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AIceberg Secures $10 Million in Seed Funding to Transform AI from a Business Risk to a Competitive Advantage

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AI innovator’s new solution AIceberg enables organizations to safely and securely unlock the power of generative AI

NEW YORK, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AIceberg, a leading innovator of AI Trust; safety, security, and compliance technology, today announced $10 million in Seed funding and the launch of their AI trust platform that provides enterprise-grade security with real-time, automated validation of all AI application traffic, from speech and text to images and source code.

The financing, led by SYN Ventures and Sprout & Oak, further establishes the company’s leadership position in pioneering AI transparency and compliance for enterprise and public entities.

“Organizations adopting generative and agentic AI face critical challenges in ensuring safety, security, and compliance,” said Alex Schlager, CEO at AIceberg. “Additionally, many are operating with a false sense of security because while AI TRiSM solutions powered by LLMs seem convenient, using LLMs to safeguard LLMs introduces systemic risks and architectural limitations that undermine their effectiveness. We are closing the security gap with AIceberg. Purpose-built, non-generative models to detect risk signals support safe AI adoption, AIceberg works independently of AI applications, using the content of input and output to detect and eliminate risks and power safe, secure, compliant use of generative models and agentic workflows across the enterprise. We thank our customers and investors for their support as we enter our next phase of growth and continue to innovate to ensure security and safety.”

AIceberg unlocks the power of generative and agentic AI and eliminates the risks by working as an AI firewall and gateway that monitors user prompts and model/agent responses for risk signals and enforcing security and organizational policies. As a result, organizations can mitigate risks and adapt swiftly to emerging threats with real-time responses, agentic action controls, and customized security policies. Additionally, with AIceberg’s advanced threat detection, security posture is always up-to-date for the latest attack vectors with real-time detection and mitigation against AI cybersecurity threats such as data leaks and unauthorized access. 

Key features and benefits include:

Guardrails for safety: Ensure only use case relevant AI interactions are permitted to prevent unsanctioned, unsuitable, or illegal content, and ensure privacy and automatically redact personal and sensitive informationUp-to-date security posture: Detect common AI cybersecurity attack vectors like prompt injection, prompt leaking, or jailbreaking, and perform sophisticated security analysis for agentic workflowsCompliance, transparency, and auditability: Powered by explainable, non-generative AI models, gain maximum accuracy and auditable from beginning to endEnterprise observability across all AI interactions: Understand common prompts, objectives, and intentions to improve user experience and gain valuable business intelligence from communication mining of prompt/response pairings

“The public and private sectors are eager to gain a competitive advantage by integrating AI tools, but without appropriate guardrails in place, these efforts can open them to great risk,” said Jay Leek, Managing Partner and Co-founder at SYN Ventures. “AIceberg’s deep domain experience and unmatched technological capabilities have quickly positioned them as the industry leader in developing solutions to make safe AI systems. We are thrilled to invest in the team.”

“AIceberg has an exceptional leadership and research team with deep expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise risk management,” said MJ Ramachandran, Partner at Sprout & Oak. “We partnered with AIceberg from its earliest days, recognizing the urgent need for enterprises—especially in regulated industries—to adopt generative and agentic AI safely and transparently. Our decision to incubate and invest early was driven by AIceberg’s pioneering approach to AI security, compliance, and explainability. We’re excited to continue supporting their mission to make AI adoption both powerful and responsible.”

To learn more about AIceberg, visit aiceberg.ai.

About AIceberg
AIceberg is pioneering the safe, secure, compliant adoption of artificial intelligence for government and enterprise clients. With expertise in machine learning, cybersecurity, and automation, AIceberg is dedicated to empowering enterprises on their AI journey—from day zero to scale—unlocking transformative value at every stage. Learn more at aiceberg.ai.

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About SYN Ventures
SYN Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive and innovative security companies in the cybersecurity, industrial security, national defense, privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance industries. The firm’s dedicated security team of former CISOs, CEOs and Founders has a proven track record with over 250 years of security investing and operational experience. SYN also has a highly distinguished network of seasoned security advisors and CISOs. For more information on SYN Ventures, please visit: https://www.synventures.com/.

About Sprout & Oak
Sprout & Oak is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to backing founders building transformative companies in an AI-first world. We invest at the earliest stages, providing capital, hands-on guidance, and incubation support to help turn bold ideas into generational companies. With a team of experienced operators and investors, we bring deep domain expertise and a powerful network of blue-chip industry leaders to accelerate growth and drive long-term success.

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LEAP Group Relaunches HumanView, a Growth Intelligence System Built to Explain Why Customers Behave the Way They Do

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Reimagined from the ground up, HumanView pairs statistical modeling with expert analysts to turn millions of real-world customer signals into business decisions

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LEAP Group today announced the relaunch of HumanView, its growth intelligence service. The new version has been rebuilt from the ground up and now has a dedicated home at leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview.

