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Why 50% of SaaS Will Die & Hardware Will Win AI | Umesh Padval (Seligman Ventures)

Is SaaS facing an extinction event while AI hardware quietly takes over Silicon Valley? In this episode of the Control Alt Podcast, we sit down

The Action Stack – AI learned to talk. What next?

This is Part I of The Action Stack, a four-part series on the companies building physical AI and where value may actually accrue. At Seligman

Chip Designer Velaura AI Valued at More Than $1 Billion in Funding Round

Reuters reports that Velaura AI raised $110 million in Series A financing at a valuation exceeding $1 billion, as investors back technologies aimed at reducing

Velaura AI Raises $110 Million Series A to Advance the Next Generation of Ultra-Low-Power AI Compute Infrastructure

Velaura AI announced a $110 million Series A financing led by Seligman Ventures, bringing the company’s valuation to more than $1 billion. The funding will

Ashish Kakran & Umesh Padval, Seligman Ventures MPs on AI Investing

Seligman Ventures Managing Partners Ashish Kakran and Umesh Padval joined Venture with Grace to discuss the future of AI investing and the technologies shaping the

Startup Raises $700 Million to Replace Data-Center Wires With Light

Lumilens raised more than $700 million at a $5.5 billion valuation to accelerate deployment of optical networking technologies designed to address growing AI infrastructure bottlenecks.

Lumilens Emerges from Stealth with More Than $900 Million in Funding to Break AI’s Connectivity Bottlenecks in the Data Center

Lumilens emerged from stealth with more than $900 million in total funding, including a new financing of more than $700 million co-led by Seligman Ventures.

Smallest.ai Raises $13M to Build Ultra-Fast Voice AI That Sounds Genuinely Human

Smallest.ai raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Seligman Ventures to accelerate development of its low-latency voice AI platform. The company is

Smallest.ai Gets $21 Million in Funding to Build Voice 4.0, the Next Generation of Enterprise Voice AI

Smallest.ai announced $21 million in total funding, including a recently completed $13 million Series A round led by Seligman Ventures. The capital will support the