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Pie, a startup that uses AI to optimize marketing for brick-and-mortar small businesses, emerges from stealth with a $19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed (www.inc.com)
9 hours ago Startup AI

A study of 22K US companies shows those spending most heavily on AI are adding workers faster than peers, but most gains are among tech companies and startups (www.ft.com)
16 hours ago Startup AI

AI chip startup Etched says it has raised $800M from investors including Jane Street and a venture firm linked to TSMC, and has signed sales contracts worth $1B (www.bloomberg.com)
20 hours ago Startup AI

Nebex, a fintech startup aiming to act as a broker platform connecting US space tech suppliers, foreign governments, and investors, raised a $30M seed led by GV (www.bloomberg.com)
1 day ago Fintech Startup

Sources: AI video startup Higgsfield is in talks to raise $300M to $500M at a $5B pre-money valuation, more than 4x its valuation in a January 2026 round (www.theinformation.com)
1 day ago Startup AI

AI coding startup 8090 raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; founder Chamath Palihapitiya announces that he will lead the company as CEO (techcrunch.com)
1 day ago Startup AI Salesforce

In Q2, there were thirteen $1B+ US venture-backed startup exits, either through acquisition or IPO, the most exits since the 2021 market peak (news.crunchbase.com)
1 day ago IPO Startup

Japanese prediction market startups Miraima and Poyp are utilizing a “point-to-voucher” system to bypass strict anti-gambling laws, in a bid to rival Polymarket (www.bloomberg.com)
1 day ago Japan Startup

Chinese robotics startup AI² Robotics raised ~$736M at a ~$2.9B valuation; Alibaba-backed X Square Robot raised an undisclosed amount at a ~$2.9B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
1 day ago China Alibaba Startup AI Robot

Dealogic: Japan saw 18 IPOs in H1 2026, the lowest since 2011, despite stock market surges, partly due to Japan's lack of AI, data center, and chip startups (www.ft.com)
2 days ago Japan IPO Startup AI

Insurance tech startup Corgi denies accusations that it used Papermark's open source software code to develop its software and present it as its own (techcrunch.com)
4 days ago Startup Insurance

Despite the “DeepMind mafia” pulling billions into London AI startups, none of Demis Hassabis' former lieutenants is building a homegrown UK frontier AI model (www.ft.com)
5 days ago Startup AI London

Warp, a startup using AI to automate payroll compliance and employee management, raised a $60M Series B led by Battery, bringing its total funding to $85M (www.axios.com)
5 days ago Startup AI Battery

The US awards $250M in CHIPS funds to a startup co-founded by billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland to develop silicon-carbide chips and pulsed-power tech (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago Startup

Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman (www.axios.com)
5 days ago Startup AI

Meta's $900 million investment in an Indian startup: Why some are raising red flags (www.rt.com)
5 days ago India Startup

Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal (www.forbes.com)
5 days ago Blockchain Australia Startup

Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5B valuation, and is set for €1B+ in annual recurring revenue by year's end (www.ft.com)
6 days ago Startup Insurance Paris

SambaNova Executive Chairman Lip-Bu Tan says the AI chip startup is set to raise $800M to $1B, sources say at a ~$10B valuation, up from $2B in February (www.theinformation.com)
6 days ago Startup AI

AI creative tools startup Krea, which has raised $83M and claims to have 30M users, releases the open weights for its image model Krea 2 under a custom license (venturebeat.com)
7 days ago Startup AI

Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M+ registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M+ (www.businessinsider.com)
7 days ago Startup AI

xLight, a startup developing advanced lasers for EUV machines, told investors that it is in talks to raise $350M led by Boardman Bay and Bain Capital (www.theinformation.com)
7 days ago Startup

Menlo raised $3B for funds dedicated to backing AI startups, its largest haul to date; sources say Menlo's Anthropic stake is currently worth nearly $14B (www.bloomberg.com)
7 days ago Startup AI

New York-based crypto analytics startup Allium raised a $40M Series B led by Amplify Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins and others (fortune.com)
7 days ago Startup New York

Google plans a 12-week incubator, picking 10 to 20 AI startups from its “Xoogler” alumni and providing up to $350K in cloud credits and $100K in direct funding (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago Google Startup AI

Sources: Qualcomm is in advanced talks to acquire Modular in a transaction valuing the AI chip startup at ~$4B, up from a $1.6B valuation in September 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago Startup AI

Sources: marketing tech startup AppsFlyer raised a $1B Series E at a $2.7B post-money valuation; Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity acquire minority stakes (www.axios.com)
8 days ago Google Startup

Meta invests $900M into Indian fintech startup Cred, and plans to appoint Cred founder Kunal Shah as the new leader of WhatsApp, replacing Will Cathcart (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago India Fintech Startup WhatsApp

As Europe falls behind the US and China in consumer AI, its engineering companies and AI startups are turning to industrial AI applications to boost efficiency (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago China Europe Startup AI

SoftBank says it is struggling to find startups in Latin America ready for major investments and has completed only two new deals over the past two years (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago U.S. Startup Latin America

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