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AI Is Rewriting What Investors Should Look For In Early Startup Teams
As AI tools democratize technical capabilities, investors must reconsider evaluation criteria for early-stage startups...
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SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw
SAP is acquiring German AI startup Prior Labs for $1.16 billion and plans substantial additional investment in the...
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Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that’s slowing down physical sciences
Altara secured $7M in funding to develop AI that diagnoses failures and accelerates R&D by unifying data scattered...
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Blitzy Raises $200M At $1.4B Valuation For Autonomous Software Development
Blitzy, an autonomous software development startup, has raised $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation, bringing its...
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ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors
ElevenLabs, a voice AI company, announced new high-profile investors including BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria...
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CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents
CopilotKit, a Seattle-based startup focused on app-native AI agents, raised $27M in Series A funding led by Glilot...
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India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality
Krutrim, India's first GenAI unicorn, is pivoting away from AI model development toward cloud services following...
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SAP's acquisition spree signals the enterprise giant is serious about becoming an AI-ready data platform
SAP is acquiring Dremio, an open data lakehouse provider, and Prior Labs, an AI company, to strengthen its data...
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Billion-Dollar AI Rounds Push April To Third-Highest Startup Funding Month In A Year
Global venture funding reached $56 billion in April, representing the third-largest monthly funding in a year with 100%...
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OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO
AI chip maker Cerebras is preparing for an IPO that could value the company at $26.6 billion or more. The company has...
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Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures research shows that image AI model launches drive 6.5x more app downloads compared to chatbot upgrades....
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Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
Sierra raised $950 million in funding, bringing its total capital to over $1 billion. The company plans to use the...
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Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services
Anthropic and OpenAI have each formed partnerships with asset managers to expand their enterprise AI services...
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Beyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch
The article highlights 21 European AI startups worth watching beyond well-known companies like Lovable and Mistral AI....
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Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell
Replit CEO Amjad Masad discussed the company's future at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event, addressing speculation about a...
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With Multiple Large Deals, Topped By $600M For Space Security Startup True Anomaly
True Anomaly, a space security startup, raised $600M in the week's largest defense tech funding round. The article...
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First Chinese AI startups are reportedly ditching offshore structures to register directly in China
Chinese AI startups Moonshot AI and StepFun are reportedly dissolving their offshore holding structures to register...
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Big tech's AI spending balloons to $725 billion this year
Big tech companies Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are collectively planning to spend approximately $725 billion on...
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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
Legal AI startup Legora has reached a $5.6B valuation and is intensifying competition with rival Harvey through...
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