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Soul Machines, a US-based developer of software which autonomously creates digital people, has secured $70m in a series B1 round led by telecoms and internet group SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. The round included Salesforce Ventures, the investment arm of enterprise software producer Salesforce, as well as Cleveland Avenue, Liberty City Ventures, Solasta Ventures, Temasek and Horizons Ventures. Soul Machines confirmed it had now raised a total of $135m since being spun out of University of Auckland in 2016. Its existing…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is the former editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and was the producer and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast until December 2024.