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Anthropic Backer Menlo Ventures Raises $3B In New Funds To Back AI Startups Across Stages
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Anthropic Backer Menlo Ventures Raises $3B In New Funds To Back AI Startups Across Stages

Menlo Ventures has raised $3 billion across two new funds, marking its largest capital raise in 50 years, to invest in...

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Nvidia and DDN target the economics of AI infrastructure
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Nvidia and DDN target the economics of AI infrastructure

Nvidia and DataDirect Networks are partnering to address the economics of AI infrastructure by enabling data and...

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Getty Images Enters Into Content Deal With OpenAI
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Getty Images Enters Into Content Deal With OpenAI

Getty Images has entered into a content deal with OpenAI, marking a significant partnership in the generative AI space....

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Lama AI raises $10M to accelerate automated loan originations
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Lama AI raises $10M to accelerate automated loan originations

Lama AI, an AI-native loan origination startup, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by EJF Ventures,...

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Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
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Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates

Stockholm-based Fika Jobs has raised $4M for its video-first hiring platform that uses AI agents to conduct candidate...

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SpaceX Signs Compute Deal With Open Source Model Provider
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SpaceX Signs Compute Deal With Open Source Model Provider

SpaceX has signed a compute deal with an open source model provider, demonstrating SpaceX's expansion into providing...

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AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
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AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal

AI chipmaker Groq announced a $650M funding raise and is restructuring its executive team following Nvidia's $20B...

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Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Startups & FundingGoogle

Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal

Google DeepMind is investing $75 million in partnership with A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools. The collaboration aims...

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Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture

Micron is investing in Anthropic's Series H funding round and securing a multi-year deal to supply memory for Claude's...

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SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab
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SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab

Reflection AI, an open source AI lab, has signed a $150 million monthly deal with SpaceX to access Nvidia's latest...

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Google Deepmind and A24 team up on AI filmmaking research
Startups & FundingGoogle

Google Deepmind and A24 team up on AI filmmaking research

Google Deepmind and film studio A24 announce a long-term research partnership focused on AI filmmaking. Google is...

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World Model AI Lab Odyssey Now Valued at $1.45B
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World Model AI Lab Odyssey Now Valued at $1.45B

World Model AI Lab Odyssey has reached a valuation of $1.45 billion, joining a group of well-financed startups...

AI Business
Vibecoding is becoming a deal-breaker test for software acquisitions
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Vibecoding is becoming a deal-breaker test for software acquisitions

Bain & Company uses Vibecoding, an AI technology that replicates software, to assess potential acquisition targets and...

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Saas Isn’t Coming Back. Something Much Bigger Is Replacing It
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Saas Isn’t Coming Back. Something Much Bigger Is Replacing It

The article argues that AI-native, industry-specific vertical platforms will replace traditional SaaS, with vertical AI...

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In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search
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In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search

In the Weights is a new AI-centric vanity search tool or service. The article introduces the product and references a...

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Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper is departing Google DeepMind to join Anthropic, marking another significant talent exodus...

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OpenAI tripled revenue to $5.7 billion in Q1 but burned through $3.7 billion to get there
Startups & FundingOpenAI

OpenAI tripled revenue to $5.7 billion in Q1 but burned through $3.7 billion to get there

OpenAI tripled both revenue to $5.7 billion and operating losses to $3.7 billion in Q1 2026, with stock-based...

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Google Deepmind loses another top AI researcher as Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves for Anthropic
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Google Deepmind loses another top AI researcher as Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves for Anthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years, marking the third...

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The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees
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The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees

The CEO of Allbirds has launched a new AI business with significant funding but currently operates as a sole founder...

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