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Dell Technologies Capital: How To Build A Deep-Tech Startup For A Market That Isn’t Ready Yet And Why AI Won’t Kill SaaS
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Dell Technologies Capital: How To Build A Deep-Tech Startup For A Market That Isn’t Ready Yet And Why AI Won’t Kill SaaS

Daniel Docter from Dell Technologies Capital discusses how AI is reshaping the SaaS landscape and why the SaaS business...

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Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
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Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

Natural, a one-year-old startup, raised $30M in funding to build financial infrastructure specifically designed for...

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Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers
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Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers

Infinity, an AI infrastructure startup, raised $15 million at a $100 million valuation from investors including Touring...

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What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit
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What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, completed a visit to Japan and secured deals across the country's technology sector. The...

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Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all
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Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all

Current AI, a nonprofit organization, is developing AI technology designed to be inclusive and accessible to all...

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Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
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Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out

Venture capitalist Neil Rimer predicts that the substantial wealth generated by AI in Silicon Valley will need to be...

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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act

Databricks has achieved a $188B valuation, positioning itself as a major player in the AI industry through its...

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Nvidia Broadens Physical AI Push With Robotics, Edge AI Updates
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Nvidia Broadens Physical AI Push With Robotics, Edge AI Updates

Nvidia is expanding its physical AI ecosystem with new robotics and edge AI hardware, software tools, and developer...

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: No Summer Doldrums As Dollars Still Flow To AI
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: No Summer Doldrums As Dollars Still Flow To AI

Multiple AI-focused companies closed significant funding rounds during the week, with Fireworks AI leading at $1.5...

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Bunkerhill raises $55M to scale agentic AI across health systems
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Bunkerhill raises $55M to scale agentic AI across health systems

Bunkerhill Health has closed a $55 million Series B funding round for its agentic AI platform called Carebricks, with...

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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling 
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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling 

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature a session on securing pre-seed funding for founders facing increased competition...

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Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
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Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal

A $400 million chip-backed loan signals a shift in AI infrastructure financing toward inference chips, indicating the...

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Toyota Spin-Out Launches From Stealth With $300M
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Toyota Spin-Out Launches From Stealth With $300M

A Toyota spin-out startup emerged from stealth with $300M in funding backed by Nvidia and Boeing, developing wheeled...

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AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
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AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M

Fora, an AI-powered travel agency, achieved unicorn status with a $60 million Series D funding round led by Forerunner...

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Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
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Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom

Energy sector companies are going public at the fastest pace this century as investors seek exposure to the AI boom,...

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How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
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How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product

A former DeepMind researcher who contributed to foundational AI research has raised $300M at pre-seed valuation before...

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Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service
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Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service

Sheryl Sandberg led a $10 million investment in an AI-powered vehicle inspection startup founded in 2021. The startup...

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Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
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Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’

Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of AMI Labs (Yann LeCun's world model startup), dismisses the use of terms like 'AGI' and...

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Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
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Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you

Ultrahuman's former hardware VP is launching Aina, a new device startup that has raised $5.5M in funding. The device is...

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