Riley Munks
@realRileyMunks
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PR for startups and VCs. Formerly at @NFX, @VSCPR, @theBICOgroup, and @apcoworldwide.
San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2013
🦷💰 Tech Funding Alert: Archy raises $20M Series B from TCV and @BessemerVP to put dental practices on autopilot with AI. Founded by an ex-@Uber & @Meta PM, @ArchyDental replaces outdated dental software with one AI-powered platform for scheduling, billing, insurance & more —
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It was 2021 and Jonathan Rat was tired of seeing his wife, a dentist, struggle to maintain the tech stack at her practice. Rat, who had served as a product manager at companies including Uber, Meta and SurveyMonkey, dug into the problem and discovered that “most of the software
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Great panel at @aixventureshq on the future of AI video and gaming. @TechCrunch’s AI editor @russellbrandom speaks with the legendary @chrmanning and the founders of @HypernaturalAI and @moonlake_ai on the emerging renaissance of creativity. Full video soon.
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Thrilled to share that our portco SenseNet Inc., raised $14M to scale its AI-powered wildfire detection technology. Already protecting 130M+ acres, SenseNet is redefining wildfire intelligence. Congratulation to the whole team and co-investors! Read more: https://t.co/wt8o8rMo8K
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Excited to share more publicly what @benhamner and I have been working on: https://t.co/QXvodhsM5e We are building a knowledge graph for GTM data & have early customers such as @elastic, @figma and @Snowflake
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The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they're making headway.
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At @ArnataAi, we're obsessed with transforming the logistics industry with AI. Now the world is starting to notice. After hitting $1M in weekly revenue this month, @Forbes covered our momentum as one of the leading players in the industry, highlighted by our ability to
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The third-party logistics segment alone accounted for $1.27 trillion in 2023, underscoring the scale of the opportunity.
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Excited to host a panel Oct 28 at @aixventureshq, SF on the future of AI-powered gaming, video, and VR during @TechCrunch Disrupt. Featuring @sharonal_lee, @moonlake_ai; @taylorhughes, @HypernaturalAI; and moderator @russellbrandom, TechCrunch. RSVP: https://t.co/D8ABVMQ4ao
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@dtjourney and I are proud to announce @ZingageAI $12.5M in funding, led by Bessemer, TQ Ventures, South Park Commons, and WndrCo. We are going to make home care the center of healthcare by removing the barriers that stand in the way of care delivery. Here’s why:
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Big day at @aixventureshq watching @sunfanyun from @moonlake_ai speak w/ @johncoogan and @jordihays at @TBPN. Moonlake's platform has massive applications across gaming, VR, robotics, and AI training, and just raised a $28M Seed from AIX Ventures, @thresholdvc, and @Nvidia
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We raised $28M seed from Threshold Ventures, AIX Ventures, and NVentures (Nvidia's venture capital arm) —alongside 10+ unicorn founders and top AI researchers— to build reasoning models that generate real-time simulations and games. Models are bottlenecked by practical
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IN NEWS: Moonlake AI raises a $28M Seed round led by @thresholdvc, @aixventureshq, and @NVIDIA. Co-founder & CEO @sunfanyun will be joining TBPN at 1:10pm PT to break it all down.
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Thrilled to see former @StanfordAILab students @sunfanyun and my own student @sharonal_lee today launching @moonlake_ai, a new AI lab that lets anyone code interactive worlds in minutes. @aixventureshq led their $28M seed along @thresholdvc, @NVIDIA Ventures, and leading angels
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Stanford PhDs Fan-Yun Sun and Sharon Lee cofounded AI research company Moonlake AI to help people "vibe code virtual worlds."
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🚀 We just raised $3.75M to build the future of AI testing & optimization so teams can ship reliable AI. Thomson Reuters and others use Scorecard to evaluate their AI agents in prod. And we're hiring SF engineers 👀🧵
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we're hiring a founding growth + ops person at @paradigmai this isn't a normal job. this is a choice to join our mission and redefine what you think you're capable of. responsibilities are as follows: - scale our customer base through a combination of product led growth and
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@khoslaventures is thrilled to back @AccordanceAI building the smartest tax & accounting AI that can handle the most sophisticated advisory work @DYtweetshere @FinsamSamson
Dear friends, I am incredibly honored to finally unveil what we've been working on in stealth: Accordance. When Finsam and I first started our journey bringing AI out of the research lab, we discovered an industry filled with some of the most thoughtful, principled professionals
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NEW: Accordance, which is building an AI tool for accountants and tax professionals, has raised $13 million in funding from top VCs like @khoslaventures. The industry is facing a massive shortage and CEO David Yue is betting that AI can fill the gaps. https://t.co/DmTqOXcoTd
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Plus: Travel chatbot gives out a Molotov cocktail recipe.
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poke is what friend .com should have been
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