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I Sold My AI Startup Before Revenue: Here’s What Investors Missed — And Founders Shouldn’t
An angel investor shares insights from selling his AI startup before generating revenue, discussing why deep technical...
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Hyperscalers may soon be unable to fund their AI buildout from cash flow alone
Major hyperscalers including Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Oracle are spending on AI infrastructure at 70%...
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The next humanoid robot might not look human at all
Genesis AI, a French startup backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has unveiled Eno, a new general-purpose humanoid...
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Bland raises $50M to automate complex, high-stakes phone calls
Bland, a voice AI startup founded in 2023, has raised $50 million in funding to expand its AI agents that handle phone...
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SpaceX to acquire vibe coding startup Cursor for $60B
SpaceX announced plans to acquire Cursor, a popular AI coding platform, for $60 billion in stock, with closing expected...
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SpaceX Aims at Agentic Coding With $60B Cursor Acquisition
SpaceX is acquiring Cursor, an AI coding assistant, for $60 billion to expand its developer offerings and gain access...
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SpaceX Acquires AI Coding Tool Cursor For $60B In Year’s Largest Startup M&A Deal
SpaceX has acquired Cursor, an AI coding tool, in a $60 billion deal that represents the year's largest startup M&A...
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TwelveLabs’ video AI finds new use cases on AWS Marketplace
TwelveLabs, a video AI company founded in 2020, is expanding its multimodal AI capabilities on AWS Marketplace to...
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Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers
Plaud announced its software business has reached over $100M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) after shipping more than...
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Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
Probably, an AI startup, has raised $9M in funding to develop technology that reduces hallucinations and factual errors...
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SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
SpaceX is acquiring Cursor, an AI coding assistant, for $60 billion in stock following Cursor's recent IPO. The...
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Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
Respond.io, a Malaysian startup, raised $62.5M in funding to expand its AI agent-powered customer messaging platform....
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Nvidia joins AI debt boom with $20 billion bond sale
Nvidia is planning its first bond sale since 2021, aiming to raise at least $20 billion. The move reflects broader...
The Decoder
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Schneider Electric, Foxconn Partner to Build Next-Gen Data Centers
Schneider Electric and Foxconn have partnered to build next-generation data centers designed to address AI...
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Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion
Salesforce has acquired Fin, an AI customer service platform, for $3.6 billion. The acquisition aims to integrate Fin's...
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Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
Sarvam, a Bengaluru-based AI startup, has achieved unicorn status with a $234 million funding round led by HCLTech,...
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As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities
NewCore has raised $66M in funding to address enterprise security challenges posed by AI agents as they become...
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Rebellions Aims to Take on Nvidia in AI Inference Chip Battle
Rebellions, a South Korean startup, is developing AI inference chips to compete with Nvidia in the AI infrastructure...
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Rewriting Your Pitch: SaaS Isn’t Dead, But The Playbook For Founders Is Changing
The article discusses how AI and LLMs are transforming the traditional SaaS business model, requiring founders to shift...
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