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Rebuilding America and the World's Industrial Backbone With AI
Nexxa.ai, founded in 2024 and building specialized AI agents for heavy industries, today announced a $9 million seed round led by Construct Capital with significant participation from a16z speedrun and existing investors. This brings Nexxa.ai's total funding to $14 million, including a prior $4.4 million pre-seed driven by a16z speedrun with participation from Augment Ventures, Propeller Ventures, Plug and Play, Beat Ventures, SBI, Untapped Ventures, Cross Atlantic Angels, and angels including R
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