Typing biometrics gets a boost as Gradient Ventures leads $7M funding round for TypingDNA
TypingDNA has announced a $7 million Series A funding round led by Google’s AI-focused venture fund Gradient Ventures. Prior investors,…
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Startup Speechly raises over $2M to launch natural language and speech recognition technology
Conversational technology startup Speechly has raised €2 million (US$2.2 million) in a seed funding round led by Cherry Partners, with…
Million-dollar investments drive AI research, innovation at Oxford, Georgia Tech, Singapore
Oxford University is looking at international candidates to fill out the position of director of its new Institute for Ethics…
AU10TIX gets $20M investment to sustain biometric and ID verification market growth
AU10TIX has received a $20 million investment from Venture Growth-equity Fund OAK HC/FT, after already securing $60 million from TPG…
Buguroo secures $11M to expand biometric security internationally
Buguroo has raised $11 million in Series A funding to further advance its deep learning technology for online fraud detection…
Viisights secures $10M to strengthen behavioral recognition systems for real-time video
AI technology developer Viisights has raised $10 million in Series-A funding that will be spent on further developing behavioral recognition…
FacePhi receives backing to expand facial biometric offerings to South Korea
FacePhi is receiving financial support from Spanish business investment body COFIDES to support the implementation of its facial recognition software…
Former U.S. Attorney General to audit AnyVision for possible violations of Microsoft facial recognition principles
Following reports of a facial recognition surveillance implementation inside the West Bank and an erratic response to a media inquiry,…
Elektra Labs launches biometric monitoring platform and raises $2.9M seed funding
Healthcare security startup Elektra Labs has launched a new management product for biometric monitoring technologies and announced a $2.9 million…
AnyVision exec responds to facial recognition controversy
As biometric companies, particularly those providing facial recognition technology, face scrutiny over their practices and ethics against the backdrop of…
