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Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (garymarcus.substack.com)
7 hours ago Startup AI

VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Startup AI

Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following allegations of fake compliance certificates (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
1 day ago Startup Y Combinator

Health data startup Bevel's CEO pushes back against Whoop's lawsuit that alleges Bevel copied the look of the Whoop app, saying Whoop's actions are “lawfare” (www.inc.com)
2 days ago Startup

Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (www.calcalistech.com)
2 days ago Israel IPO Startup AI

Some startups and researchers who can't access the most advanced chips are adopting a “frugal AI” approach, building smaller models on open-weight systems (restofworld.org)
2 days ago Startup AI

Sony Interactive Entertainment acquires Cinemersive Labs, a UK startup developing tools to convert 2D photos and videos into 3D volumetric photographs (www.engadget.com)
3 days ago Startup Sony

Mental health startup Kintsugi is shutting down and open-sourcing its AI tech to detect depression and anxiety, after failing to secure FDA clearance (www.theverge.com)
3 days ago Startup AI

Sources: AI startup Poolside held talks with Google and others to revive a Texas data center project after a CoreWeave deal and a $2B Nvidia-led round collapsed (www.ft.com)
3 days ago Google Startup AI Nvidia Texas

Documents: Intel plans to invest $15M in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel's stake to 9%, following a $35M investment in February (www.reuters.com)
4 days ago Intel Startup

Startup Pitches 'Brainless Clones' To Serve the Role of Backup Human Bodies (science.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Startup

Global VC investment hit a record $297B in Q1 2026, up 150% YoY, with AI startups capturing 81% of the funding; just four companies raised 64% of the total (news.crunchbase.com)
4 days ago Startup AI

Kestra, an open-source workflow orchestration startup, raised a $25M Series A led by RTP Global, as Kestra looks to expand its go-to-market strategy (www.axios.com)
5 days ago Startup

Runway launches a $10M fund to invest in early-stage startups building across AI, media, and world simulation and a Builders program offering free API credits (techcrunch.com)
5 days ago Startup AI

OpenFX, an FX market-making and remittance startup launched by a FalconX co-founder, raised $94M led by Accel and others, a source says at a ~$500M valuation (www.reuters.com)
5 days ago Startup

Micromobility delivery startup Also, a Rivian spinoff, raised $200M led by Greenoaks at a $1B valuation and enters a multiyear partnership with DoorDash (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago Startup

Sources: London-based chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise over $200M from Accel and others at a $1B valuation; Fractile raised a $15M seed round in 2024 (www.ft.com)
5 days ago Startup London

Social gaming startup Rec Room is shutting down its service on June 1, saying it could not find a path to profitability; it was valued at $3.5B in December 2021 (www.geekwire.com)
6 days ago Startup

Levels.fyi: median base-salary offers for US software engineers at VC-backed startups have risen 25% to $200K since 2022; total compensation has risen just 18% (www.wsj.com)
6 days ago Startup

Fabless AI chip startup Rebellions raised $400M in a pre-IPO round at a $2.34B valuation, bringing its total funding to $850M, with $650M in the past six months (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago IPO Startup AI

Finnish startup IQM Quantum Computers raised €50M from BlackRock to accelerate its global growth, ahead of a planned dual US and Helsinki IPO later in 2026 (www.reuters.com)
6 days ago IPO Startup Finland Quantum

Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $170M Series A led by Benchmark and EQT at a $1.1B valuation, and plans to launch Starcloud 2 later in 2026 (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago Startup

Paris-based AI startup Mistral raised $830M in its debut debt financing to build Nvidia-powered data centers across Europe; Mistral plans to spend €4B in total (www.ft.com)
6 days ago Europe Startup AI Nvidia Paris

Some defense tech startups are considering relocating to the US due to the UK's military spending delays, as some execs say the UK sector is at a “standstill” (www.ft.com)
6 days ago Startup

UK Startup Ignites Plasma Inside Nuclear Fusion Rocket (science.slashdot.org)
8 days ago Startup

Investment in Austin-based startups grew to a record high of $7.19B in 2025, up from $4.37B in 2024 and topping a pandemic peak of $6.1B in 2021 (news.crunchbase.com)
8 days ago Startup

Sources: Google nears a deal to help finance Nexus Data Centers' Texas campus that is leased to Anthropic, as Google deepens its partnership with the AI startup (www.ft.com)
9 days ago Google Startup AI Texas

Defense tech startup Shield AI raised $2B at a $12.7B valuation, up from $5.3B after raising $240M in March 2025; half of its business is autonomous software (www.nytimes.com)
10 days ago Startup AI

How Theia, a satellite imaging startup that raised $250M+ by 2020, collapsed after the founder and four other execs were indicted on federal fraud charges (www.bloomberg.com)
10 days ago Startup

Isara, which aims to build software that can coordinate the work of thousands of AI agents, raised $94M and says OpenAI backed the startup at a $650M valuation (www.wsj.com)
11 days ago Startup AI

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