Not surprisingly, artificial intelligence led the way for big funding rounds last month, but that wasn't the only tech that interested investors. Startups in fintech, energy and more all landed big rounds as investors showered some cash in April. 1. Safe Superintelligence, $2B, artificial intelligence: AI research lab Safe Superintelligence snatched its second large raise in fewer than seven months. SSI, co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, reportedly raised a $2 billion round at a $32 billion valuation led by Greenoaks Capital Partners. The startup, which is looking to develop safe artificial intelligence systems, raised a $1 billion round from a litany of big-name investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital last September. 2. Plaid, $575M, fintech: Plaid raised a $575 million round led by Franklin Templeton at a $6.1 billion valuation. The San Francisco-based company plans to use the cash to pay employee tax withholding obligations related...
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