MAVI EMERGES FROM STEALTH WITH $4M TO BUILD AI-ERA ACCOUNTANTS
■ AI-SUMMARIZED FROM 1 SOURCE ▸ TIMELINE
Accounting staffing firm Mavi has raised $4 million in funding as it targets a new market: companies needing accountants trained to work alongside AI systems. The startup believes artificial intelligence will transform accounting roles rather than eliminate them.
■ MORE FROM THE STARTUPS DESK
Quartermaster, a provider of SmartMast systems for ships, secured $140M in Series B funding, including $100M in equity. The round follows a $43M Series A completed in May.
Insuretech startup Outmarket raised $34.5 million in a funding round just months after its previous investment. The company uses AI to automate paperwork processing for insurance agencies and brokers.
Startup Star Catcher is launching a system to beam energy between two spacecraft in orbit, marking the first real-world test of wireless power transmission in space.
Chinese AI startup Manus has unveiled Manus 2.0, its latest AI agent, alongside Cue, a new standalone app that gives personal agents their own email addresses, phone numbers, digital wallets, and computing resources.