer. Additionally, in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29905">May 2024</a>, the company entered a collaboration with COTA and Baptist Health South Florida to analyze the performance of PreciseBreast against traditional pathology reviews and 21-gene assay results. These partnerships aimed to expand access to PreciseDx's AI-enabled testing and validate its efficacy.

Data Infrastructure & Analytics

SingleStore provides a distributed SQL database for operational applications and analytics systems.&nbsp;The company’s flagship product, SingleStore Helios, is a cloud database-as-a-service that provides elastic scalability and high performance for both transactional and analytical workloads.&nbsp;The platform's capabilities include data ingestion and query processing, catering to a range of data types such as structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. SingleStore's system is designed to support real-time analytics, serving SaaS builders, data leaders, and digital disruptors in optimizing their data analytics processes. The company also offers a version of its platform called&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25938">SingleStore Pro Max</a> that incorporates on-demand compute for GPUs and CPUs, faster data ingestion and egress through updated change data capture (CDC) capabilities.The company also offers features such as SingleStore Kai, an API which offers real-time data warehousing, hybrid search combining vector and full-text capabilities, and a compute service for AI applications and ML workflows, as well as data integration tools with native change data capture (change data capture (CDC)) and extract, transform, and load (extract, transform, and load (ETL)) functionalities.In October 2024, SingleStore&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/34396">acquired BryteFlow,</a> a data integration platform, to integrate BryteFlow's capabilities into its core product to create a feature called "SingleConnect." This allows its clients to operationalize and ingest data from their CRM and ERP systems at scale for real-time data insights as well as GenAI use cases.Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2024, SingleStore serves Fortune 500 companies including Comcast, Cisco, Akamai Technologies, Fiverr, Goldman Sachs, Sony, Siemens, and Hulu.SingleStore has partnered with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud and also has technology partnerships with Dell, Red Hat, Intel, HP Enterprise, and Looker as of September 2024.

Unstructured specializes in developing data preprocessing solutions, allowing organizations to convert their unstructured data into formats usable by LLMs. It automates the transformation of natural language data from various sources, like PDFs, PPTX, and HTML files. Its two key offerings are Unstructured Enterprise Platform and Unstructured SaaS API, along with RAG support.The Unstructured Enterprise Platform is a no-code solution for managing unstructured data to ensure it's continuously integrated into LLMs. The platform enables companies to transform their disorganized internal data into formats compatible with advanced AI models, such as ChatGPT and other chatbots capable of generating human-like responses and content. Its platform is uniquely designed to expedite the pre-processing of unstructured data, with a particular emphasis on natural language data.The Unstructured SaaS API facilitates the transformation of data for document preprocessing without the need for custom code. The API has the capability to process more than 20 different natural language file types, converting them into data ready for LLMs and enterprise-level data connectors. These data connectors include support for Azure Blob, Microsoft's OneDrive, Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, Google's Cloud Storage and Drive, Dropbox, and Elasticsearch. Pricing is based on consumption, with a specific rate per hour of compute.Key customers and partnershipsUnstructured Technologies serves a diverse range of sectors including finance, healthcare, logistics, energy, and government. As of July 2024, the company served around 50,000 companies.The company has received Phase I and II Small Business Innovation and Research contracts from the US Air Force and Space Force. Unstructured Technologies also lent its services to the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which led to the creation of the first independent system using an LLM in conjunction with critical data for the US armed forces.

Exploring the limitless possibilities of AI

Generative AI Applications

Based in France, Mistral AI is an open-source GenAI company that develops fine-tuned language models and provides businesses with foundational technologies to automate existing processes and develop new products.In February 2024, the company introduced a chat assistant service named “Le Chat.” The chatbot is available for three models: Mistral Small, Mistral Large, and a prototype model named “Mistral Next.” The chatbot does not have access to the web. As of February 2024, Le Chat was accessible for free and the company planned to launch a paid version for enterprise clients. In November 2024, the company introduced several&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36196">new features</a> in beta, including&nbsp;web search with citations, a Canvas interface for content creation and editing, document and image analysis powered by Pixtral Large, image generation through Black Forest Labs, and automated workflow agents. Users can process complex PDF documents, generate images, and automate repetitive workflows like receipt scanning and invoice processing through the platform.

