fal raised $1.3 billion in a Series F at a $16 billion valuation, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Nvidia, Sound Ventures, HOF Capital and T. Rowe Price participating, Bloomberg and TechCrunch reported. Bessemer's Talia Goldberg joins fal's board.
The platform lets developers call image, video, audio and 3D models through an API without managing GPUs or servers.
Annualized revenue reached $800 million this year.
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Cohere announced the initial close of a Series E round targeting up to CAD $7 billion, which would value Cohere at CAD $35.7 billion if fully raised. The companies of Schwarz Group lead the round. Cohere calls it the largest private raise by a Canadian tech company.
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