B12 Lands $12.4M Series A Round to Put People and Artificial Intelligence to Work

B12 Lands .4M Series A Round to Put People and Artificial Intelligence to Work

People-Powered A.I. Startup Combines Human and Machine Intelligence to Design Websites in a New Way NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jul 25, 2016) – Despite a number of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) initiatives hitting the market, many lack a fundamental component — people. But New York-based startup B12 is on a mission to change that with today’s launch and the announcement of its oversubscribed $12.4M Series A round led by General Catalyst Partners, Breyer Capital, Founder Collective, SV Angel and the founders and executives from successful companies like Akamai, Stripe, Upwork, OpenAI, Locu, Dropbox and more. B12’s first product uses human-assisted A.I. to build and design websites in a completely new way. Through smart uses of automation in areas like algorithmic design and the right combination of highly-skilled creative experts — art directors,…


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