AI Hot 100 Podcast: Custom AI Fashion Models for Brands | Vita Mallela, CEO | Flock AI

The next instalment of the AI Hot 100 Podcast features Hamza and Angela in conversation with Vita Mallela, Co-founder & CEO of Flock AI. Flock AI is redefining fashion marketing with AI-powered virtual models that can realistically wear any brand’s clothing, makeup, and accessories—cutting costs and streamlining production for fashion and retail companies.

In this episode, we dive into how Flock AI is transforming the industry, the tech behind hyper-realistic AI models, and the future of AI-driven content creation. Vita also shares insights on getting her first customer, building in the AI fashion space, working with brands, and the challenges of scaling generative AI in e-commerce.

Flock AI is part of the AI Hot 100 List 2025, and Vita will be attending the AI Hot 100 Summit on June 26th, a curated gathering bringing together exceptional AI founders with industry decision makers.

📈 Venture Deals To Watch Out For

• Together AI, a cloud-based platform open-source generative AI and infrastructure, raised $305 million in its Series B funding. (link)

• Incept AI, a voice ordering AI for restaurant, raised $3 million in its Pre-seed funding. (link)

• Astral, an AI-powered marketing company, raised $1.2 million in its Pre-seed funding. (link)

• Henry AI, an AI commercial real estate analyst, raised $4.3 million in its Seed funding. (link)

• Desteia, an AI-powered supply chain management company, raised $8 million in its Seed funding. (link)

• Solstice Health, an AI-powered marketing engine for life sciences, raised $3.5 million in its Seed funding. (link)

• Andesite AI, an AI cybersecurity company, raised $38.3 million in its Seed funding. (link)

• ScorePlay, an AI sports media management platform, raised $13 million in its Series A funding. (link)

• Patlytics, an AI-powered patent management platform, raised $14 million in its Series A funding. (link)

• OpenEvidence, an AI-powered copilot for physicians, raised $75 million in its Series A funding. (link)

• SpotDraft, an AI contract management platform, raised $54 million in its Series B funding. (link)

• Eleos Health, an AI mental health platform, raised $60 million in its Series C funding. (link)

⚙️ New Tools & Product Launches You Won’t Want to Miss

• Sonar, released by Perplexity, a Llama 3.3 70B model 10x faster than Gemini Flash, rivals GPT-4o in accuracy. (Sonar)

• Repo Prompt, an AI that streamlines code iteration. (Repo Prompt)

• Ambient Chat by Chorus, an AI that can see your desktop on Mac. (Chorus)

• Spika AI, an AI podcast creation platform that can make full episodes. (Spika AI)

• Lucidic AI, an AI platform for testing, debugging, and optimizing AI agents. (Lucidic AI)

• Postman AI Agent Builder - AI agent development platform to discover, test, and integrate APIs and LLMs. (Postman)

• Firecrawl, can turn websites into an API and get structured data. (Firecrawl)

• Jam AI, an AI that writes bug reports. (Jam AI)

• Whisk by Google, an image remixing tool powered by Imagen 3 AI model. (Whisk)

🎞️ Highlights from The AI Hot 100 Conference: The Art of Deepfakes: Good, Evil or Gray Area?

Hear from Ben Colman (CEO, Reality Defender), Dylan Telano (Founder, VoyceMe) and moderator Ivan de Ramon (The AI Furnace) from The AI Hot 100 Conference in NYC, September 2024.

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