Startup · $17m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sapia.ai raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Macquarie Capital | Series A | - |
| W23 | Series A | - |
| Woolworths | Series A | - |
Companies Sapia.ai 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barb Hyman | CEO · Founder | SmartCompany (Wed 10 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (Mon 10 Jun 2024), Startup Daily (Fri 5 Jan 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 19 Dec 2023), Startup Daily (Thu 24 Nov 2022) |
| Dr Buddhi Jayatilleke | Chief Data Scientist | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Sapia.ai. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
SmartCompany's Q&A series, run with Optus Business, features Sapia.ai's chief executive advising small firms on adopting AI, useful tools and strategy; her firm's recent capital raise is noted.
Sapia.ai is making its AI interview models available to other businesses through a new API initiative on AWS Marketplace, letting firms build workplace AI tools from its interview data, per CEO Barb Hyman.
Phonely, a Melbourne maker of AI receptionists, has secured US$500,000 from Y Combinator to fund team growth and new languages; shorter items note an AI board advisor, a government AI program, and OpenAI news.
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AWS has selected ten Australian and New Zealand startups for its first generative AI accelerator, a six-week program offering technical training, mentorship, AWS credits and a demo day pitch to investors.
HR and payroll platform Employment Hero has launched Swag, an app adding an AI-powered jobs board, auto-generated job descriptions and employee benefits to its existing small-business tools.
Weekly roundup covering six Australian startup raises totalling over $54 million, including Sapia.ai's Series A, rounds for Abyss Solutions, HMC Group and eQ8, plus smaller raises for Oceanfarmr and Subpod.
Recruitment AI startup Sapia.ai has raised a $17 million Series A led by Macquarie Capital and Woolworths' venture arm W23, to fund overseas expansion; Woolworths has used the platform for a year.