Apple plans to improve its AI models by analyzing user data

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April 16, 2025

What We're Reading

  • Apple details how it plans to improve its AI models by privately analyzing user data [TechCrunch]
  • Google Classroom gives teachers an AI feature for quiz questions [TechCrunch]
  • Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach [TechCrunch]
  • Rippling is trying to serve Deel’s CEO, but bailiffs can’t find him [TechCrunch]

Trending Companies

 

Storycraft AI, a firm that operates an AI-powered game platform where players create, explore, and share their own interactive story worlds, raises $3MM Seed from Khosla Ventures.

Platform • Montreal, Canada

 

Aiper, a company that manufactures cordless robotic pool cleaners, raises $100MM Equity Funding from Fluidra.

Robotics • Atlanta, GA • Post-Money Valuation

 

NoScrubs, a company that offers laundry delivery service, raises $2MM Seed from Initialized Capital.

Laundry & Dry Cleaning • Austin, TX • Post-Money Valuation

 

ConductorAI, a company that develops a compliance platform specializing in AI-enabled approvals, raises $15MM Series A from Lux Capital Management.

Compliance • Biddeford, ME • Post-Money Valuation

 

Alinea, a company that develops a wealth management platform, raises $10.4MM Series A from Play Ventures.

Investment Management • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation


nEye Systems, a firm that develops micro-electromechanical system-based silicon photonics optical circuit switches, raises $58MM Series B from CapitalG.

Semiconductors • Emeryville, CA • Post-Money Valuation


LiveKit, a company that develops an online video conferencing and streaming platform designed to run in a browser without any applications or plugins, raises $45MM Series B from Altimeter Capital.

Cloud • San Jose, CA • Post-Money Valuation


Outtake, a provider of an AI-based cybersecurity platform, raises $16.5MM Series A from Charles River Ventures.

Artificial Intelligence • Brooklyn, NY • Post-Money Valuation


Imbria Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage company developing novel therapies for patients with life-altering cardiometabolic disorders, raises $57.5MM Series B from Deep Track Capital.

Cardiology • Boston, MA • Post-Money Valuation


Blue Water Autonomy, a firm that builds autonomous ship with fully-integrated hardware, software and AI, raises $14MM Seed from Eclipse.

Ship Building • Wilmington, DE • Post-Money Valuation

 

 

Noto, a firm that develops business management software intended for music schools, tutoring centers, and after-school programs, raises $3.8MM Seed from Base10 Partners.

SaaS • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation


Elm AI, a provider of an AI-driven platform helping enterprises improve sustainability and operational performance across their supply chains, raises $2MM Equity Funding from Beta Boom Fund.

Supply Chain Management • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

Grace Hebert acquires Straughn Trout, an architecture and interior design firm.

Architecture • Lakeland, FL • Deal

 

Honeycomb acquires Grit, a company that puts software maintenance on autopilot with fully automated migrations and AI-assisted refactoring.

Automation • New York, NY • Deal

 

ECi Software Solutions acquires Davisware, a provider of business management solutions built for field service organizations.

Information Technology • West Dundee, IL • Deal

 

Arthur J. Gallagher acquires Woodruff-Sawyer, a property and casualty insurance company.

Property/Casualty • San Francisco, CA • Deal

 

Integrated Specialty Coverages acquires TravelInsurance, a company that operates an online marketplace for travel insurance.

Marketplace • New York, NY • Deal

 

Validity acquires Litmus Software, a provider of an email marketing platform.

Digital Marketing • Cambridge, MA • Deal

 

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners completes acquisition of ATSG, a firm that offers medium widebody freighter aircraft leasing, air transport operations, and support services.

Freight • Wilmington, OH • Deal

 

HireRight acquires ClearChecks, a screening provider focused on the small-to-medium-sized business market.

Risk Management • Phoenix, AZ • Deal

 

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