THE SHORT VERSION
Zenzap raised $44M to replace WhatsApp at work. Scimplify raised $25M for AI chemical sourcing on a $200M run rate. Applied Intuition is reported near $30B.
Zenzap raised $44 million for an AI chat app aimed at replacing WhatsApp inside companies, listing Starbucks and Taco Bell among its customers. The pitch is the unglamorous one — workplace messaging that IT can actually govern — and the customer names suggest it is landing with large operators rather than startups.
Scimplify closed $25 million for an AI-driven chemical supply chain platform explicitly positioned around reducing reliance on Chinese suppliers. It reports a $200 million annualised revenue run rate, which is a notably large number for a round that size and worth checking against the raise rather than taking at face value.
Also circulating: Applied Intuition, the autonomous driving software company, reportedly valued at at least $30 billion in a new round. That figure comes from a single-paragraph report without a named raise amount or investors, so treat it as reported rather than confirmed.
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