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This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
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This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots

AI training startup Shift is offering free home cleaning services to generate training data for robot development. The...

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Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point
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Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point

Enterprise AI search startup Glean has crossed $300M in annual revenue by tripling its yearly income, positioning...

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Claude company Anthropic nears a trillion-dollar valuation after raising $65 billion in Series H
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Claude company Anthropic nears a trillion-dollar valuation after raising $65 billion in Series H

Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding, achieving a $965 billion valuation and approaching a trillion-dollar...

The Decoder
Neocloud Vendor CoreWeave Builds Up Software Stack
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Neocloud Vendor CoreWeave Builds Up Software Stack

CoreWeave, a neocloud vendor, is launching new agentic AI capabilities and building an integrated hardware-software...

AI Business
Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI
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Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI

Asana has acquired StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, to expand its AI workflow capabilities. The...

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Anthropic Nears $1T Valuation And Leapfrogs OpenAI On Unicorn Board With $65B Funding Round
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Anthropic Nears $1T Valuation And Leapfrogs OpenAI On Unicorn Board With $65B Funding Round

Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding, bringing its valuation to $965 billion and nearly reaching $1...

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Mistral AI, Digital Realty Partner to Scale European AI Infrastructure
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Mistral AI, Digital Realty Partner to Scale European AI Infrastructure

Mistral AI has partnered with Digital Realty to secure 10 megawatts of compute capacity at Digital Realty's Paris South...

AI Business
Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO

Anthropic has completed a $65 billion Series H funding round, valuing the AI startup at $965 billion post-money. This...

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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion
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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion

An AI coding startup has reached a $26 billion valuation in a new funding round, reflecting strong market demand for...

AI Business
H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment
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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment

H1, a healthcare SaaS startup, secures $40M in funding from CVS, demonstrating continued investor interest in SaaS...

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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley
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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley

Paris is emerging as a significant AI hub outside Silicon Valley as Europe's startup ecosystem matures and founders...

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How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
Startups & FundingAnthropic

How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.

Elon Musk is publicly characterizing xAI's compute deal with Anthropic as short-term and cancellable, contradicting...

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AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion
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AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion

An AI aggregation platform has been valued at $1.3 billion, reflecting the growing adoption of enterprise AI agents....

AI Business
Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers
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Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers

Triomics raised $22M in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures to advance its oncology-specific AI technology for...

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In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips
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In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips

Snowflake has signed a five-year, $6 billion deal with Amazon Web Services to secure AI chips, reducing reliance on...

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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount
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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount

Payroll startup Remote achieved $300 million in annual recurring revenue and became cash-flow positive by increasing...

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AI coding agent Devin maker Cognition more than doubles its valuation to $26 billion in under nine months
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AI coding agent Devin maker Cognition more than doubles its valuation to $26 billion in under nine months

Cognition, maker of AI software developer Devin, has raised over $1 billion at a valuation exceeding $26 billion, more...

The Decoder
AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation
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AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation

AI coding startup Cognition raised $1 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, more than doubling its valuation in...

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Nvidia Signals $150B Spend in Taiwan
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Nvidia Signals $150B Spend in Taiwan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a $150 billion spend in Taiwan and established a new headquarters there, positioning...

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