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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M
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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M

Juno, an AI-powered tax preparation automation startup founded by CPAs, has raised $12 million in seed funding. The...

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AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict
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AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict

AWS leadership defends its strategy of investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI, explaining that the company has...

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Stability AI launches Brand Studio for brand-consistent image generation
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Stability AI launches Brand Studio for brand-consistent image generation

Stability AI has launched Brand Studio, a commercial product that enables creative teams to generate AI-generated...

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VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups
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VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups

VC firm Eclipse has secured a new $1.3B fund to invest in and build 'physical AI' startups. The firm plans to use the...

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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation
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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation

Firmus, an Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider, has reached a $5.5 billion valuation after raising $1.35 billion...

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Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory
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Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory

Intel has partnered with Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip factory project in Austin, Texas to design and build a facility...

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Spanish Startup Xoople Lands $130M to Build Satellites for AI
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Spanish Startup Xoople Lands $130M to Build Satellites for AI

Spanish startup Xoople has secured $130M in funding to develop satellites for AI applications. The company aims to...

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The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets 
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The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets 

Family offices are increasingly bypassing traditional venture capital firms to invest directly in AI startups, shifting...

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Bezos' Project Prometheus hires xAI co-founder from OpenAI
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Bezos' Project Prometheus hires xAI co-founder from OpenAI

Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus has hired Kyle Kosic, a co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI who recently worked at OpenAI....

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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Credit Card Backed By Mineral Rights, Flying Ferries, And A Foundation AI Model For Plants
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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Credit Card Backed By Mineral Rights, Flying Ferries, And A Foundation AI Model For Plants

The article highlights five interesting startup funding deals from the past month, including companies working on...

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AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost
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AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost

Rocket, an AI startup, has launched a platform that generates strategy and competitive intelligence reports similar to...

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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund 
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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund 

Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund founded by OpenAI alumni, is raising $100 million for its inaugural fund and has...

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Spain’s Xoople raises $130 million Series B to map the Earth for AI
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Spain’s Xoople raises $130 million Series B to map the Earth for AI

Spain-based Xoople raised $130 million in Series B funding to develop Earth mapping technology for AI applications. The...

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Telehealth startup Medvi generated billions in revenue with AI-powered fake advertising
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Telehealth startup Medvi generated billions in revenue with AI-powered fake advertising

Medvi, a two-person telehealth startup, generated $1.8 billion in revenue using AI-powered marketing, though the...

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Grammarly’s sloppelganger saga
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Grammarly’s sloppelganger saga

Grammarly has rebranded to Superhuman, an AI company, marking a significant pivot from its well-known browser extension...

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The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era
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The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era

Moonbounce, founded by a Facebook insider, has raised $12 million for its AI control engine that translates content...

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Neocloud Pioneer CoreWeave All In on Inference
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Neocloud Pioneer CoreWeave All In on Inference

CoreWeave, a GPU-as-a-service vendor, is evolving its business focus to concentrate on AI inference services. The...

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Exclusive: Miravoice, Builder Of An AI ‘Interviewer’ To Conduct Phone Surveys, Raises $6.3M
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Exclusive: Miravoice, Builder Of An AI ‘Interviewer’ To Conduct Phone Surveys, Raises $6.3M

Miravoice, a startup developing AI voice agents to conduct long-form phone surveys, has secured $6.3 million in seed...

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Exclusive: Anvil Robotics Raises $5.5M to Build ‘Legos for Robots’ Platform For Physical AI Teams
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Exclusive: Anvil Robotics Raises $5.5M to Build ‘Legos for Robots’ Platform For Physical AI Teams

Anvil Robotics, an eight-month-old startup building a modular platform for robotics development, has raised $5.5...

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