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Abby Care, which runs a clinically led, AI-powered platform to train and certify family caregivers, raised an $82M Series C led by Transformation Capital (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

As a kid, Havi Nguyen sometimes missed school to translate at doctor's appointments, and was managing Medicaid paperwork for her family, who had recently immigrated from Vietnam.

Abby Care, a provider of a clinically led, AI-powered platform for training and certifying family caregivers, has raised $82 million in a Series C funding round. According to Techmeme, the round was led by Transformation Capital.

In separate developments, the UAE-based creative technology startup Popcorn AI Studio secured $1 million in pre-seed funding. Wamda reports the package was led by Emirati entrepreneur and investor Mohammed Bin Bouta Alharsoosi and will be used for product development and international expansion into Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE. The startup, which offers AI tools for video production with a focus on Arabic-language content, also announced an AI filmmaking competition with a $70,000 prize pool.

Additionally, Qatar University, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and Scale AI have signed an agreement to develop the National Co-Advisor Platform. The Peninsula Qatar reports that this AI-powered solution aims to enhance academic advising by providing students with 24/7 access to personalized guidance and helping advisors automate administrative tasks.

Brief written by urgent.news from Techmeme, Wamda, The Peninsula Qatar — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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