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Sources: e-commerce startup OpenStore, co-founded by Keith Rabois, is raising a $15M Series C at a valuation of just $50M, down from $970M in September 2022 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-26 Startup

A profile of Swedish AI coding startup Lovable, which became the fastest-growing software startup ever, reaching $100M+ in annualized revenue in eight months (www.forbes.com)
2025-7-24 Startup AI Sweden

Compliance tech startup Vanta raised a $150M Series D led by Wellington Management at a $4.15B valuation, up from $2.45B after raising $150M in July 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-23 Startup

Amazon to buy startup focused on AI wearables (indianexpress.com)
2025-7-23 Amazon Startup AI

PitchBook: in H1, AI startups raised $104.3B in the US, or about 66% of all US VC funding, up from 49% last year; there were 281 VC-backed exits totaling $36B (www.cnbc.com)
2025-7-23 Startup AI

AI compliance startup Delve raised a $32M Series A at a $300M valuation led by Insight Partners with participation from CISOs at Fortune 500 companies (techcrunch.com)
2025-7-23 Startup AI

UK startup Inforcer, which helps SMBs automate and manage Microsoft 365, security, and more, raised a $35M Series B, a source says at a $200M+ valuation (www.upstartsmedia.com)
2025-7-22 Microsoft Startup

Reliance Retail launches Ajio Rush, a four-hour fashion delivery service live in six Indian cities, to take on Myntra and other fashion quick commerce startups (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
2025-7-19 India Retail Startup

Acquihire deals like Google's Windsurf deal are a wake-up call for AI startup employees left behind, creating new uncertainty over leadership and compensation (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-19 Google Startup AI

Sources: at least six of China's biggest VC firms are targeting a combined $2B in new USD-denominated funds to allow overseas investment in Chinese startups (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-19 China Startup

Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere acquired Koala, an AI-powered CRM startup that raised a $15M Series A five months ago; Koala plans to shut down in September (techcrunch.com)
2025-7-19 Startup AI CRM

Clothing inventory monetization startup CaaStle's ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is charged with defrauding investors of more than $300M over the past six years (apnews.com)
2025-7-19 Startup

Remagine Ventures: 342 Israeli startups are focused on generative AI in 2025, up by 198 since May 2024, and they have collectively raised $20B+ to date (www.calcalistech.com)
2025-7-17 Israel Startup AI

Swedish AI coding startup Lovable raised a $200M Series A led by Accel at a $1.8B valuation, making it Europe's newest unicorn (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-17 Europe Startup AI Sweden

Big Tech acquihiring AI startups, like Meta's Scale AI deal, gives VCs only modest returns compared to traditional exits and may entrench Big Tech's dominance (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-17 Startup AI

Saudi startup Lucidya, which develops customer experience software, raised a $30M Series B led by Impact46, marking the largest AI funding round in the kingdom (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-17 Startup AI

Israeli subterranean mapping startup Exodigo raised a $96M Series B led by Zeev Ventures and Greenfield Partners, taking its total funding to $214M (siliconangle.com)
2025-7-16 Israel Startup

Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax files confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO, targeting a $4B+ valuation and aiming to raise $510M+, set to float by 2025's end (www.reuters.com)
2025-7-16 China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

China, which pledged $8.5B for young AI startups in April, is taking an industrial policy approach to help its AI companies close the gap with those in the US (www.nytimes.com)
2025-7-16 China Startup AI

Mira Murati's AI startup Thinking Machines valued at $12 billion in early-stage funding (indianexpress.com)
2025-7-16 Startup AI

Thinking Machines Lab, Mira Murati's AI startup that launched only in February, raised $2B led by a16z; Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, Cisco, and AMD also invested (www.reuters.com)
2025-7-16 Startup AI Nvidia Cisco AMD

PitchBook: US startup funding surged 75.6% YoY in H1 2025 to $162.8B, the strongest since H1 2021, driven by AI and on track for the second-best year ever (www.reuters.com)
2025-7-15 Startup AI

How Benchmark's investment in Chinese startup Manus has highlighted a philosophical divide in Silicon Valley over China, patriotism, and the pursuit of profit (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-15 China Startup

OpenAI loses Windsurf as Google swoops the AI startup's CEO, team, and tech for $2.4B (indianexpress.com)
2025-7-12 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)
2025-7-12 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)
2025-7-12 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)
2025-7-12 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)
2025-7-12 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)
2025-7-12 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)
2025-7-11 China Hong Kong IPO Alibaba Startup AI

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