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Agentic Marketing Platform for Enterprises Valued at $2.75B
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Agentic Marketing Platform for Enterprises Valued at $2.75B

An agentic marketing platform for enterprises has reached a valuation of $2.75 billion, reflecting the growing trend of...

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Softbank plans IPO for new AI and robotics company valued at up to $100 billion
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Softbank plans IPO for new AI and robotics company valued at up to $100 billion

SoftBank is planning to launch a new AI and robotics company called Roze and take it public in the United States. The...

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Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns
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Get To Know The Latest Class Of Ultra-Fast Fundraising Unicorns

Since 2024, approximately 207 AI-focused companies have achieved unicorn status (valuations of $1 billion or more),...

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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

SoftBank is launching a new robotics company focused on building data centers using AI and robotics technology. The...

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Glean's Model Aims to Redefine Enterprise Search With AI
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Glean's Model Aims to Redefine Enterprise Search With AI

Glean is redefining enterprise search using AI-powered models, with insights from Waldo highlighting the need for...

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Is AI video just a prequel? Runway’s CEO thinks world models are next
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Is AI video just a prequel? Runway’s CEO thinks world models are next

Runway, a New York-based AI video generation company, has raised close to $860 million at a $5.3 billion valuation and...

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Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
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Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

Parallel Web Systems, an AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised $100 million in...

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Scout AI Raises $100M to Build ‘AI Brain' for Autonomous Warfare
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Scout AI Raises $100M to Build ‘AI Brain' for Autonomous Warfare

Scout AI has raised $100M in funding to develop AI technology for autonomous warfare systems. The funding round...

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Exclusive: Supabase Execs Were So Impressed With Dreambase, They Became Investors In Its $3.7M Round
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Exclusive: Supabase Execs Were So Impressed With Dreambase, They Became Investors In Its $3.7M Round

Dreambase, an AI-powered analytics platform designed to enable data-driven decision-making without requiring a...

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Larry’s risky business
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Larry’s risky business

Oracle has pivoted to AI as its traditional database business declines, positioning itself as a unique player in the AI...

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Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Powers Enterprise AI Agents
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Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Powers Enterprise AI Agents

The model expands the AI chip giant’s non-hardware offerings.

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BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
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BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables

Neurable, a BCI startup, is developing non-invasive neural data collection technology and seeking to license it for...

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Record $1.1B Seed Funding for Reinforcement Learning Startup
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Record $1.1B Seed Funding for Reinforcement Learning Startup

A reinforcement learning startup has secured a record $1.1B in seed funding. The company aims to achieve...

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NEA’s Tiffany Luck On How Startup Founders Can Build Moats In Vertical AI
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NEA’s Tiffany Luck On How Startup Founders Can Build Moats In Vertical AI

NEA partner Tiffany Luck discusses how startup founders can build sustainable competitive advantages in vertical AI, a...

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Lightelligence’s 400% debut is a bet that AI’s next bottleneck is the optical interconnect
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Lightelligence’s 400% debut is a bet that AI’s next bottleneck is the optical interconnect

Lightelligence debuted on a stock exchange with a market capitalization briefly reaching US$10 billion despite only...

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DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data
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DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data

Ineffable Intelligence, a new British AI lab founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has secured $1.1...

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Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch
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Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch

Skye's new AI home screen app for iPhone has attracted investor backing before its launch, demonstrating growing...

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The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path
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The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path

David Silver, creator of AlphaGo, has launched a new billion-dollar company focused on developing AI "superlearners."...

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Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha
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Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

Canadian AI startup Cohere is acquiring Germany-based Aleph Alpha with backing from Lidl's parent company Schwarz...

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