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OpenAI loses Windsurf as Google swoops the AI startup's CEO, team, and tech for $2.4B (indianexpress.com)
2 days ago Google Startup AI

Analysis: YC picked just four Indian startups in 2024 vs. 66 in 2021, amid a growing trend of startups shifting their parent entities to India for domestic IPOs (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
2 days ago India IPO Startup

Meta has completed a deal to acquire AI voice technology startup PlayAI, and the “entire PlayAI team” is set to join Meta next week, per an internal memo (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Startup AI

The exclusivity period on OpenAI's $3B offer to acquire coding startup Windsurf has expired, which means that Windsurf is free to explore other options (fortune.com)
3 days ago Startup

Source: Butterfly Effect, the startup behind Manus, has shut down its entire China-based team to minimize geopolitical risks associated with its ties to China (www.theinformation.com)
3 days ago China Startup

Chinese startup Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2, an open-source model that the company says has enhanced coding capabilities and excels at general agent tasks (www.reuters.com)
3 days ago China Startup AI

Sources: Alibaba-backed Chinese AI startup Zhipu plans to raise ~$300M in an IPO in Hong Kong, after previously considering listing in mainland China (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago China Hong Kong IPO Alibaba Startup AI

Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $100M Series B at a $875M valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
4 days ago Startup AI Mathematics

Foundation EGI, an “engineering general intelligence” startup that builds custom LLMs for engineering tasks, raised a $23M Series A led by Translink Capital (siliconangle.com)
4 days ago Startup Intelligence

OpenAI closes its nearly $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products after a trademark lawsuit from hearing device startup Iyo (www.theverge.com)
4 days ago Startup

a16z moves its state of incorporation to Nevada, saying Delaware's Court of Chancery “can at times appear biased against technology startup founders” (a16z.com)
5 days ago Startup

OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo (www.theverge.com)
5 days ago Startup

ServiceUp, a vehicle repair process automation startup, raised a $55M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital, taking its total funding to nearly $70M (news.crunchbase.com)
5 days ago Startup

The Startup-Filled Coder 'Village' at the Heart of China's AI Frenzy (slashdot.org)
7 days ago China Startup AI

An analysis of Crunchbase and PitchBook data shows that in 2025 so far at least 36 tech startups hit a $1B+ valuation, including seven in June and six in May (techcrunch.com)
7 days ago Startup

Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, has become a hub for Chinese AI startups, with the suburb Liangzhu emerging as a hotspot for coders in their 20s and 30s (www.nytimes.com)
7 days ago China Alibaba Startup AI

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act expands Qualified Small Business Stock benefits for VCs, founders, and startup staff, raising tax-free gains from $10M to $15M (www.cnbc.com)
8 days ago Tax Startup

Cluely says its ARR hit $7M after signing a public company; a startup called Pickle says it built Glass, an open source, free product similar to Cluely (techcrunch.com)
9 days ago Startup

PitchBook: AI startups received 53% of all global VC dollars invested in H1 2025, rising to 64% in the US, and accounted for 29% of all global startups funded (www.axios.com)
10 days ago Startup AI

Daniel Gross is leaving Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he co-founded with Ilya Sutskever, to join Meta's new superintelligence lab (www.bloomberg.com)
11 days ago Startup AI

Ilya Sutskever becomes the CEO of Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he co-founded after leaving OpenAI; Meta reportedly poached previous CEO Daniel Gross (www.cnbc.com)
11 days ago Startup AI

Mixpanel founder Suhail Doshi calls out Soham Parekh, who he says “works at 3-4 startups at the same time” and has “been preying on YC companies and more” (www.ndtv.com)
11 days ago Startup

Grammarly to acquire email startup Superhuman in AI platform push (indianexpress.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

Sources: Sweden-based AI-powered app builder Lovable is set to raise $150M+ led by Accel at a ~$1.8B valuation, as investors rush to back “vibe coding” startups (t.co)
12 days ago Startup AI Sweden

Ambrook, a startup providing specialized accounting software for US farmers and ranchers, raised a $26.1M Series A led by Thrive Capital and Figma's Dylan Field (fortune.com)
13 days ago Startup

Sources: Palmer Luckey is preparing to launch Erebor, a US bank backed by Joe Lonsdale and other tech investors to serve startups, including crypto businesses (t.co)
13 days ago Startup

Grammarly acquires email startup Superhuman as part of a push to build an AI-powered productivity suite; Superhuman was last valued at $825M in 2021 (www.reuters.com)
13 days ago Startup AI

X hires Nikita Bier, the serial entrepreneur who was behind polling startup TBH and teen-focused social network Gas, as its new head of product (www.bloomberg.com)
14 days ago Startup Entrepreneur

A look at the rise of $5B+ unicorns, which make up 13% of ~1,600 unicorns but hold $3.5T of $6T total valuation; 17 startups joined the $5B+ club in H1 2025 (news.crunchbase.com)
14 days ago Startup

OpenAI hires team behind startup Crossing Minds as AI talent war heats up (indianexpress.com)
14 days ago Startup AI

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