AI safety startup Alice raises $140M
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Alice, an AI trust and safety startup, raised $140M in a round led by Apax Digital Funds, bringing total funding to $280M. The company, formerly ActiveFence, uses its Rabbit Hole database and 150+ specialists to red-team models against prompt injection and jailbreaks.
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