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Startup Gets OpenAI Backing to Overhaul Enterprise AI Automation
A startup has secured backing from OpenAI to develop enterprise AI automation solutions, with a focus on the fintech...
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Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues
Amazon has borrowed $17.5 billion from banks following a recent bond sale, as the company continues to invest heavily...
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Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat
Zest, a restaurant discovery app backed by 776 and Kindred Ventures, uses transaction data and AI to provide...
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Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026
European companies are focusing on applying AI to complex embedded systems rather than consumer-facing products like...
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Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in
Niteshift, an AI coding agent startup founded by Datadog veterans, has raised $7 million in seed funding from prominent...
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Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI
Warner Music Group acquired Sureel AI, an AI attribution startup, to better track when artists' work is used in...
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Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business
Jedify raised $24M in a funding round led by Norwest to help companies equip AI agents with business context. The round...
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Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats
Decart launched Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous...
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Startup’s nuclear-inspired cooling system could make data centers more sustainable
MIT researchers founded Ferveret, a startup developing a nuclear-inspired cooling system designed to reduce energy and...
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SpaceX wants to put data centers in orbit, and Musk says it's no big deal
SpaceX plans to launch orbital data centers to support AI workloads, with Elon Musk downplaying the engineering...
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It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
The article discusses how SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are preparing for major public debuts, potentially creating a...
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Amazon Taps Fiber Optics Producer Corning for Data Center Expansion
Amazon has partnered with fiber optics producer Corning to support its data center expansion, building on Corning's...
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Sandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams
Sandstone has raised $30M in Series A funding to develop AI solutions for in-house legal teams. The funding round comes...
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Lovable says it has hit $500M in annualized revenue, with 1 million new projects a week
Lovable has achieved $500 million in annualized run-rate revenue with users building businesses and replacing internal...
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AI Services And Robotics Lead Diverse Crop Of 29 New May Unicorns As SpaceX, Anthropic And OpenAI Line Up Blockbuster Exits
29 companies achieved unicorn status in May, with AI services and robotics being the standout trend rather than new AI...
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Nvidia Forges South Korea Tech Deals in AI Push
Nvidia is expanding its presence in South Korea through strategic deals focused on robotics, chip design, and AI...
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The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI Supercomputer to Kick Its Addiction to US Tech
The UK government is investing in a state-backed AI supercomputer initiative to support homegrown chip startups and...
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Moonshot AI targets a $30 billion valuation, more than six times its late-2025 worth
Moonshot AI, the Chinese company behind the Kimi chatbot, is seeking a valuation of up to $30 billion in a new funding...
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How Bigger ACVs Are Bringing Direct Sales Back To Vertical AI
Vertical AI startups are shifting their go-to-market strategies toward direct sales channels like private equity...
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