Siri creators net $12.5 million for AI that can learn on its own

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Viv Labs, a startup launched by a team that helped build Siri, just pulled in $12.5 million to finance a digital assistant that is able to teach itself.

TechCrunch first reported that Viv Labs has closed a Series B round led by Iconiq Capital that pushes the company's valuation to "north of nine figures."

A spokesperson for the company confirmed the investment to Mashable but declined to comment further

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According to TechCrunch, the company was not in need of new capital but was interested in the possibility of working with Iconiq, which Forbes has described as an "exclusive members-only Silicon Valley billionaires club." Together with a previous $10 million Series A round, the company has now raised a total of $22.5 million. Read more...

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