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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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Zuckerberg's plan to sell excess AI compute could finds its first big customer in Anthropic
Meta is in talks with Anthropic to rent out compute capacity from its data centers, potentially becoming the first...
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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
Multiple AI-focused companies closed significant funding rounds during the week, with Fireworks AI leading at $1.5...
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How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging misconduct by senior leadership and claiming over 400...
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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
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature a session on securing pre-seed funding for founders facing increased competition...
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Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging misconduct and claiming over 400 former Apple employees...
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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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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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The Billion-Dollar Seed Isn’t The Deal You Think It Is
The article challenges the notion that massive initial funding rounds lead to strong venture returns, noting that high...
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China And AI Lead Asia’s Startup Funding To Multiyear Peak In Q2
Asia's startup funding reached a multiyear peak of $42.8 billion in Q2 2026, driven largely by China's $7.4 billion...
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Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US
Neko Health raised $700 million in Series C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to expand its AI-powered...
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