VOI FOUNDERS LAUNCH AI STARTUP PIT WITH $16M SEED
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Pit, a new AI startup founded by the cofounders of European scooter company Voi, has secured $16 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The Stockholm-based startup joins a growing wave of AI ventures emerging from the Nordic region.
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