#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/27/26 – 10/3/26

With so much going on in the city’s thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 10/3 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for EliseAI, General Intuition, and TriGemX Bio, and much, much more.

EliseAI – $350M

PropTech

EliseAI, an AI automation platform that handles leasing, resident services, and patient intake for housing and healthcare operators, has raised $350M in Venture funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventures, and Navitas Capital. Founded by Minna Song and Stoyan Stoyanov in 2017, EliseAI has now raised a total of $741.9M in reported equity funding.

General Intuition – $220M

Artificial Intelligence

General Intuition, a frontier AI lab that trains action and world models on billions of gameplay clips, has raised $220M in Venture funding. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners and Atreides Management with participation from Seven Seven Six, Point72, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst. Founded by Moritz Baier-Lentz and Pim de Witte in 2025, General Intuition has now raised a total of $673.7M in reported equity funding.

TriGemX Bio – $94M

BioTech

TriGemX Bio, a biotech company that develops a first-in-class oral medicine for the treatment of migraine, has raised $94M in Venture funding. The round was led by The Column Group, TCG Crossover, and Viking Global Investors. Founded by Charles Zuker, Richard Axel, and Thomas Maniatis in 2015, TriGemX Bio has now raised a total of $573M in reported equity funding.

OuterSignal – $22M Series A

Artificial Intelligence

OuterSignal, a customer intelligence platform that helps consumer brands understand who their customers are and personalize marketing to each one, has raised $22M in Series A funding. The round was led by Long Journey Ventures and Abstract with participation from BAM Ventures, Top Shelf Ventures, SuperAngel.Fund, AME Cloud Ventures, Dave Heath, Rohan Shah, Alex Haro, Emery Wells, Kim Perell, Michael Preysman, Michael Perry, Ken Nguyen, Raad Mobrem, Zachary Sims, Sahil Bloom, Steve Carroll, Michael Loeb, Rich Vogel, Troy Osinoff, Sahil Bhaiwala, James Beshara, and Nik Sharma. OuterSignal was founded by Zach Zelner and Noah Friedman in 2025.

Daptic – $15M Series A

AIEnterprise

Daptic, a product compliance software platform that helps manufacturers build regulatory requirements into product design and development, has raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Canvas Ventures with participation from IA Ventures and 8VC. Founded by Baptiste Bouvier, Hannah Collins, and Gabby Finear in 2023, Daptic has now raised a total of $22M in reported equity funding.

Biotia – $9M Series A Extension

HealthTechBioTech

Biotia, a clinical diagnostics company that uses metagenomic sequencing to identify the cause of recurrent and complicated urinary tract infections, has raised $9M in Series A Extension funding from investors that include Convergent Ventures, DigitalDx Ventures, Cloquet Capital Partners, Continuum Health Ventures, I-Lab Angels, EGB Capital, Leawood Venture Capital, Red Bear Angels, Red Bear Ventures, Tim Barry, and Clive Fields. Founded by Niamh O’Hara, Chris Mason, and Rachid Ounit in 2016, Biotia has now raised a total of $19.4M in reported equity funding.

AlleyWatch broke the news on this round exclusively. Read more →

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Destro AI – $8M Seed

Artificial Intelligence

Destro AI, a software platform that coordinates robots, workers, and enterprise systems in warehouses regardless of robot brand, has raised $8M in Seed funding. The round was led by Base10 Partners and Bonfire Ventures with participation from CoFound Partners. Destro AI was founded by Manthan Pawar in 2025.

Elio Mortgage – $5.1M Pre-Seed

FinTech

Elio Mortgage, an AI-native mortgage company that uses an agentic platform to originate home loans, has raised $5.1M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage with participation from Jeff Horing. Elio Mortgage was founded by Oren Michaely and Arad Lev Ari in 2026.

AlleyWatch broke the news on this round exclusively. Read more →

F2 AI – $5M

FinTech

F2 AI, an agentic AI platform that helps credit investors screen, underwrite, and monitor deals, has raised $5M in Venture funding from Golub Capital. Founded by Don Muir and Emre Kazdagli in 2025, F2 AI has now raised a total of $29M in reported equity funding.

Walapay – $4.6M Seed

FinTech

Walapay, a payments infrastructure company that provides a single API for account issuance, collections, currency exchange, and payouts across borders, has raised $4.6M in Seed funding. The round was led by Generative Ventures with participation from Commerce Ventures, Polygon Labs, Verda Ventures, NGC Ventures, FGV Capital, Jsquare, Knollwood Investment Advisory, Big Brain Holdings, Reflexive Capital, and Contribution Capital. Walapay was founded by Tom Borgers and Dimitri Borgers in 2022.

Tangent Robotics – $4.5M Pre-Seed

AIRobotics

Tangent Robotics, a robotics company that builds touch-sensing robot hands and motor learning software to automate fine, high-precision manufacturing tasks, has raised $4.5M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Fly Ventures and Toyota Ventures with participation from Logos Fund and Sparked Ventures. Tangent Robotics was founded by Pedro Piacenza, Matei Ciocarlie, and Ioannis Kymissis in 2025.