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Fish Audio, the one-year-old Palo Alto voice-model startup (legal name Hanabi AI), raised a $52M seed co-led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with 359 Capital, Parable, Play Time, Alphalist Partners, Bayhouse Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and HF0 also participating. The company disclosed $21M ARR and 8M+ users, with OpenAI, HeyGen, LiveKit, and Sanas as customers.

  1. Helena Z. in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Fish Audio (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Growth @ OpenArt AI, Founding Engineer @ Corgi Labs ($268M from TCV, YC, Kindred, Contrary), UCLA BS Electrical & Computer Engineering

    3. Description: Left Fish Audio in 2026 with no updates

  2. Zhizhuo Z. in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Fish Audio (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Research Assistant @ CMU, Researcher @ MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Stanford PhD CS, CMU MS Robotics

    3. Description: "Building on the intersection of Generative AI and 3D experiences"

    4. Contact: Site

  3. Kyle Cui in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Fish Audio (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Bonemeal ($0→$100K ARR in one month), Co-Founder & CEO @ CTRL Sheet (acquired), UC Berkeley BA Computer Science & Physics

    3. Description: Left Bonemeal on 7/26 with no updates

Neros Technologies, the Torrance-based drone manufacturer, raised $250M in Series C funding at a $2.5B post-money valuation. Sequoia Capital and American Strategic Technology Fund led, joined by Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, and Spark Capital.

  1. Sean Wood in LA (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: COO @ Neros Technologies (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Manager, Solar and Battery Engineering, Starlink @ SpaceX

    3. Description: Stepped from COO to advisor 6/26

  2. Anya Singh in US (Founder @ Relling)

    1. Role: Engineering @ Neros Technologies (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Automation and Controls @ SpaceX, CTO @ Performance Optimization Lab (acquired), Engineering @ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UWaterloo

    3. Description: "We help SMBs automate complex, high mix tasks with cheap robots"

    4. Contact: Site

Palona AI, the Palo Alto AI operating layer for physical businesses, raised $20M in Series A funding from Ardenwood Ventures, CrimsonOx, UpHonest, Turbo, Llama Ventures, Neo, Fusion Fund, Defy, and Maynard Webb.

  1. Chuan (Kelvin) Ren in SF (Founder @ clockless.ai)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & Head of Engineering @ Palona AI (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Senior SWE @ Google, Senior SWE @ LinkedIn, USC MS CS

    3. Description: "Clockless turns your goals, workflows, and company context into an AI operating system that executes work, learns from outcomes, and reorganizes around what matters.”

    4. Contact: Site

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