Founded in 2022, Rohirrim offers “Rohan,” which leverages patented AI technology to assist with the proposal and grant writing processes. This platform retrieves data from the enterprise's domain, providing accurate responses to requests for proposals (RFPs) and helping organizations streamline business development. Rohan is also used to generate technical content, grant applications, and white papers​.Key customers and partnershipsAs reported in December 2023, Rohirrim has served several Fortune 100 enterprises, including IBM in various industries, like defense and aerospace, commercial real estate, energy, higher education, insurance, research laboratories, and engineering firms.Competitors: None under coverage. (Rohirrim offers GenAI solutions to specifically assist with proposal and grant writing processes.)

Foundation Models

Based in France, Mistral AI is an open-source GenAI company that develops fine-tuned language models and provides businesses with foundational technologies to automate existing processes and develop new products.The company's flagship model, Mistral-7B, supports English text and code generation abilities and is positioned as a cost-effective alternative to larger LLMs, providing similar capabilities at a reduced compute cost. The company aspires to support the open GenAI community and emphasizes its commitment to achieving state-of-the-art performance with open models. Mistral's business model involves offering a free downloadable model while providing commercial offerings as white-box solutions, with both weights and code sources accessible, targeting enterprises with hosted solutions and dedicated deployments.Mistral-7B is available for customers through Amazon SageMaker JumpStart by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google's Vertex AI platform.In February 2024, Mistral AI introduced an LLM, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26995">Mistral Large,</a> for reasoning capabilities. It supports English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian languages. Moreover, in July 2024, the company released<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31944"> Mistral Large 2,</a> supporting a diverse range of languages and coding languages, with a 128,000-token context window and 123 billion parameters.In April 2024,<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28464"> the company released Mistral 8x22B,</a> an LLM built on a mixture of expert (MoE) architecture with 176 billion parameters. The model is available under a permissive Apache 2.0 license.In May 2024, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29859">Mistral AI, released Codestral,</a> a model for coding with 22 billion parameters and programmed across 80 programming languages. It also released <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31619">Codestral Mamba</a> for faster and longer code generation, Mathstral for math-related reasoning and scientific discovery, a small language model named <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31742">Mistral NeMo</a> and in July 2024.In September 2024, the company<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33518"> released Pixtral 12 billion,</a> its first multimodal AI model with language and vision processing capabilities, followed by&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36166">Pixtral Large</a> with enhanced text and visual data processing in November 2024.In November 2024,&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35782">Mistral AI launched a content moderation API&nbsp;</a>that powers its Le Chat service. The API is designed to help users implement content moderation in their applications according to their safety standards.Key customers and partnershipsIn December 2023,<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24901"> Mistral AI partnered with Google Cloud</a> to distribute its LLMs globally using Google's AI-optimized infrastructure for developers and businesses.In January 2024,<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25997"> the company partnered with Brave</a>, a provider of a browser-based AI chatbot named Leo, to introduce the updated Mistral AI's Mixtral 8x7B as the default LLM.Mistral AI formed several partnerships in February 2024 to introduce its foundation models to its partners' platform. These included<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26479"> Capgemini,</a> a provider of technology and consulting, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26907">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27045">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27323">IBM </a>to integrate Mistral 7B and Mixtral 8x7B into Amazon Bedrock, Microsoft's Azure, and watsonx cloud platforms, repectively. In March 2024, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27322">partnered with Snowflake, </a>a data management and analytics platform, to provide Mistral Large in the Snowflake data cloud.In April 2024, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28106">Mistral partnered with Amazon </a>to introduce Mistral Large to Amazon Bedrock.In June 2024, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30135">partnered with SAP </a>to offer access to its latest models.In July 2024, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31053">partnered with Dassault Systemes </a>to expand the latter’s product portfolio and with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31359">BNP Paribas,</a> a global bank to provide its large language models (LLMs).

