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The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
Startups & FundingAnthropic

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

Top AI companies are going public in an IPO wave, with investor interest so high that real estate listings are...

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Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
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Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.

Hello Robot, a California startup, has released the fourth generation of its home assistance robot called Stretch. The...

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Exclusive: Scotch Raises $20M Series A To Disrupt Legacy Liquor Retail Tech With AI
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Exclusive: Scotch Raises $20M Series A To Disrupt Legacy Liquor Retail Tech With AI

Scotch, a Denver-based AI-native operating system for liquor store owners, has raised $20M in Series A funding. The...

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Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
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Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’

Flourish, a neuroscience-focused AI company backed by Jeff Bezos, has secured $500 million in funding at a reported...

Wired AI
Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
Startups & FundingGoogle

Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says

Lovable has signed an expanded multiyear deal with Google Cloud that includes a 5x expansion of its footprint on the...

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Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal
Startups & FundingGoogle

Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal

Alphabet completed a record-breaking $85 billion stock sale, signaling strong investor confidence in AI-related...

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Safeguarding SaaS Success in the Changing AI Market
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Safeguarding SaaS Success in the Changing AI Market

The article discusses how SaaS companies must adapt to the AI market by integrating AI technologies into their...

AI Business
These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
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These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked

Two former Goldman Sachs and Meta executives founded a startup building voice AI solutions for underserved markets in...

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Mythos Scaled to 150 Organizations in 15 Countries
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Mythos Scaled to 150 Organizations in 15 Countries

Mythos has expanded its rollout from a restricted beta to 150 organizations across 15 countries, though the service...

AI Business
Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents
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Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents

Coralogix raised $200M in funding to develop monitoring and observability tools for AI agents in production. The...

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AI music startup Suno doubles its valuation to $5.4 billion while fighting major record labels in court
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AI music startup Suno doubles its valuation to $5.4 billion while fighting major record labels in court

AI music startup Suno has raised $400 million in funding, doubling its valuation to $5.4 billion. The company is...

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Anthropic Funding Pushed Startup Investment To Near-Record Levels In May As Exit Market Reopened
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Anthropic Funding Pushed Startup Investment To Near-Record Levels In May As Exit Market Reopened

Anthropic's $50 billion funding round pushed global venture funding to $92 billion in May, the second-largest monthly...

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What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock
Startups & FundingAnthropic

What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock

San Francisco Bay Area real estate listings are offering to accept Anthropic stock as payment for homes, reflecting the...

Wired AI
Anthropic IPO filing marks AI maturing into enterprise utility
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Anthropic IPO filing marks AI maturing into enterprise utility

Anthropic's IPO filing signals that generative AI is transitioning from a research-focused venture phase into a mature...

AI News
Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal
Startups & FundingGoogle

Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal

Alphabet is setting an $80 billion funding goal for AI initiatives, with Berkshire Hathaway committing $10 billion to...

AI Business
Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget
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Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget

Opal, known for making premium webcams, is pivoting to consumer electronics with backing from OpenAI and Samsung. The...

Wired AI
ZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves
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ZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves

ZeroDrift, an AI compliance service, has raised $10M in funding. The company operates between AI models and end users...

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Vendor Training Robots With Human Data Raises $60 Million
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Vendor Training Robots With Human Data Raises $60 Million

A vendor specializing in training robots using human data has raised $60 million in funding. The company is part of a...

AI Business
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bets $10 billion on Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout
Startups & FundingGoogle

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bets $10 billion on Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout

Alphabet is raising $80 billion to scale its AI infrastructure, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway contributing...

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