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Arbor Raises $6.3M to Turn Frontline Voices into Operational Intelligence
Arbor, the AI research platform for enterprise operations, today announced it has raised $6.3 million in combined seed and pre-seed funding. The seed round was led by 645 Ventures, with participation from Next Play Ventures (led by LinkedIn Executive Chairman and former CEO Jeff Weiner), Chaac Ventures, Comma Capital, and notable angel investors, along with a previously unannounced pre-seed round. The funding will accelerate Arbor's product development and team expansion in New York to meet surg
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