Writer AI offers "full-stack"&nbsp; large language models (LLMs) that enable businesses to integrate AI into content creation and business functions like marketing, sales, HR, and operations. Writer's platform includes customizable language models that can be fine-tuned for specific industries and use cases. The platform allows customers to connect the AI models to their own business data sources to improve research, fact-checking, and question-answering abilities.&nbsp;Its flagship model, Palmyra, comprises three models: Small (128 million parameters), Base (5 billion parameters), and Large (20 billion parameters) for tasks such as content generation, research, question answering, and data analysis.In July 2024, Writer introduced two new LLMs <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32211">named Palmyra-Med-70b and Palmyra-Fin-70b </a>for healthcare and financial services.Key customers and partnershipsThe company’s notable customers include Intuit, United Healthcare, UiPath, Spotify, L'Oreal, Uber, and Accenture.&nbsp;

Quantum information processing is slowly becoming a reality, ushering in a new technological era.

Quantum Computing

Quantinuum is a full-stack quantum computing company formed in November 2021, via a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/7045">merger,</a> to leverage the hardware capabilities of Honeywell Quantum Solutions (HQS)—the quantum unit of Honeywell International—and the software expertise of Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC).It offers quantum solutions in areas including cyber security and encryption, drug discovery and delivery, finance, and material science. All of Quantinuum’s products will be compatible with many quantum technologies including trapped ions (H1 computers) and superconducting qubits (IBM). Quantinuum also offers CQC’s open-source hardware-agnostic software development kit (SDK) TKET.&nbsp;Quantinuum’s H1 generation of trapped-ion quantum computers—H1-1 and H1-2—that are powered by Honeywell, are commercially available on the cloud. The 12-qubit H1-2 system is reportedly the first quantum computer to reach a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/7513">quantum volume (QV) benchmark of 2,048.</a> In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28554">April 2024</a>, the company announced that its 20-qubit quantum processor H1-1 achieved the “three 9's,” a 99.9% two-qubit gate fidelity in a commercial quantum computer, making it the first in the industry to do so. It also surpassed a QV of 1 million, marking the highest at the time. Following this, in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30165">June 2024</a>, introduced H2-1, the industry's first quantum computer featuring 56 trapped-ion qubits, which efficiently performed Random Circuit Sampling (RCS) algorithms, exceeding the industry standard set by Google in 2019.The company, in December 2021, introduced “Quantum Origin,” a quantum-enhanced cryptographic key generation platform. It is reportedly the world’s first commercial product to be built by a quantum computer. It also commercially launched a computational chemistry software platform <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/10678">InQuanto</a> in May 2022.&nbsp;In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32103">July 2024</a>, the company was reportedly preparing for an IPO with a target valuation of USD 10 billion according to a Bloomberg report. This followed a USD 300 million equity<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25586"> funding</a> round in January 2024 with a pre-money valuation of USD 5 billion.Key customers and partnershipsQuantinuum’s partnerships included <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28181">Microsoft </a>(April 2024) to manufacture four logical qubits with low error rates; <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24885">EAGLYS and Mitsui</a> (December 2023) to develop a platform that shields data and AI models from quantum-based cyber threats; <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25860">Thales</a> (January 2024) to launch a PQC Starter Kit that helps business enterprises prepare for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC); <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25400">RIKEN</a> (January 2024) to develop a hybrid quantum high-performance computing (quantum HPC) platform; <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/18994">HSBC</a> (May 2023) to explore quantum computing in real-world financial applications; and Mitsui (October 2022) to build the quantum computing market in Japan and the Asia-Pacific regions.Quantinuum also joined the <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/7594">Strangeworks ecosystem</a> in January 2022 to provide Quantum Origin access to Strangeworks and its customers.

