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Crunchbase Data: Global Startup Investment Hit Record $510B In H1 2026 As AI Boom Accelerates Funding And Exits
Startups & Funding

Crunchbase Data: Global Startup Investment Hit Record $510B In H1 2026 As AI Boom Accelerates Funding And Exits

Global startup investment reached a record $510B in H1 2026, with Q2 2026 being the second-largest quarter on record at...

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Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office
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Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office

Indian tech entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia is investing $30 million of his own money into Neo, an AI-powered alternative...

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Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
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Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller

Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures to launch a new venture capital firm with Morgan Beller, focusing on AI...

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Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off
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Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off

Venice AI has achieved unicorn status with a $65M Series A funding round while already being profitable with over $70M...

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Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash
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Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash

Meta is developing a cloud infrastructure business to monetize excess AI compute capacity by selling access to...

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Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation
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Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation

Wayve, an autonomous driving AI startup, launched an $85 million employee tender offer at an $8.5 billion valuation....

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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, has reached a valuation of over...

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Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
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Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip

Etched, an AI chip competitor to Nvidia, has reached a $5 billion valuation and secured $1 billion in contracts for its...

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San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000
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San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000

San Francisco's AI boom is rapidly inflating housing costs, making rent unaffordable even for high-earning tech...

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Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game
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Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game

Riverside, a podcasting platform, is expanding into newsletter publishing by leveraging AI to automatically generate...

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Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup
Startups & Funding

Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup

Omnea, a London-based AI software company, launches the Omnea Future Founders Fund offering $250,000 in seed funding to...

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We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data
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We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data

Venture capital firms are misusing AI in their investment processes, according to Gilion's Henrik Landgren. He argues...

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GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software
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GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software

GV managing partner Dave Munichiello discusses Qualcomm's acquisition of Modular, highlighting how tech companies are...

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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role
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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role

Chamath Palihapitiya has raised $135M in Series A funding for his AI coding startup and will take on the CEO role. The...

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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business

Arena, a startup operating a popular free AI leaderboard, has reached a $100M valuation following the launch of its...

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OPINION: Why Token Counting Obscures ROI on AI Investments
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OPINION: Why Token Counting Obscures ROI on AI Investments

The article argues that measuring AI investment ROI through token counting is insufficient and doesn't reveal which...

AI Business
South Korea Unveils $576B AI Chip Push With Samsung and SK Hynix
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South Korea Unveils $576B AI Chip Push With Samsung and SK Hynix

South Korea announced a $576 billion investment initiative to advance AI chip development, partnering with Samsung and...

AI Business
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise

Proception, a robotics startup focused on developing advanced robot hands, has settled a trade secret lawsuit with...

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This Humanoid Robot Is a Terrifyingly Competent Office Intern
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This Humanoid Robot Is a Terrifyingly Competent Office Intern

Flexion Robotics, a startup founded by ex-Nvidia engineers, has developed a humanoid robot capable of performing office...

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