Moss Intelligence raises $149M Pre-A for real-time multimodal AI
What's the deal? Moss IntelligenceDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Chinese AI startup, has raised more than US$137.5M in a Pre-A round led by Huakong FundDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company builds models for speech, vision, and real-time multimodal interaction.
Who's backing it? New investors include Guokai Kechuang, Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Fund, Xinwei Capital, Xuhui CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Zhuiguang Hard Tech Venture Capital, and Lingang Cyuan Fund. Existing backers Oriza HoldingsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Shanghai STVC GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Xinglian Capital joined again.
What's the endgame? The money will fund research into full-modal, real-time interactive intelligence and global commercialisation. Moss plans to launch a real-time interaction system called MOSS Live.
Who's behind it? The startup was founded in late 2024, spun out of the OpenMOSS team at Fudan UniversityDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Professor Qiu Xipeng serves as founder and chief scientist.
The signal: A nine-figure early round signals continued appetite among Chinese state-linked funds for homegrown multimodal AI, backing academic spinouts aiming to compete on real-time interaction.
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