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Curious AI Company

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Helsinki, Finland · Founded 2015 · $5.9M raised

Artificial Intelligence
Headquarters
Helsinki
Founded
2015
Business Model
B2B
Website
thecuriousaicompany.com
Total Funding
$5.9M
Last Round
$3.7M SeedSep 2017
Rounds
3

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

The Curious AI Company is a Helsinki-based deep-tech startup founded in 2015 by Dr. Harri Valpola, a leading researcher in bioinspired machine learning with over two decades of experience. The company focuses on semi-supervised and unsupervised machine learning technologies aimed at building the foundational components of artificial general intelligence, including autonomy, exploration, and real-time computer vision for robotics. Building on decades of neuroscience and cognitive robotics research, Curious AI targets the hardest unsolved problems in AI — enabling machines to learn efficiently from scarce labeled data in the way biological systems do.

Summary

Curious AI Company is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2015. It has raised $5.9M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $3.7M Seed round in Sep 2017. Investors include Balderton Capital, Invus and Lifeline Ventures.

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Funding History

SeedSeed RoundSep 2017
$3.7M

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Funding: Seed. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

Balderton Capital

Lead

3 rounds

Invus

3 rounds

Lifeline Ventures

2 rounds

Jaan Tallinn

1 round

DCVC (Data Collab)

1 round

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