Spectrum Labs raises $10M for its AI-based platform to combat online toxicity – TechCrunch

With the US presidential election now 40 days away, all eyes are focused on how online conversations, in conjunction with other hallmarks of online life like viral videos, news clips, and misleading ads, will be used, and often abused, to influence people's decisions. But political discourse, of course, is just one of the ways that user-generated content on the internet is misused for toxic ends. Today, a startup that's using AI to try to tackle them all is announcing some funding. Spectrum Labs -- which has built algorithms and a set of APIs that can be used to moderate, track, flag and ultimately stop harassment, hate speech, radicalization, and some 40 other profiles of toxic behavior, in English as well as multiple other languages -- has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding, capital that the company plans to use to continue expanding its platform. The funding is being led by Greycroft, with Wing Venture Capital, Ridge Ventures, Global Founders Capital, and Super{set} also participating.