Alice’s $140M Raise: AI Trust & Safety Gets a PE-Led Growth Check
Apax Digital led Alice’s (ex-ActiveFence) $140M round — total $280M — with CRV and Norwest returning as labs and enterprises buy model testing and guardrails.
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