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Supply chain AI startup Loop secures $95M investment

Loop Payments Inc. today announced that it has raised $95 million in funding to upgrade its supply chain optimization platform. Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund led the Series C round. They were joined by several other institutional backers, including J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners. The invoices that change hands when a [...] The post Supply chain AI startup Loop secures $95M investment appeared first on SiliconANGLE .

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AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment

The theme still matters, but follow-on confirmation is slowing and the narrative is easing.

Momentum
59%
Confidence trend
92%0
First seen
13 Apr 2026, 4:36 pm
Narrative formation start
Last active
10 Apr 2026, 8:46 pm
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StartupsConfidence 81%1 sources10 Apr 2026, 8:46 pm

AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment

Artificial intelligence data provider AfterQuery Inc. has raised $30 million in funding at a $300 million valuation. The startup disclosed in its Thursday announcement of the deal that Altos Ventures was the lead investor. Y Combinator, The Raine Group and BoxGroup chipped in as well. San Francisco-based AfterQuery provides datasets that AI developers use to [...] The post AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment appeared first on SiliconANGLE .

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