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| Oct 3, 2018 | will.i.am Debuts New AI-powered Voice Assistant Omega | will.i.am Debuts New AI-powered Voice Assistant Omega Maddie Iribarren on October 3, 2018 at 11:57 am Last year will.i.am announced that his consumer products company, I.am+, was building an AI-based voice assistant called Omega. Salesforce... |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Will.i.am says the Google of Africa is still to come | Will.i.am onstage at the BCX Disrupt Summit. American artist and tech entrepreneur will.i.am says he keeps returning to SA because he hopes to inspire young Africans to believe they can take on the tech giants of today. Speaking at the inau... |
| Nov 10, 2017 | I.am+ Reportedly Raises $117M in Funding | According to Reuters, I.am+, a Los Angeles, CA-based startup “whose mission is to create technology hits that create a ripple effect across pop culture“, raised $117m in funding. The company will use the funds to enter the enterprise market... |
| Nov 8, 2017 | will.i.am Gets $117 Million to Build Omega Voice Assistant for Enterprise Users | will.i.am Gets $117 Million to Build Omega Voice Assistant for Enterprise Users Bret Kinsella on November 8, 2017 at 12:35 pm will.i.am is a pop music star and entrepreneur. He is best known for his musical career which includes solo work a... |
| Nov 7, 2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, November 7 | THE LITTLE PINK PILL Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop Here’s a quick summary of what happened: Sprout is a Raleigh, N.C.-based developer of a drug intended to treat hypoactive ... |
| Nov 7, 2017 | I.am+ Raises $117M, Takes Aim At AI Tools | Los Angeles-based I.am+, the tech startup started by pop star will.i.am, said on Monday that it has raised $117M in a venture funding round, and has launched itself into the artificial intelligence tools market for the enterprise. According... |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, July 28 | CRYPTO WEEK CONTINUES Happy Friday. It’s Jen Wieczner again, so keep the tips and feedback coming to [email protected] or on Twitter @jenwieczner. Erin is still on vacation, which means I can still fill your Term Sheet with, in her w... |
| Jul 27, 2017 | i.am+ buys Wink, the smart home hub formerly owned by Flex and Quirky | Wink — the smart home hub and platform originally incubated inside the failed connected object maker Quirky, and then acquired by Flextronics (now known as Flex) as part-payment for Quirky’s debts — has moved on to its third owner. i.am+, t... |
| Nov 1, 2016 | Will.i.am is back with another weird gadget | These days, musician is pretty far down on Will.i.am’s resume. The lead Black Eyed Pea has been kicking around the halls of CES a bunch over the past several years with a series of often odd takes on various consumer electronic categories. ... |
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FAQ about i.am+
When was i.am+ founded?
i.am+ was founded in 2012.
How much funding has i.am+ raised?
i.am+ has raised $117M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about i.am+?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning i.am+, among them “will.i.am Debuts New AI-powered Voice Assistant Omega” (Oct 3, 2018) and “Will.i.am says the Google of Africa is still to come” (Nov 17, 2017).
Is i.am+ still active?
Yes, i.am+ is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 22, 2020.