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A Chinese Brain-Computer Interface startup raised $21M just two months after launch; plus, Gumloop turns every employee into an AI agent builder
This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.
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Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots
The startup, which was created by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, is looking to train on data from, and deploy in, Rivian's factory.
Plus, Re...
Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not; plus, Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legal tech boom endures
Canopii's robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.
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Robinhood’s startup fund stumbled in NYSE debut, plus, AI network startup Eridu emerged from stealth, and ModRetro seeking funding at $1B valuation
-The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.
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Zeno raises $25M to speed up production of its battery-swap motorbikes; plus, Lio raised $30M from A16Z and others to automate enterprise procurement
The startup, co-founded by Tesla and Apple alumni, has sold nearly 1,000 of its motorbikes so far.
Also, AI procurement startup Lio annou...
Science Corp raises $230M as it races to bring its brain implant to market
A source close to the company says the round assigns Science a post-money valuation of $1.25 billion.
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Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation; plus, three companies dominated the $189 billion in VC investments last month
The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that's providing employee liquidity.
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Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices?
Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.
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Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to help security teams deal with change; plus, Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in ARR
Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.
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MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens
After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps sto...
Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding
Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.
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Hardware Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market
As TechCrunch's Kate Park writes, China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than...
Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet; plus, Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back U.S. market
Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of abou...
Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers; plus,
Sophia Space's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.
Also, Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding...
Jest is challenging the app store status quo; plus, Self-driving truck startup Einride raises $113M PIPE
Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding.
Also, self-driving trucks startup Einride...
Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M; plus, AI chip startup MatX raised $500M
Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's Winter 2025 cohort.
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Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing; plus, Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow
With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular me...
Ukraine’s startups keep building
In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, Ukrainian startups have done more than survive: they are still building and gro...
Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to
AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.
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Quantonation’s double-sized second fund shows quantum still has believers; plus. Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model
Quantonation Ventures, a venture firm investing in quantum and physics-based startups, has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €220 million, or a...
Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem; plus, General Catalyst commits $5B to India
Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem.
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A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app
Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.
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Reload wants to give your AI agents a shared memory; plus, Mirai developing a framework for models to perform better on devices
Reload announces a $2.275 million raise in a round led by Anthemis and the launch of its first AI employee, Epic.
Also, Mirai raised a $1...
Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers; plus, World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk
Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.
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SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending; Mistral AI buys Koyeb; and Thrive raises $10B for new fund, its largest yet
SpendRule, launched last summer, is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare systems track their spending.
Mistral AI has agreed to b...
African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two Gen Zers, raises additional $22M in a month
Terra Industries, the African defense company, announced Monday that it had secured an additional $22 million in funding to further expand the busines...
Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline
Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant that will sell elect...
Eclipse backs all-EV marketplace Ever in $31M funding round
The San Francisco-based startup says its AI-first approach has allowed it to scale faster.
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Score, the dating app for people with good credit, is back
Two years ago, a controversial dating app was launched and quickly shuttered: for people with good-to-excellent credit. Now, the founder is relaunchi...
Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘agentic’ autopilot; plus, AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say
Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a company’s existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming communications and a...
Complyance raises $20M to help companies manage risk and compliance; plus, Integrate raises $17M to move defense project management
Complyance raised a $20 million Series A led by GV for its AI-native compliance platform.
Also, Integrate's round was led by FPV Ventures...
Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation
Apptronik has sold another $520 million in a Series A extension to existing and new investors like Google and Mercedes-Benz.
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Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z
Smart Bricks is an AI-powered proptech that helps investors find high-quality real estate investments
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Hauler Hero collects $16M for its AI waste management software
Hauler Hero has seen its customer base, revenue, and head count double since the company raised its seed round in 2024.
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Anthropic closes in on $20B round; plus, Harvey reportedly raising at $11B valuation just months after it hit $8B
Anthropic raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but intense competition between frontier labs and the ongoing cost of compute hav...
Gather AI, maker of ‘curious’ warehouse drones, lands $40M led by Keith Block’s firm
Gather AI has closed funding from former Salesforce CEO's firm Smith Point Capital. Its warehouse AI system doesn't just scan. It seeks out specific d...
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools
The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
Fundamental raises a Series A with a new take on big data analysis; plus, Stripe alumni raised a Series A for Duna
Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by ent...
Peak XV says internal disagreement led to partner exits as it doubles down on AI
Peak XV says internal disagreement led to partner exits as it doubles down on AI
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Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips; plus, Apeiron Labs gets $29M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots
The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its...