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Palona AI Raises $10M in Seed Round
Palona AI, a Palo Alto, CA-based AI solutions provider for D2C and consumer-facing businesses, has raised $10 million in seed funding.
Investors
The round was backed by UpHonest Capital, Fusion Fund, Maynard Webb, NEO Investment Partners, and other strategic angels and institutions.
Palona AI Use of Funds
The funding will support Palona’s mission to give customers AI they can trust with the most carefully crafted and important parts of any business.
About Palona AI
Founded by Maria Zhang, Steve Liu, and Tim Howes, Palona AI is building AI solutions to help businesses grow by bringing their brands to life and creating lasting connections with their customers. It develops AI systems with multi-agents, multimodal models, combined with an unrivaled emotional intelligence language model. Palona is redefining customer engagement for consumer-facing businesses in the D2C, retail, and service industries.
Funding Details
Company: Palona AI
Raised: $10.0M
Round: Seed Round
Funding Date: January 2025
Investors: UpHonest Capital, Fusion Fund, Maynard Webb, NEO Investment Partners
Company Website: https://palona.ai/
Software Category: Customer Engagement
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250123174563/
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