Joyce Shen’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, March 16, 2026
📌 Musings and Readings
Gemini Embedding 2 - multimodal embedding model from Google (Link)
“Why I’m Suing Grammarly” (Link)
“Musk says Tesla's mega AI chip fab project to launch in seven days” (Link)
“ElevenLabs restored Eric Dane’s voice with AI. Now they’re offering 1 million voices for free” (Link)
“Argonne receives DOE funding to advance AI for science” (Link)
“Legalweek 2026 Post-Show News Rundown” (Link)
“MCP is dead. Long live the CLI” (Link)
“Give your agentic chatbots a fast and reliable long-term memory” (Link)
👏 Deals
Advocacy, a CA-based company that helps litigation teams organize case materials, analyze evidence, and draft legal work to manage lawsuits, has raised $3.5m in seed funding.
Diligent AI, a London, UK-based company that automates KYC and anti-money-laundering compliance tasks for banks and fintechs, has raised $2.5m in funding.
TaxDown, a Madrid, Spain-based company developing an AI-powered digital taxation platform that helps individuals prepare, optimize, and file their tax returns online, has raised €4m in financing.
Denki, a CA-based AI startup building software to automate financial auditing and compliance workflows for corporate audit teams, has raised $4.1m in seed funding.
DiligenceSquared, a NYC-based AI startup developing software that automates commercial due diligence and market research for private equity, has raised $5m in seed funding.
Axiomatic AI, a Cambridge, MA-based AI startup helping scientists and engineers accelerate the design and development of complex technologies; has raised $18m in seed funding.
Cylake, a CA-based startup building a cybersecurity solution that enables enterprises to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats, has raised $45m in seed funding.
Kinfolk, a London, UK-based HR tech startup offering an AI-powered workforce operations platform, has raised $7m in seed funding.
R2 Wireless, a TX-based security technology company building systems to detect, classify, and locate wireless signals for defense and critical infrastructure protection, has raised $5m in funding.
Jazz, a NYC-based cybersecurity company developing an AI-powered data loss prevention (DLP) platform that uses behavioral and contextual analysis to detect and prevent sensitive data leaks, has raised $61m in seed and Series A funding.
Taya, a CA-based wearables startup building smart jewelry that captures and structures spoken thoughts into searchable notes, has raised $5m in seed funding.
Anchr, a NYC-based startup building an AI-native operating system for food distributors that automates operations, has raised $5.8m in seed funding.
Standard Kernel, a CA-based startup developing AI-powered tools that automatically generate optimized GPU kernels to accelerate AI workloads, has raised $20m in seed funding.
Gangkhar, a DE-based company building infrastructure to enable digital platforms, has raised $4.25m in seed funding.
Ezra, a CA-based company developing a solution to automate analysis and underwriting of asset-backed financing deals for private capital markets, has raised $8m in seed funding.
DeepIDV, a Toronto, Canada-based startup that automates identity verification and fraud detection, has raised $8Mm in seed funding.
Tower, a Berlin, Germany-based company developing a data orchestration platform to manage pipelines and AI workflows with integrated infrastructure and analytics, has raised $6.4m in pre-seed and seed funding.