Powering digital transformation for businesses

Low-code Platforms

IFTTT (If This Then That) is a web-based automation platform that allows users to create simple conditional statements, called applets, to connect and integrate various web services, apps, and smart devices. Founded in 2010 and launched publicly in 2011, IFTTT has grown to support over 600 different services and applications, including popular platforms like Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, and Dropbox. The platform enables users to automate tasks and create new functionalities without requiring coding knowledge.
IFTTT's core functionality revolves around creating applets that consist of a trigger ("If This") and an action ("Then That"). For example, an applet could be set up to automatically save email attachments to Dropbox or turn on smart lights when the user arrives home. The platform offers both pre-made applets that users can easily activate and the ability to create custom applets tailored to specific needs. IFTTT is available as a website and mobile app for iOS and Android devices, allowing users to manage their automations from anywhere.
In addition to personal use, IFTTT has applications for businesses, helping to streamline workflows, automate social media activities, and improve productivity. The platform offers different pricing tiers, including a free plan with limited features and paid plans starting at USD 3.49 per month for more advanced capabilities. As of 2023, IFTTT has over 20 million registered users and integrates with more than 700 services.

Building future-ready applications in the cloud

Cloud-native Tech

SingleStore is a company that provides a distributed SQL database platform for real-time analytics and operational applications.SingleStore’s platform combines the scalability of NoSQL with the querying capabilities of SQL. It enables organizations to ingest, process, and analyze large volumes of data in real-time, making it ideal for applications that require fast and accurate data processing. SingleStore solves the problem of handling massive amounts of data and delivering real-time insights for use cases such as real-time analytics, operational analytics, and high-velocity transactional applications.SingleStore's competitive advantage is its ability to handle analytical and transactional workloads in a single platform. It allows businesses to consolidate their data infrastructure, simplifying management and reducing operational costs.SingleStore operates with a sales model that includes direct sales and partnerships with technology and solution providers. It offers different pricing and licensing options tailored to the needs of its customers, including subscription-based models.Key customers and partnershipsSingleStore serves some of the largest tech and non-tech enterprises across various industries, including Comcast, Cisco, Akamai Technologies, Fiverr, Goldman Sachs, Sony, Siemens, Hulu.SingleStore partners with all major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud) and has technology partnerships with Dell, Red Hat, Intel, HP Enterprise, and Looker.Funding and financialsAs of June 2023, SingleStore’s latest fundraising was in October 2022 from a USD 30 million Series F round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Prosperity7 Ventures. The funds were slated to fuel SingleStore’s growth and various strategic initiatives.

Ensuring the right people access the right resources at the right time

Identity & Access Management

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 AuthMind is a pioneering identity SecOps provider that provides identity and cybersecurity teams with end-to-end, real-time identity security posture management and threat detection capabilities. The AuthMind Identity SecOps Platform delivers visibility into the activities of identities as they access cloud services, SaaS platforms, and on-premise assets. It detects and remediates previously hidden security gaps such as shadow access, exposed assets, compromised identities, unknown SaaS app usage, and lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA).
 
 
 The platform allows organizations to address the three key enablers of identity-based cyberattacks, identity and access blind spots, identity infrastructure security gaps, and identity system misconfigurations and non-compliance. AuthMind leverages a patented Access Neural Network technology to gain visibility into the activities of both human and machine identities, even for unmanaged identities and unidentified assets.
 
 
 AuthMind can be deployed without agents or clients and allows identity and security teams to discover and remediate identity exposures proactively.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 AuthMind serves customers across industries such as insurance, manufacturing, and retail.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In September 2023, AuthMind announced it raised USD 8.5 million in seed funding led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from IBM Ventures to expand operations and its business reach.
 
 
 
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Creating safer digital communities with AI vigilance

Automated Content Moderation

Reality Defender, founded in 2021, is a startup specializing in detecting deepfakes and synthetic media. The company offers a comprehensive platform for identifying artificially generated content across various modalities, including text, images, audio, and video. Reality Defender's technology utilizes an ensemble of proprietary deep learning models trained on diverse real-world data to detect manipulated media. The platform provides its services through a web application and API, enabling integration into existing business processes.
Reality Defender's detection capabilities span multiple types of synthetic content, including face swapping, cloned voices, and AI-generated text. In September 2023, the company launched its Text Detection feature, claiming over 99.82% efficiency in detecting text generated by large language models like ChatGPT and Bard. The platform also offers real-time deepfake screening tools for immediate detection of potentially synthesized content, crucial for preventing financial fraud and information leaks.
To enhance transparency, Reality Defender introduced an "Explainable AI" feature in October 2023, which visually highlights manipulated sections of media files, starting with text. The company also unveiled a real-time voice deepfake detection service designed for call centers and fraud prevention teams. Reality Defender's approach involves examining uploaded files from multiple perspectives to output prediction probabilities and visualization results.

