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Restoke is an AI-powered restaurant management company that specializes in automating restaurant operations. Its platform is designed to function on any device, providing clients with tools to streamline various aspects of their business. This includes managing team performance, accessing real-time data insights, and overseeing compliance with procedures. Additionally, Restoke offers features for menu and recipe management, allowing restaurant operators to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in their daily operations. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Restoke aims to transform how restaurants are managed, enabling owners to focus on delivering quality service while optimizing their operational processes.

Somite.ai is a venture-backed company aiming to become the OpenAI of stem cell biology, developing AI foundation models to produce human tissue for cell therapies at scale for diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and muscular dystrophies. Somite's AI platform, AlphaStem, fuels a virtuous cycle: It enables new cell therapies, generating massive data that further improve the platform, empowering even faster therapy creation with broader applications. The company's pipeline includes the promising SMT-M01 program for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and the SMT-B01 program for metabolic disorders. Incorporated in Oct. 2023, Somite.ai has raised over $10m to date.