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Jiga Secures $12M Series A to Eliminate Hardware Sourcing Bottleneck Threatening AI Scale
Jiga, the AI-driven sourcing platform used by NASA, Siemens, as well as hundreds of companies across aerospace, defense, and robotics today announced a $12 million Series A led by Aleph, with participation from Symbol which led the Seed round, and Y Combinator.
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