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/PRNewswire/ Deeplite, a provider of AI optimization software designed to make AI model inference faster, more compact and energy-efficient, today announced.
Deeplite Inc., a Montreal, Canada-based AI optimization software startup, closed a $6m seed financing round.
The round was led by PJC with participation from Innospark Ventures, Differential Ventures, Ajay Shah, Executive Chairman, Smart Global Holding, and existing backers Somel Investments, BDC Capital and Desjardins Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate R&D development, expand the team and accelerate market expansion for its software.
Co-founded by Davis Sawyer, Ehsan Saboori and Nick Romano, Deeplite provides an optimization software to optimize DNN (Deep Neural Network) models and enable AI for edge computing on edge devices such as cameras, sensors, drones, phones and vehicles.
Deeplite raises $7.5 million CAD seed round to optimize deep neural networks
Montréal-based Deeplite has raised $7.5 million CAD ($6 million USD) in seed funding as the startup looks to accelerate its software that optimizes deep neural networks.
Nick Romano, CEO and co-founder of Deeplite, told BetaKit the round consisted of two components: the first was a $2 million USD convertible note completed in July 2020, which included participation from Desjardins Capital, Somel Investments, and BDC Capital through its Bridge Financing Program.
Deeplite is collaborating with Yoshua Bengio on new ways to optimize AI-based neural networks.
The $4 million USD priced round, which closed at the end of March, was led by Boston-based venture capital firm PJC, with participation from Innospark Ventures, Differential Ventures, and Ajay Shah, who is the executive chairman of Smart Global Holdings. BDC Capital, Desjardins Capital, and Somel Investments also provided follow-on capi
Deeplite raises $6M seed to deploy ML on edge with fewer compute resources
One of the issues with deploying a machine learning application is that it tends to be expensive and highly compute intensive. Deeplite, a startup based in Montreal, wants to change that by providing a way to reduce the overall size of the model, allowing it to run on hardware with far fewer resources.
Today, the company announced a $6 million seed investment. Boston-based venture capital firm PJC led the round with help from Innospark Ventures, Differential Ventures and Smart Global Holdings. Somel Investments, BDC Capital and Desjardins Capital also participated.