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Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI
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Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI

Asana has acquired StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, to expand its AI workflow capabilities. The...

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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion
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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion

An AI coding startup has reached a $26 billion valuation in a new funding round, reflecting strong market demand for...

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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment
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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment

H1, a healthcare SaaS startup, secures $40M in funding from CVS, demonstrating continued investor interest in SaaS...

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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley
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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley

Paris is emerging as a significant AI hub outside Silicon Valley as Europe's startup ecosystem matures and founders...

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AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion
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AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion

An AI aggregation platform has been valued at $1.3 billion, reflecting the growing adoption of enterprise AI agents....

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Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers
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Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers

Triomics raised $22M in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures to advance its oncology-specific AI technology for...

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In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips
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In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips

Snowflake has signed a five-year, $6 billion deal with Amazon Web Services to secure AI chips, reducing reliance on...

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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount
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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount

Payroll startup Remote achieved $300 million in annual recurring revenue and became cash-flow positive by increasing...

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AI coding agent Devin maker Cognition more than doubles its valuation to $26 billion in under nine months
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AI coding agent Devin maker Cognition more than doubles its valuation to $26 billion in under nine months

Cognition, maker of AI software developer Devin, has raised over $1 billion at a valuation exceeding $26 billion, more...

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AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation
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AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation

AI coding startup Cognition raised $1 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, more than doubling its valuation in...

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Nvidia Signals $150B Spend in Taiwan
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Nvidia Signals $150B Spend in Taiwan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a $150 billion spend in Taiwan and established a new headquarters there, positioning...

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SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M
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SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M

SOND, a sleep technology startup founded by Bose's former head of sleep products, has emerged from stealth mode with...

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Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop
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Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop

Trajectory, a startup founded by former Google and Apple researchers, is launching to build continuous learning...

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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walk back their AI job apocalypse predictions
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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walk back their AI job apocalypse predictions

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have recently walked back their previous predictions about AI causing widespread job...

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The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In ‘Uninvestable’ Sectors
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The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In ‘Uninvestable’ Sectors

Venture capital firms are increasingly investing in traditionally "uninvestable" industrial sectors by leveraging...

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OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
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OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year

OpenRouter raised $113 million in Series B funding led by CapitalG, more than doubling its valuation to $1.3 billion in...

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This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots
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This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots

Human Archive, a startup founded by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to collect...

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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say
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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

Peec, a Berlin-based startup that helps brands track their presence in AI search results, has more than doubled its...

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How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups 
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How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups 

AI startups are inflating their ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) metrics when publicly discussing their progress, with...

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