New Zealand-based Soul Machines, which uses AI to create customer-facing avatars for businesses, raises a $70M Series B1 led by Vision Fund 2 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
New Zealand-based Soul Machines, which uses AI to create customer-facing avatars for businesses, raises a $70M Series B1 led by Vision Fund 2  —  Soul Machines, a New Zealand-based company that uses CGI, AI and natural language processing to create lifelike digital people who can interact …