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Mistral announces a content deal with the Agence France-Presse to improve answer accuracy in Le Chat, marking the French AI startup's first such partnership (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-16 France Startup AI

Google agreed to buy 100K tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-16 India Google Startup

Startup Raises $200 Million To 'De-Extinct' the Woolly Mammoth, Thylacine and Dodo (science.slashdot.org)
2025-1-16 Startup

Synthesia, a London-based B2B startup building products around highly realistic AI avatar technology, raised a $180M Series D led by NEA at a $2.1B valuation (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-15 Startup AI London

Elmsford, NY-based quantum computing startup SEEQC raised a $30M Series A extension co-led by Booz Allen and NordicNinja, following a $22.4M Series A in 2020 (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-15 Startup Quantum

Report: UK startups raised €16.4B in 2024, Germany raised €9.4B, France raised €7.1B; investment in French AI startups grew from €1B in 2023 to €1.9B in 2024 (sifted.eu)
2025-1-15 Germany France Startup AI

Snyk Researcher Caught Deploying Malicious Code Targeting AI Startup (it.slashdot.org)
2025-1-14 Startup AI

Sources: Chainalysis acquires AI-agent security startup Alterya for ~$150M; Alterya is still in stealth mode but has clients including Coinbase, Square, Binance (www.businessinsider.com)
2025-1-14 Startup AI Coinbase

A look at Troodi, a mental health chatbot built by AI startup Elomia Health for Troomi's child-focused phones, with thousands of teen users across the US (www.wsj.com)
2025-1-14 Startup AI chatbot

Donald Trump Jr. is joining prediction-market startup Kalshi as a strategic adviser; CFTC called Kalshi “an online casino” in a December filing (www.wsj.com)
2025-1-14 Trump Startup CFTC

An interview with Arkady Volozh, CEO of Nebius, formerly Yandex NV, on selling Yandex's Russian business in 2024, competing with US AI startups, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-12 Russia Interview Startup AI

Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz names veteran exec Fazal Merchant as president and CFO to prepare for a US IPO; sources: Wiz has annual revenues of ~$500M (www.reuters.com)
2025-1-10 Israel IPO Startup

Sources: Eric Schmidt is working on an AI startup called Hooglee, which describes its mission as “democratizing video creation with AI” (www.forbes.com)
2025-1-9 Startup AI

Istanbul-based gaming startup Grand Games, maker of Magic Sort and Car Match, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton, after securing a $3M seed in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-9 Startup

Source: Flipkart hires Kabeer Biswas, co-founder of Dunzo, an Indian delivery startup that raised $500M+, to lead its quick commerce business, Flipkart Minutes (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-9 India Startup

Niklas Zennström says European startups can thrive by developing apps for US-based AI platforms and believes pessimism about European startups is exaggerated (t.co)
2025-1-9 Europe Startup AI

Dublin-based payments startup NomuPay, formed in 2023 from some of Wirecard's regional payment licenses, raised a $37M Series B at a $200M valuation (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-8 Startup

Global venture funding rose 3% YoY to ~$314B in 2024; venture funding to US companies totaled $178B, out of which $90B was invested in Bay Area startups (news.crunchbase.com)
2025-1-8 Startup

Atlanta-based HR and payroll software startup OnPay raised a $63M Series B led by Carrick Capital Partners, taking its total raised to $165M+ in equity and debt (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-8 Startup Equity

AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funding Valuing it at $60 Billion (slashdot.org)
2025-1-8 Startup AI

PitchBook: US startups raised $209B in 2024, up ~33% from 2023; AI startups raised $97B, the largest portion on record; VCs raised $76.1B, the lowest since 2019 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-7 Startup AI

PitchBook: AI startups developing medical note-taking apps raised $800M in 2024, compared to $390M in 2023, as Microsoft and others compete for market share (t.co)
2025-1-6 Microsoft Startup AI

Sources: Reliance writes off its $200M investment in Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo, as CEO Kabeer Biswas looks to sell Dunzo for $25M-$30M (inc42.com)
2025-1-5 Startup

Inside the fall and last-minute revival of accounting startup Bench, which struggled with implementing automation tools and faced tumult in its executive suite (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-5 Startup

Filing: Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora's board, to focus on his job as Uber CEO and reduce external board commitments (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-4 Uber Startup

PitchBook: generative AI companies worldwide raised $56B from VCs in 2024 across 885 deals, up 192% from 2023, with startups outside the US raising just $6.2B (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-4 Startup AI

Paris is vying with London as Europe's top AI hotspot, with 34 of the 40 best-performing startups at the Station F incubator in 2024 focused on AI (t.co)
2025-1-3 Europe Startup AI London Paris

PitchBook: the number of VCs investing in US startups fell from a peak of 8,315 in 2021 to 6,175 in 2024; 9 firms raised 50%+ of the $71B raised by VCs in 2024 (t.co)
2025-1-2 Startup

The US DOJ files a complaint and announces a civil enforcement action against fintech startup Dave and CEO Jason Wilk, replacing an FTC complaint from November (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-31 Fintech Startup

Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price (techcrunch.com)
2024-12-31 Startup

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