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 University. 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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