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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Allbirds, a shoe company, is pivoting its business model to focus on AI infrastructure after selling its shoe business,...
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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant
Parasail, an AI startup, raised $32 million in Series A funding, indicating a shift toward a fragmented future of AI...
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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million
Gitar, an AI-powered code security startup that uses agents to review AI-generated code, has emerged from stealth with...
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Drones get smarter for large farm holdings
Singapore-based DroneDash Technologies and GEODNET have formed a joint venture called GEODASH Aerosystems to develop an...
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I Sold My Startup A Year After Founding It. Here’s Why That Was The Fastest Way To Build Real-World Healthcare AI
Louis Blankemeier, co-founder of healthcare AI startup Cognita, discusses his decision to sell the company just one...
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Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts
Anthropic's $380 billion valuation is attracting investor interest as some backers of both Anthropic and OpenAI...
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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
Fluidstack, an AI data center startup, is in talks to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation, a significant...
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Oracle Expands AI Infrastructure Drive with Bloom Deal
The deal comes amid growing interest in onsite energy options, as AI compute vendors struggle to meet power demands.
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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply
European venture funding reached $17.6 billion in Q1 2026, up 30% year-over-year, with AI claiming more than 50% of...
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch announced the company's readiness for an IPO, attributing growth momentum to AI agents...
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Steel giants, automakers, and banks plan to build Japan's answer to US and Chinese AI dominance
SoftBank is leading a consortium of Japanese industrial companies including steel giants, automakers, and banks to...
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Arcee AI spent half its venture capital to build an open reasoning model that rivals Claude Opus in agent tasks
Arcee AI invested approximately half of its venture capital funding to develop Trinity-Large-Thinking, a 400 billion...
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Overworld's Waypoint-1.5 brings AI-generated 3D worlds to Mac and Windows on consumer hardware
Overworld has released Waypoint-1.5, an AI system that generates 3D worlds and is now accessible on standard consumer...
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AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment
AfterQuery, an AI training data provider, has raised $30 million in Series B funding at a $300 million valuation, with...
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TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it
TechCrunch is organizing SusHi Tech 2026 in Tokyo, featuring its Startup Battlefield competition focused on four key...
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This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
Onix is launching a platform featuring AI-powered digital twins of health and wellness influencers that provide 24/7...
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Intel Secures New AI Infrastructure Deal With Google
Intel has secured a new AI infrastructure deal with Google as part of ongoing agreements between major tech vendors to...
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South Korean Chipmaker Partners with SKT, Arm for Sovereign AI
South Korean chipmaker Rebellions announced a partnership with SKT and Arm to enhance AI and telecom data centers. The...
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The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants
Black Forest Labs, a 70-person AI image generation startup, is positioning itself as a competitor to Silicon Valley's...
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