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Daytona, building the 'agentic cloud,' valued at $1 billion in latest funding round; Danish startup Plinto raises €2.9M for financial transaction AI

Daytona has secured $60 million in Series B funding, achieving a $1 billion valuation, while Danish startup Plinto raised €2.9 million to enhance its AI-driven financial transaction monitoring platform. Both companies aim to revolutionize their respective industries through innovative technology solutions.

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Daytona, founded in 2023, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to approximately $91 million. Burazin noted that the company’s revenue run rate increased 25-fold from January to September, with an average monthly growth of 50.9%.126

The startup automates software development environments for large enterprises, claiming to configure AI agent sandboxes in 60 milliseconds. Daytona's platform has attracted notable clients, including Snorkel, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

Meanwhile, Danish startup Plinto has raised €2.9 million to enhance its AI-powered financial transaction monitoring platform. Founded in early 2025, Plinto aims to automate manual checks performed by finance teams, addressing challenges faced by larger businesses with high transaction volumes.45

Plinto's AI agents have identified around 430 discrepancies per month in customer transactions, helping to prevent issues like duplicate invoices. The company plans to expand its customer base and enter international markets with the new funding.

Jakob Nielsen, co-founder of Plinto, emphasized the need for automation in verifying transaction compliance, stating, "Verifying whether transactions comply with agreements and internal rules remains largely a manual process."

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“Daytona's round was led by FirstMark with participation from Stripe's Patrick Collison, Shopify's Tobi Lütke, and Zoom's Eric Yuan. The company's revenue run rate grew 25-fold between January and September, and it can configure a new sandbox for an AI agent in 60 milliseconds.”
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“Copenhagen-based AI startup has raised €2.9 million in a funding round from and to further develop its AI-powered financial transaction monitoring platform, expand its enterprise customer base and support its first steps into international markets.”
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“Daytona said Tuesday it has raised a $60 million Series B venture capital round at a $1 billion valuation. FirstMark led the round. It was joined by an A-list roster of Silicon Valley founders, including Stripe’s Patrick Collison, Shopify’s Tobi Lütke, Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas, Quora’s Adam D’Angelo and Zoom’s Eric Yuan, plus strategic investors Ventures, Next and Ventures.”
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