Cast Insights has secured $4.5 million in pre-seed funding, marking its first external capital raise. The round was led by Abstract Ventures, with participation from HF0, Village Global, Max Ventures, Embassy Ventures, and Stratus Ventures. The company plans to use these funds to expand its AI-powered platform, which indexes real-time speech data from TV, radio, and podcasts to provide early insights into market trends and geopolitical shifts.