The Amazon Alexa Fund was originally launched in 2015 to create momentum for voice and smart devices and show the art of what’s possible. Since its launch, the Alexa Fund has provided venture capital funding to fuel not only voice innovation, but also areas such as artificial intelligence, hardware, and entertainment.
We believe in supporting entrepreneurs who advance the state of the art and working with them to innovate on behalf of customers.
A fast & affordable Agentic All-in-One Generative AI Assistant.
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Adaptive eyewear, with lenses that autofocus.
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AI model evaluation for LLMs and beyond.
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Digitizing scent to modernize olfactory technology.
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AI assistant for busy parents, helping to manage family logistics and decode school emails.
Building the future of multimodal creation.
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Water and energy savings without compromising quality or comfort.
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Voice AI games for smart devices.
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Observability and Security platform for accurate and safe production AI.
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Building general purpose robotic intelligence.
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Transforming sleep health with simple technology and virtual care.
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Makes application development accessible to anyone, code-free.
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Enables electrification for all with home energy management products.
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Interactive storytelling studio merging true crime, gaming and AI.
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This is Jeopardy! ... on your Fire TV Stick
You can now play Jeopardy! on your Fire TV Stick. Volley, the developer of the Alexa version of the game show, launched a new edition for Amazon’s streaming device.
Skild announces its $300M Series A Funding
In just a short period, we’ve assembled a stellar team, and achieved significant breakthroughs towards building a scalable AI foundation model for robotics.
Syntiant Buys Knowles Consumer MEMS Mic Division For $150M
Today, the company announced signing of a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Knowles Corporation’s Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM) business.
Cost-Effective, High-Performance Multi-Gear AI Reasoning
SuperAgent-R 2.0 is a compound AI system: it uses Ninja’s own fine-tuned model with reasoning capability and also uses other models to support reasoning via advanced inference-level optimizations.
Comet and Fiddler AI Partner with AWS Sagemaker
Today, we’re excited to announce that AI apps from AWS Partners are now available in SageMaker. You can now find, deploy, and use these AI apps privately and securely so you can develop performant AI models faster.
Safeguarding LLM Applications from Safety and Security Risks
As a pioneer in AI Observability, our mission has always been to help enterprises confidently launch AI systems into production — whether ML or LLM applications — ensuring they are performant, safe, and trustworthy.
Volley has raised $55 million for its voice-enabled AI games
The company believes it is the AI-powered game company with the highest-grossing revenues, with voice-enabled games for Amazon Alexa, Fire TVs, Roku TVs, and mobile devices.
NinjaTech AI Teams Up With AWS to Launch the Next Generation of AI Agents Trained Using Amazon's AI Chips
NinjaTech AI is using Amazon Web Services' purpose-built machine learning chips Trainium and Inferentia2, and Amazon SageMaker to build, train, and scale custom AI agents that can handle complex tasks autonomously.
Orbital is addressing Mallorca’s water crisis
By introducing the Orbital Shower, a cutting-edge solution that dramatically reduces water consumption through advanced recycling technology, Eson Installation is actively contributing to a more sustainable future.
Sunrise expands U.S. Presence With Innovative At Home Care Solutions
Sunrise, a leader in proprietary sleep disorder diagnostics technology, today announced plans to bring sleep care to the United States through telehealth services and online-based solutions.
Osmo Launches Generation, World’s First AI-Powered Fragrance House
Osmo, the first company to digitize scent, today announced the launch of Generation, a groundbreaking fragrance house powered by olfactory intelligence (OI), a technology that turns data into scent.
Splash talks Kaimix, interactive music and Gen-Z creators
“What it ultimately boils down to is making music interactive. The format of music hasn’t changed for centuries… It’s still a static piece of music, and in a lot of ways, I think that’s what’s holding music back”
