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Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund
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Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund

Nandan Nilekani has stepped down from his general partner role at Fundamentum as the venture capital firm launches its...

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Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game
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Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are investing in AI and health tech startups as part of their diversified investment...

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This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
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This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

General Intuition is leveraging millions of hours of video game data to train foundation models for physical AI, aiming...

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Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
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Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet

A CEO argues that video game data could be superior to internet data for training AI models, particularly for helping...

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Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
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Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents

Prime Intellect, founded in 2024, has raised $130M in Series A funding to enable enterprises to build and train their...

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Exclusive: EdVisorly Raises $13.3M Series A To Fix The Messy College Transfer Process With AI
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Exclusive: EdVisorly Raises $13.3M Series A To Fix The Messy College Transfer Process With AI

EdVisorly, a Los Angeles-based startup, raised $13.3 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-native platform that...

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These AI startups are growing  revenue at faster and faster rates
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These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates

The article discusses fast-growing AI startups that are accelerating their revenue growth rates. It highlights that...

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Legal AI Company Now Valued at $1.2 Billion
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Legal AI Company Now Valued at $1.2 Billion

A legal sector AI company has reached a $1.2 billion valuation as multiple AI vendors enter the market to automate core...

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Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup
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Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup

General Intuition, a Bezos-backed startup, believes gaming data could be key to achieving artificial general...

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Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips
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Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips

ZML, a French AI startup backed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has released ZML/LLMD, open-source software designed...

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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round

SambaNova, an AI chip maker, has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation in a new funding round. This comes just...

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AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
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AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation

AI law startup Norm has raised $120 million in Series C funding led by Khosla Ventures, achieving a $1.2 billion...

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Self-Driving Company Gets Funding and Chips From AMD
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Self-Driving Company Gets Funding and Chips From AMD

A self-driving autonomous vehicle company has secured funding and received chip support from AMD, marking the...

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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom

Savi, a company focused on protecting consumers from AI-powered scams like deepfake kidnapping ransom demands, has...

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North American Startup Funding Shattered Records In First Half Of 2026, Driven By AI
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North American Startup Funding Shattered Records In First Half Of 2026, Driven By AI

North American startup funding reached a record $392 billion in the first half of 2026, driven primarily by AI...

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OpenAI and Anthropic are giving away millions in computing power to attract startups
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OpenAI and Anthropic are giving away millions in computing power to attract startups

OpenAI and Anthropic are offering millions in free computing credits to startups to attract them to their platforms,...

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AI post-training startup Bespoke Labs raises $40M in funding
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AI post-training startup Bespoke Labs raises $40M in funding

Bespoke Labs, an AI post-training startup, has raised $40 million in funding across two tranches, with $31.75 million...

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US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom
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US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom

SK Hynix, a memory chip manufacturer benefiting from the AI boom, is preparing for a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO...

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The token economy: The state of AI mid-2026
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The token economy: The state of AI mid-2026

The article provides an overview of the AI industry's maturation by mid-2026, describing it as transitioning from...

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