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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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SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M
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SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M

SOND, a sleep technology startup founded by Bose's former head of sleep products, has emerged from stealth mode with...

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Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop
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Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop

Trajectory, a startup founded by former Google and Apple researchers, is launching to build continuous learning...

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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walk back their AI job apocalypse predictions
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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walk back their AI job apocalypse predictions

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have recently walked back their previous predictions about AI causing widespread job...

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The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In ‘Uninvestable’ Sectors
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The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In ‘Uninvestable’ Sectors

Venture capital firms are increasingly investing in traditionally "uninvestable" industrial sectors by leveraging...

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OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
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OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year

OpenRouter raised $113 million in Series B funding led by CapitalG, more than doubling its valuation to $1.3 billion in...

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This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots
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This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots

Human Archive, a startup founded by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to collect...

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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say
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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

Peec, a Berlin-based startup that helps brands track their presence in AI search results, has more than doubled its...

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How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups 
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How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups 

AI startups are inflating their ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) metrics when publicly discussing their progress, with...

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  

This week's top 10 funding rounds feature major investments across multiple sectors including medical devices, AI...

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Deepseek reportedly prioritizes AGI research over quick profits despite billions in funding
Startups & FundingDeepSeek

Deepseek reportedly prioritizes AGI research over quick profits despite billions in funding

DeepSeek is raising approximately $10 billion in funding, valuing the Chinese AI startup at roughly $45 billion....

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Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen
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Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen

Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok is struggling with poor adoption and performance, appearing in only 3 out of over 400...

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Prompt: AI’s Next Challenge Is Proving the Payoff
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Prompt: AI’s Next Challenge Is Proving the Payoff

Enterprises are struggling to justify massive investments in AI as operational costs and infrastructure demands...

AI Business
OpenAI burned through $1.22 per dollar earned even after stripping out stock-based compensation
Startups & FundingOpenAI

OpenAI burned through $1.22 per dollar earned even after stripping out stock-based compensation

OpenAI reported $5.7 billion in Q1 2026 revenue but posted a significant operating loss of $1.22 for every dollar...

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OpenAI opens Singapore AI lab as IMDA updates AI framework
Startups & FundingOpenAI

OpenAI opens Singapore AI lab as IMDA updates AI framework

OpenAI announced the opening of its first Applied AI Lab outside the US in Singapore, established through a partnership...

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GITEX AI EUROPE
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GITEX AI EUROPE

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Microsoft and EY Link Up to Speed Enterprise AI Adoption
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Microsoft and EY Link Up to Speed Enterprise AI Adoption

The longtime partners expanded their relationship.

AI Business
The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join
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The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join

SpaceX filed its public IPO prospectus Wednesday, highlighting many amazing things that it has accomplished in its...

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