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AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment
Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has reached 13 million users and secured $22 million in Series A funding. The...
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AI Could Democratize One of Tech's Most Valuable Resources
AI is enabling startups to revolutionize chipmaking by making chip design and software optimization more accessible and...
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Meta, Broadcom Agree to Mega-Deal to Co-Develop AI Chips
Meta and Broadcom have agreed to co-develop AI chips together, representing one of several strategic partnerships major...
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Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent
Allbirds, a failed shoe company that went public in 2021, is pivoting to become NewBird AI, a GPU-as-a-Service and AI...
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Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not
Allbirds, once a $4 billion apparel company, is rebranding as NewBird AI to pivot into GPU-as-a-Service computing. The...
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Funding Lays Groundwork for Orbital’s AI Data Centers in Space
Orbital, a 2026 startup, has secured funding to develop AI data centers in space as part of a broader trend of...
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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Allbirds, a shoe company, is pivoting its business model to focus on AI infrastructure after selling its shoe business,...
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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant
Parasail, an AI startup, raised $32 million in Series A funding, indicating a shift toward a fragmented future of AI...
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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million
Gitar, an AI-powered code security startup that uses agents to review AI-generated code, has emerged from stealth with...
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Drones get smarter for large farm holdings
Singapore-based DroneDash Technologies and GEODNET have formed a joint venture called GEODASH Aerosystems to develop an...
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I Sold My Startup A Year After Founding It. Here’s Why That Was The Fastest Way To Build Real-World Healthcare AI
Louis Blankemeier, co-founder of healthcare AI startup Cognita, discusses his decision to sell the company just one...
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Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts
Anthropic's $380 billion valuation is attracting investor interest as some backers of both Anthropic and OpenAI...
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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
Fluidstack, an AI data center startup, is in talks to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation, a significant...
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Oracle Expands AI Infrastructure Drive with Bloom Deal
The deal comes amid growing interest in onsite energy options, as AI compute vendors struggle to meet power demands.
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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply
European venture funding reached $17.6 billion in Q1 2026, up 30% year-over-year, with AI claiming more than 50% of...
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OpenAI acquires AI finance startup Hiro, which built a "personal AI CFO"
OpenAI has acquired AI finance startup Hiro, which offered a personal AI CFO service. The service is being shut down...
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OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
OpenAI has acquired Hiro, an AI personal finance startup, to build financial planning capabilities into ChatGPT. The...
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch announced the company's readiness for an IPO, attributing growth momentum to AI agents...
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Steel giants, automakers, and banks plan to build Japan's answer to US and Chinese AI dominance
SoftBank is leading a consortium of Japanese industrial companies including steel giants, automakers, and banks to...
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