Empowering Tomorrow's Innovations with Generative AI Infrastructure

Generative AI Infrastructure

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 Unstructured specializes in developing open-source libraries and APIs to construct custom preprocessing pipelines for labeling, training, or production machine-learning pipelines.&nbsp;
 
 
 Unstructured was established in 2022 by Brian Raymond, an analyst from the US Central Intelligence Agency. The development of Unstructured's technology involved collaborating with the open-source community, commercial enterprises, and select US government defense and intelligence organizations.&nbsp;
 
 
 The two key offerings of Unstructured Technologies are its Unstructured Enterprise Platform, Unstructured SaaS API, and RAG support. The Unstructured Enterprise Platform is a no-code solution for managing unstructured data to ensure it's continuously integrated into LLMs. The platform enables companies to transform their disorganized internal data into formats compatible with advanced AI models, such as ChatGPT and other chatbots capable of generating human-like responses and content. Its platform is uniquely designed to expedite the pre-processing of unstructured data, with a particular emphasis on natural language data.
 
 
 The Unstructured SaaS API facilitates the transformation of data for document preprocessing without the need for custom code. The API has the capability to process more than 20 different natural language file types, converting them into data ready for LLMs and enterprise-level data connectors. These data connectors include support for Azure Blob, Microsoft's OneDrive, Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, Google's Cloud Storage and Drive, Dropbox, and Elasticsearch. Pricing is based on consumption, with a specific rate per hour of compute.
 
 
 In partnership with LangChain, Unstructured&rsquo;s RAG support service provides consultancy services led by Unstructured&rsquo;s engineers to provide advisory, and prototyping services to streamline the production and deployment of context-aware GenAI applications utilizing LangChain Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tools.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 Unstructured Technologies serves a diverse range of sectors including finance, healthcare, logistics, energy, and government.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company has received Phase I and II Small Business Innovation and Research contracts from the US Air Force and Space Force.
 
 
 Unstructured Technologies also lent its services to the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which led to the creation of the first independent system using an LLM in conjunction with critical data for the US armed forces.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In 
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 March 2024
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 , the firm raised USD 40 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures. The funding was to be used to expand its team and for the development of its proprietary data preprocessing tools. In July 2023, it raised USD 25 million in a funding round led by Bain Capital Venture Associates LLC. The funds were earmarked for expanding the company's operations and enhancing its business reach, focusing on LLM data processing.&nbsp;
 
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Writer is a full-stack generative AI platform that helps businesses use large language models to generate writing and content that can be used across different departments, including operations, products, sales, human resources, marketing, and more. Its platform provides an integrated system of LLMs, graph-based RAG, AI guardrails, and development tools for organizations to deploy AI apps and workflows that deliver impactful return on investment.

Reality Defender develops a detection platform to identify and assess risks associated with false media content. Using synthetic media detection algorithms in real-time, the platform points out manipulated contents that help enterprise and government clients effectively combat synthetically altered images, videos, audio phone calls, and documents. Reality Defender was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in New York.

Rohan is a Generative AI platform that applies document understanding to ingest an entire data catalog (.ppt, .pdf, .doc, email, slack channel, reports, marketing material, proposal library, white papers, etc.) and weights an LLM making your data queryable and domain-aware. Rohan can generate long-form, highly technical, and unique content that is always sourced to ground truth.

Mistral AI is a company specialising in developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions. They focus on creating state-of-the-art AI models that cater to a variety of applications, from natural language processing to complex problem-solving. Mistral AI aims to push the boundaries of AI technology by leveraging cutting-edge research and development. Their offerings are designed to help businesses and organisations harness the power of AI for improved efficiency, innovation, and decision-making.

