tenyk
Cambridge startup ramps up $3.4 million to show how AI can make human connections deeper
University of Cambridge spin-out Tenyks has raised a $3.4 million seed investment to help machine learning engineers build better, safer AI. The round was co-led by Speedinvest and firstminute capital, with participation from LAUNCHub Ventures, Y Combinator, the University of Cambridge, Creators Funds, Remus Capital, CSVE Ventures, RKKVC, Black Mountain Ventures, and a dozen angels, including the co-founders of Privitar (market leader in data privacy and data governance), Pete Hutton who developed products worth over $500m as a former President of Product Groups at Arm, and John Taysom who led the first investment in Yahoo in 1995. Founded by Botty Dimanov, Dmitry Kazhdan, and Maleakhi Wijaya, the startup's helps machine learning engineers working with computer vision data build more reliable software, faster. Like a'doctor for AI', it helps developers understand what is wrong with their algorithms, resolve issues, remove bias, boost model performance, and enhance data quality. Having gone through Y Combinator's summer 2021 programme, it has now come out of stealth and is working with five pilot users.