HumanView analyzes what customers say and do across social platforms, e-commerce sites, review platforms, search behavior and user-generated content, including signals from Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Amazon and Walmart+ that general AI tools cannot always access. Because the data reflects unprompted, real-world behavior, it avoids the response bias built into surveys and focus groups.

The service works in three layers. HumanView captures signals at scale, decodes millions of records through validated statistical models such as regression, correlation and clustering, and then relies on experienced analysts to interpret the patterns. Clients receive clear, human-validated insights instead of another dashboard.

“Machines find the patterns. Humans find the point,” said Alan Gilleo, CEO at LEAP Group. “The first version of HumanView showed us how much customers reveal when nobody is asking them questions. This version is built to explain why they act the way they do, and to put those answers in front of everyone making decisions, from product to service to marketing.”

HumanView focuses on three areas:

Growth Intelligence: customer motivations and how people perceive a brand and its competitors

Market and Category Intelligence: product pain points, service friction, unmet needs and competitive gaps

Audience Intelligence: new segments, positioning opportunities and gaps in the market

Every model is designed and validated by data scientists and benchmarked before it informs a recommendation.

To learn more about HumanView, visit leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview.

About LEAP Group
LEAP Group is a boutique marketing agency holding company with offices in Louisville, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Chicago. Guided by the belief that brands should “Market Less. Matter More.,” LEAP gives clients access to specialized experts across its entire network. Learn more at leapgroupnetwork.com.

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STEPHEN A. SMITH ADDRESSES WHITE HOUSE DINNER ATTENDANCE, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HBCUs AND PROTECTING CORPORATE INVESTMENT IN BLACK EDUCATION

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Stephen A. Smith, media mogul, New York Times bestselling author, and proud 1991 graduate of Winston-Salem State University, is addressing the public discussion surrounding his decision to attend a White House dinner with President Donald Trump, emphasizing his commitment to the long-term financial stability of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

For Smith, the decision was rooted in a commitment to institutions that have educated generations of Black leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and public servants.

“I will always advocate for HBCUs and the students whose futures depend on them,” Smith said. “My reason for attending the White House dinner was to discuss the challenges these institutions face in securing long-term funding and to make the case that corporate America must continue to invest in them.”

Smith acknowledged federal support through the FUTURE Act while expressing concern that political tensions surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) could discourage private companies from supporting HBCUs. He maintains that these institutions deserve sustained corporate partnerships, philanthropic contributions, and public investment.

“If we truly believe in free-market capitalism, businesses should be able to support educational institutions and charitable causes without fear of criticism or repercussions,” Smith said. “HBCUs have made extraordinary contributions to this country. They deserve sustained public and private investment.”

Ashley Christopher, Esq., Founder and CEO of the HBCU Week Foundation, recognized Smith’s advocacy and decision to engage with the administration.

“Stephen A. Smith has been a powerful advocate for HBCUs, using his platform and influence to shine a national spotlight on our institutions,” expressed Christopher, “His continued support of HBCU Week helps advance our mission of connecting students with life-changing educational opportunities, and we are proud to have him as our ambassador.”

Since Smith became an HBCU Week Ambassador in 2019, the initiative has facilitated more than 15,000 on-the-spot college acceptances and raised and awarded more than $150 million in scholarships, according to the HBCU Week Foundation.

As public discussion continues, Smith is emphasizing the importance of ensuring HBCUs have the resources and partnerships needed to educate future generations and expand opportunities for students.

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Advantex Announces Completion of Financing and Extension of Maturity Date of Previously Issued Debentures

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TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2026 /CNW/ — Advantex Marketing International Inc. (CSE: ADX) (“Advantex”), a leader in the merchant cash advance and loyalty marketing products for merchants, today announced the completion of a $250,000 secured debt financing. Advantex issued a $250,000 non-convertible debenture which bears an interest rate at 12% per annum and matures December 15, 2027. The proceeds raised from this issuance of the Debenture will be used for working capital purposes.

Advantex has also extended the maturity of its existing $700,000 in 12% secured debentures from October 10, 2026 to December 15, 2027.

About Advantex Marketing International Inc.

Advantex provides working capital to merchants. Advantex also provides specialized marketing programs that enable members of Aeroplan to earn Aeroplan points at participating merchants.

Advantex shares trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol ADX. For more information go to Advantex’s profile on www.sedar.com

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This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to the future business and operations of Advantex. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. The business and operations of Advantex described herein is dependent on a number of factors and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ material include, but are not limited to, changes in Advantex’s economic and competitive conditions including but not limited to the industry sectors in which Advantex operates.

The statements in this news release are made of the date of this release. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and Advantex undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by applicable law.

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