Making the AI desert bloom
LaunchVic case study on Boab AI, a Melbourne investor backing artificial-intelligence companies through a program funded by LaunchVic and Artesian; it names Remi, PI.Exchange, Daitum and Strongroom among those supported.
Startup · $300k raised
Programs: Boab AI (Boab AI Scaleup program)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round PI.Exchange raised.
Companies PI.Exchange acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Quan Pham | CEO | Startup Daily, ARN (ARNnet) |
Stories naming PI.Exchange. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
LaunchVic case study on Boab AI, a Melbourne investor backing artificial-intelligence companies through a program funded by LaunchVic and Artesian; it names Remi, PI.Exchange, Daitum and Strongroom among those supported.
AI-as-a-Service startup Pi.Exchange has raised A$2.75 million in a pre-Series A round from Boab AI, Artesian, Nextrans, Vision Creator and Himat Trust, to grow its team and self-serve AI product.
Boab AI has launched its scale-up accelerator, putting $1.5 million into five AI startups in its first cohort, drawing on Artesian's $100 million Boab Global AI Fund and Victorian government backing via LaunchVic.
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LaunchVic-backed Boab AI launches Australia's first AI scaleup accelerator in Richmond with government and private backing, naming its first five startups, alongside a new $100 million Artesian-powered AI investment fund.
Boab AI has launched a Victorian scaleup program for mature AI companies, backed by LaunchVic and Artesian, naming Pi.Exchange, Plaetos, Strongroom AI, Daitum and Remi AI in its first intake.