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Berlin’s Peec AI targeting $200m valuation in new fundraise, sources say

The startup last raised $21m in November


Peec AI cofounders from left to right: Tobias Siwonia, Marius Meiners and Daniel Drabo. Courtesy of Peec AI

Berlin-based AI search startup Peec is in talks to raise new funding at a pre-money valuation of $200m, roughly doubling its previous valuation.

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