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phaidra

How a Seattle VC firm broke into the $1.1B seed round for a DeepMind legend’s superintelligence startup

Flying Fish Partners, a Seattle-based VC firm with less than $250 million under management, broke into the $1.1 billion seed round for Ineffable Intelligence, the new startup from AlphaGo creator David Silver. Here’s how they got in. Read More

Backed by Nvidia, Seattle’s Phaidra targets data center overheating with proactive AI

Phaidra, a startup using artificial intelligence to make data center operations more energy efficient, this week announced key collaborations with Nvidia, CoreWeave and Applied Digital. Read More

Fresh off $50M round, this Seattle startup cuts data center cooling energy and eyes a bigger prize

Data centers spend one-third of their energy on cooling their electronics. Phaidra’s AI cuts that by 25% — and has bigger plans. Read More

Phaidra raises $50M to help AI data centers ‘run smarter, not just harder’ by boosting energy efficiency

Phaidra, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence to make data center operations more energy efficient, announced $50 million in new funding. Read More

Phaidra raises $12M for AI software that helps manage data center energy consumption

Phaidra, a Seattle startup selling a “virtual plant operator” that uses artificial intelligence to manage industrial operations, raised $12 million… Read More

Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others

Phaidra, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for industrial customers ranging from vaccine manufacturers to paper mills, raised $25 million.… Read More

Phaidra raises more cash from Mark Cuban and others to build the ‘future of industrial automation’

New funding: Phaidra, a startup that launched in 2019 and is building AI tech for industrial customers, raised $4 million.… Read More

Why these ex-DeepMind engineers picked Seattle to launch new AI startup Phaidra

Avocado toast meets red meat and potatoes. That’s not the most familiar way to describe Seattle, but it’s why Phaidra… Read More

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