Unstructured makes it simple to turn raw data—like PDFs and Microsoft Office documents—into RAG-ready formats, so all of your human-generated information is accessible to LLMs. The Unstructured platform continuously hydrates your generative AI systems and allows you to plug in any third-party model with their modular architecture. Unstructured supports over 25 file types, including PDF, DOC, and PPTX, and offer connectors to platforms like SharePoint, S3, Databricks, and more. Unstructured helps you get the most out of your documents, making data extraction and integration into your AI workflows effortless.

Synthetaic builds software that lets our customers create AI solutions in minutes, not months. Synthetaic’s RAIC (Rapid Automatic Image Categorization) solves AI’s underlying data-labeling problem by eliminating the need for time-intensive human labeling or expensive labeled datasets. RAIC automates the analysis of large, unstructured datasets and offers instant detection of anything, at scale. It’s the way AI is supposed to work. Our solutions have been applied to critical use cases across industries, including geospatial, defense, security, science, technology, conservation, and more. To learn more, visit http://www.synthetaic.com.

Gem Security's mission is to help security operations evolve into the cloud era, and stop cloud threats before they become incidents.

HiddenLayer is a provider of security solutions for machine learning algorithms and models. The company offers threat modeling, ML risk assessment training, and red team assessment services, as well as AI and ML model scanning. The company also offer MLs detection and response implementation services.

Value Proposition:  1. Cost-effective: Freelancers in Vietnamoffer their services at a lower cost. 2. High-quality talent: Vietnam has a highly skilled workforce. 3. Flexible work arrangements: Freelancers in Vietnam are often willing to work on a flexible schedule and can accommodate clients in different time zones. Target market: Mainly Vietnam, SEA in the future Product differentiation: Easier to access for Vietnamese, such as payment and language barrier

Ox Security is the first end-to-end security solution to prevent attacks across your software. supply chain.

AuthMind is an identity security firm that identifies and prevents hidden identity risks through access neural network technologies. The company's platform takes an all-encompassing approach and provides continuous access to risk intelligence.

Cyolo's Zero Trust Access Solution securely connects onsite and remote users to authorized assets, in the organizational network, cloud or IoT environments and even offline networks.

SingleStore is a provider of a database for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. It provides global enterprises with an intelligent database that works on any cloud on-premises or as a service runs transactions and analytics at the same time and lets clients promote their business through analytics and combine semi-structured data into a consolidated big data platform.

Quantinuum is a quantum company dedicated to the advancement of quantum computers and the development of software solutions. Quantinuum's technology spearheads advancements in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-generation quantum AI. The company has nearly 500 professionals, including over 370 scientists and engineers, Quantinuum takes the helm in driving the quantum computing revolution globally.

PreciseDx is the only Cancer Risk Stratification company to provide patient-specific risk information through the analysis of morphology features, enabling better and more personalized treatment and outcomes. Clinical teams can rely on PreciseDx for unmatched insights and actionable intelligence in determining the best treatment for each patient. Combining the power of artificial intelligence with its proprietary Morphology Feature Array™, PreciseDx creates disease-specific assays that deliver new levels of pathology information and insight on each patient's risk profile and likely outcomes to aid in treatment decision-making.

Copado is the DevOps platform enabling the world's largest digital transformations on Salesforce. Copado accelerates digital transformation projects by automating the release process, increasing developer productivity, and maximizing return on cloud investments. Copado DevOps 360™ includes Value Planning, Continuous Delivery, Automated Testing, and Compliance.

Based on clinical whole genome sequencing (WGS) and using a single patient sample, Variantyx's Genomic Unity® test identifies and reports all major variant types including small sequence changes, structural variants, mitochondrial variants and short tandem repeat expansions. This comprehensive test test eliminates the need for traditional step-wise, reiterative genetic testing.

CQCL develops tools for the commercialisation of quantum computers by understanding quantum protocols and also quantum algorithms. In the coming period as quantum devices become more prevalent, the focus of CQCL's activity is the development of algorithms and source code.

IFTTT (aka IF This Then That) automates your business and home so that you can save time and get more done. Over 25 million individuals have used IFTTT to automate workflows that save multiple hours out of a typical day.  IFTTT’s simple, no-code interface, combined with 800+ of the most popular business, productivity, and smart home apps, allows you to quickly create powerful business and home automations.  Save time and achieve more with IFTTT.

