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AI search startups are blowing up
AI search has emerged as one of the most attractive areas in consumer AI, with multiple startups targeting this market....
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How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI
Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from...
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NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead
NanoCo, creator of NanoClaw (an OpenClaw alternative), declined a $20 million acquisition offer and instead raised $12...
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Flurry of Deals Reaffirms Sizzling AI Market
Multiple prominent generative AI brands are involved in a series of recent deals, indicating continued momentum and...
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Embodied AI Fuels Record Robotics Funding In China As IPO Momentum Builds
China-based robotics companies have raised $5.6 billion across 176 deals through mid-May, matching the entire 2021...
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From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing
Ocean, an agentic email security platform, raised $28M in funding to combat AI-powered phishing and impersonation...
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Sub-Sea AI Data Center is Operating in China
The project comes amid a search for alternatives to land-based data centers.
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Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had
Stilta, an AI platform that automates research and analytical work for intellectual property cases, raised $10.5M in...
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Venture Capital Is Concentrating Faster Than Ever. What Happens To Everyone Else?
Capital concentration shows no signs of abating this year. Just through April, U.S. venture capital totals in 2026 are...
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Humanoid, Schaeffler to Bring Thousands of Robots to Factories
Humanoid and Schaeffler have announced a major deal to deploy thousands of humanoid robots in factories, marking one of...
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Sector Snapshot: Quantum Computing Startup Investment Slows In 2026 While Public Markets Hold Strong
While deal counts remain robust for quantum startup investments and big rounds are still getting done, overall funding...
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South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses
South Korean startup LetinAR is developing advanced optical technology in the form of thumbnail-sized lenses designed...
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AI startup revenue hits $80 billion, but Anthropic and OpenAI take almost all of it
Anthropic and OpenAI dominate the AI startup revenue market, capturing 89% of the $80 billion in total revenue among...
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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush
The article discusses sentiment and dynamics within the AI industry during the current boom, noting that morale is poor...
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Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo
Nectar Social, an AI-powered marketing platform, raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures and its...
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$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month
Cerebras Systems, a $60B AI chip company, had its 2026 IPO as one of the year's biggest tech offerings. The article...
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AI made a tiny slice of Silicon Valley filthy rich and left the rest wondering why they bother
The AI boom at major companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Meta, and Nvidia has created approximately 10,000...
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anduril Leads Varied Lineup Of Large Deals
Defense tech unicorn Anduril Industries led the fundraising lineup in a week heavy with rounds for companies focused on...
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Cerebras Must Overcome Obstacles to Maintain IPO Value
Cerebras has completed its public launch through an IPO, which provides strategic advantages for the AI chip vendor....
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