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London-based AI chip startup Olix raised $312M led by Fundomo, with participation from Arm, at a $3.3B valuation, up from $1B+ after raising $220M in February (www.ft.com)
14 days ago Startup AI London

Japanese startups are racing to enter defense drone production, as Tokyo seeks to cut reliance on Chinese industrial drones, which control 91% of Japan's market (asia.nikkei.com)
14 days ago China Japan Startup Drone Tokyo

A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question the revenue potential of open-weight startups like Arcee, Reflection AI, and Poolside (www.wsj.com)
14 days ago Startup AI

Okta agrees to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso; source: the acquisition is valued at just under $200M and is structured as an almost all-cash deal (techcrunch.com)
18 days ago Startup AI

Enterprise data pipeline startup DataBahn raised a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $59M (siliconangle.com)
18 days ago Startup

Source and docs: Intel has given access to its Atom processor tech to Rosaic, a new startup led by Amarjit Gill; Lip-Bu Tan and Gill are longtime co-investors (www.reuters.com)
19 days ago Intel Startup

New York-based AI detection startup Pangram raised $9M led by Menlo, and releases Pangram 4.0 and its first AI image detection model, claiming 99.5% accuracy (www.nytimes.com)
19 days ago Startup AI New York

Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high (news.crunchbase.com)
20 days ago Startup AI

NYC-based AI startup Runlayer sues Rippling for allegedly stealing trade secrets to “build essentially a clone” of Runlayer's safety and governance product (nypost.com)
20 days ago Startup AI

Data security startup Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security, which provides non-human identity security, in a deal valued at about $1B (www.crn.com)
20 days ago Startup

UK startup Dwelly, which buys real estate businesses and adds AI to handle maintenance, contracts, and other tasks, raised $95M in equity and $75M in debt (www.bloomberg.com)
20 days ago Startup AI Equity

Sources: Moonshot is seeking access to more Nvidia Blackwell chips to prepare for Kimi K4; the Chinese startup trained K3 on Nvidia chips including Blackwell (www.theinformation.com)
20 days ago China Startup Nvidia

Sources: Nvidia has committed to invest $5B in Ilya Sutskever's SSI; the startup has previously raised about $3B in funding and was valued at $32B last year (www.bloomberg.com)
21 days ago Startup Nvidia

How AI companies are targeting the education market, including making free or cut-price tailored learning tools in partnership with schools and edtech startups (www.ft.com)
22 days ago Startup AI Education

Sources: AI robotics startup Genesis AI is in talks to raise around $500M in a new funding round at a $3B pre-money valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
24 days ago Startup AI Robot

Startup Founders Urge Trump Not to Shut Off Chinese Open Weight AI (slashdot.org)
25 days ago Trump China Startup AI

AI inference chip startup Etched raised a $300M Series C led by Sequoia, with a16z, SK Hynix, others participating, at a $10.3B valuation, up from $5B in Dec. (techcrunch.com)
25 days ago Startup AI

The Little Tech Association, a new group of ~200 companies across the startup community, including Y Combinator, urges Trump not to ban Chinese open-weight AI (www.politico.com)
25 days ago Trump China Startup AI Ban Y Combinator

Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms raised $1.7B led by a16z, with Uber and others participating; Ben Horowitz will join the startup's board (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago Uber Startup Robot

Cashea, Venezuela's largest fintech startup that offers a banking and payments app, raised a $40M Series A, including $20M in debt, and a $60M Series B (www.bloomberg.com)
26 days ago Fintech Startup Venezuela

Glow, a cybersecurity startup that uses AI agents to monitor software and developer tools, emerges from stealth with a $180M Series A at a $1.2B valuation (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago Startup AI

Sources: Samsung may invest up to €1B in Mistral as part of a broader round valuing it at ~€20B, after previously backing the AI startup through its venture arm (www.ft.com)
26 days ago Samsung Startup AI

London-based robotics startup Humanoid raised a $152M Series A led by Prime Movers Lab at a $1.35B post-money valuation, bringing its total funding to $270M (www.forbes.com)
26 days ago Startup Robot London

Docs: AI data startup Mercor had $614M in gross revenue in H1 2026, up 70% from all of 2025, with ~91% from foundation model makers like OpenAI and Anthropic (www.theinformation.com)
27 days ago Startup AI

Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica's GPU orchestration startup SkyPilot, which aims to be neutral across hardware and cloud vendors, raised a $20M seed led by Lux (fortune.com)
27 days ago Startup

Sources: Chinese startup Moonshot AI is seeking formal approval from investors to start a Hong Kong IPO process, which could happen in as soon as six months (www.theinformation.com)
28 days ago China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

Data infrastructure startup Cribl acquires CardinalOps, which offers AI-powered threat detection tools and had raised $40M, sources say for around $100M (www.calcalistech.com)
30 days ago Startup AI

Thira, an AI startup founded by Apptio co-founders to develop AI agents that handle back-office tasks such as IT support, raised a $21M seed led by Madrona (www.geekwire.com)
30 days ago Startup AI

Sources: AI inference chip startup Etched is raising funds at a ~$20B valuation and is raising capital at a $10B valuation in a separate round led by Sequoia (www.wsj.com)
30 days ago Startup AI

Sources: Coatue is leading a $3B investment in Databricks that values the data analytics software startup at $188B, a 40% increase from its December valuation (www.wsj.com)
30 days ago Startup

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