Joyce Shen’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, July 7, 2025
📌 Musings and Readings
🎥 Watch my latest interview with Yvonne Lutsch, Lam Capital (Video)
Google Bets Big on Fusion with 200 MW Deal (Link)
'I'm being paid to fix issues caused by AI' (Link)
Massive study detects AI fingerprints in millions of scientific papers (Link)
Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary (Paper)
List of AI news from Google (Link)
EU says it will continue rolling out AI legislation on schedule (Link)
👏 Deals
RevEng.ai, a London-based and CA-backed startup detecting threats and vulnerabilities directly in code, has raised $4.1M in seed financing.
Audos, a NYC-based startup helping entrepreneurs rapidly launch and grow online businesses by providing funding, tools, and marketing support, has raised $11.5M in pre-seed and seed financing.
LogicFlo, a MA-based company automating regulated workflows for life sciences teams, has raised $2.7M in seed financing.
North.Cloud, a NYC-based company developing a FinOps platform that helps companies optimize cloud costs, automate resource management, and track sustainability across AWS and GCP, has raised $5m in financing.
CRED, a CA-based company providing an enterprise CRM intelligence platform that unifies internal and external data, has raised $15m in financing.
Enquire AI, a Washington DC-based company providing a platform that combines AI and a global expert network to deliver real-time and structured insights, has raised $3m in financing.
Argon AI, a NYC-based startup delivering an AI-native workspace that enables pharmaceutical and biotechnology teams to analyze and synthesize internal and external data, has raised $5.5M in seed financing.
Civ Robotics, a CA-based company building autonomous surveying robots that speed up and improve accuracy in construction layout tasks, has raised $7.5m in series A in financing.
Genesis AI, a France and CA-based physical Al research lab developing a universal robotics foundation model and simulation platform to power general-purpose robots capable of automating a wide range of physical tasks across industries, has raised $105m in financing.
Wonderful, an Israeli-based startup building multilingual AI agents that provide customer support across voice, chat, and email for non-English-speaking markets, has raised $34M in seed financing.