Apttus enterprise-class software drives the vital business process between the buyer’s interest in a purchase and the realization of revenue.  Delivered on the world’s most trusted and comprehensive cloud platform, the Salesforce Platform, Apttus’ Quote-to-Cash solutions increase sales and maximize visibility and control.  Applications include Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ), Contract Management, Renewals and Revenue Management. Additionally, Apttus’ patent pending X-Author technology enables Microsoft Office to be a user-interface with full interaction and control between Salesforce and Microsoft Office.  Apttus is based in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in London, UK and Ahmedabad, India.

CognitiveScale pioneered the concept of 'AI Engineering', paving the way to industrialize scalable Enterprise AI development and deployment. Backed by over 100 issued AI patents, the award-winning Cortex AI Platform empowers businesses to infuse trusted decision intelligence into business processes and applications maximizing total customer experience and operational efficiency. Our platform currently delivers hyper-personalized insights to more than 100 million customers. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, CognitiveScale is recognized by the World Economic Forum for positively impacting business and society through responsible AI. We are backed by investment from Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital, IBM, Westly Group, M12 (Microsoft Ventures), Anthem, and USAA.

Digital Asset develops distributed ledger technology intended to build distributed, encrypted straight-through processing tools. The company builds platform, developer tools, and leverages modern infrastructure providers to change how businesses interact. Its service offering is Daml, an application platform unconstrained by organizational boundaries where companies can create new multi-party solutions that transform disparate silos into synchronized networks, eradicating latency and errors by guaranteeing consistent data. The company works with organizations in financial services, healthcare, and insurance, including 5 of the top 10 stock exchanges. In 2014, the New York, New York-based company was established by Don Wilson, Eric Saraniecki, Sunil Hirani, and Yuval Rooz. Digital Asset is backed by strategic investors, including 7RIDGE, Eldridge, Salesforce, Samsung, VMware, Accenture, Citi, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and J.P. Morgan.

Pathway Genomics is a CAP accredited global clinical lab offering genetic tests for cancer risk, drug responses, and other conditions.

Unify Square provides software, cloud managed services, and consulting for global Microsoft Skype for Business enterprise deployments. The company PowerSuite software creates a unified dashboard to surface actionable insights and help manage collaboration and communications platforms - optimizing and transforming performance health and user effectiveness. It also provides an expansive single-pane of glass view, spanning six different platforms from the top four industry-leading software vendors.  It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Sellpoints is an e-commerce optimization platform that enables brands and retailers to engage consumers with targeted shopping experiences that help them make their desired purchase decision. Sellpoints enables brands to share their product stories on retail websites through interactive content experiences that engage, inform, and inspire shoppers. In addition, Sellpoints provides robust data and insights to help their clients make informed business decisions on how to optimize their product pages. The results are increased sales and a reduction in costly product returns. Sellpoints allows clients to fully enrich their SKUs with interactive content experiences that include marketing content such as videos, product tours, image galleries, 360 views, short animations, customer reviews, product comparison charts, and much more.

Hotel brands, travel technology providers, airline vacation packaging groups and other suppliers use WayBlazer’s AI-powered recommendation engine to help travelers find the best destinations and products.

Welltok is a data-driven, enterprise SaaS company that delivers the healthcare industry’s leading consumer activation platform. Welltok’s solutions empower health plans, employers, providers, and public entities to connect consumers with personalized health improvement resources, making it easy and rewarding for consumers to complete actions that optimize their health and wellbeing.  The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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IBM Ventures is IBM’s venture capital fund. We invest in early-stage enterprise software startups building innovative technologies for the enterprise. To us, that means investing in broad trends that are strategically relevant to the future of IBM – across AI, data, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and sustainability. We are doubling down on our vision of an open and trusted future for enterprise AI with our announcement of a USD 500 million Enterprise AI Venture Fund. While we’ll continue to invest in non-AI related industries, we wanted to underscore our commitment to accelerating AI technologies for the enterprise. At our core, we are laser-focused on investing in, partnering with, and helping build the next generation of great enterprise technology companies – in AI and beyond.

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