Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence and virtual reality startup Absentia has raised Rs 8 crore in a pre-series-A round from investors including Exfinity Venture Partners, former Infosys executives V Balakrishnan and Mohandas Pai, Deepak Ghaisas and Girish Paranjpe. The company is using the funds to build Norah AI, an artificial intelligence engine that can create interactive content for games with minimal human intervention.