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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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Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Lands Another $50M In Nvidia-Led Series D Extension
Swedish legal tech startup Legora raised $50 million in a Series D extension led by Nvidia's venture arm, bringing the...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dreambase, an AI-powered analytics platform designed to enable data-driven decision-making without requiring a...
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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
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
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
A reinforcement learning startup has secured a record $1.1B in seed funding. The company aims to achieve...
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