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Startups Modal, Baseten in Funding Talks to Help Businesses Run AI
Two startups that provide platforms to help businesses run artificial intelligence models are in talks to raise capital that could at least double their valuations, a sign of surging investor demand for infrastructure services. Modal Labs is in…
Adtech vet Brian O'Kelley's startup is pivoting to AI agents and rebranding with a new name
Adtech veteran Brian O'Kelley, once described as the 'master of the hard pivot,' is pushing the reset button again. O'Kelley and his cofounder, Anne Coghlan, exclusively told CMO Insider that they are renaming their company from Scope3 to Apostra…
Fledgling Cyber Startups Draw Outsize Funding
Early-stage cybersecurity startups are outfunding their later-stage rivals for the first time in more than a decade, driven by surging demand for next-generation smart defenses against hackers armed with artificial intelligence. As of September…
Legal AI startup Spellbook hired a new CMO - and she has strong opinions on avoiding 'creepy' AI marketing
The new CMO of a legal tech startup has a message for marketers: Stop using AI to pretend to be human. Spellbook, which offers AI tools for drafting and analyzing legal contracts, exclusively told CMO Insider that it had appointed Meltem…
Climate Startup Shifts Focus From Carbon Removal to Oil Recovery
Direct air capture startup Spiritus was founded to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and bury it underground. Now, it's pivoting to selling that CO2 to help extract oil, as the clean-tech industry recalibrates following US federal funding…
Nuclear power startup founded by SpaceX alums is building its headquarters in Bywater
Nuclear power startup Applied Atomics, whose co-founders include a pair of former SpaceX engineers, announced Wednesday it is establishing its headquarters and training center in New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood. The one-year-old company, which…
California tech exec's startup cancels diner takeover plans after dating post backlash
A San Francisco AI insurance startup's slashy plans to open up 100 24/7 cafes selling smoothies and snacks appear to be on pause — days after one of its execs went viral for posting an exhaustive list of demands for her future husband. The…
Hubble Network raises $200M to reach $1.6B valuation as startup expands satellite Bluetooth network
Seattle-based Hubble Network has reached a $1.6 billion valuation after raising $200 million in new funding to power its satellite-based Bluetooth connectivity network. The fresh capital propels the startup into unicorn territory as it works to…
Startups in Europe are pitching ways to tackle the AI power crunch
Europe's push to build its own artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is intensifying a debate over whether its electricity system can keep pace. Data-centre electricity consumption across the continent is projected to rise from 96…
Father-son startup ClaimAngel is taking on the high cost of lawsuit funding
Jeremy Alters spent more than two decades as a trial lawyer. During that time, there was one financial product he largely avoided recommending to clients: litigation funding. The problem, he said, was simple. It was often too expensive. That…
AI drug discovery startup Basecamp Research raises $140M - SiliconANGLE
Basecamp Research Ltd. today announced that it has raised $140 million in funding from a group of prominent investors. S32, a fund affiliated with Google LLC co-founder Bill Maris, led the Series C round. It was joined by more than a dozen other…
Inside Basecamp Research, the AI startup turning evolution into training data
Basecamp Research / GPT-Image-2 prompted by THE DECODER London-based Basecamp Research has raised $140 million from investors including Nvidia and Anthropic's Anthology Fund to build AI models for developing drugs and cell therapies. The models…
Upwind acquires Israeli AI security startup Aegis
Israeli cloud security company Upwind Security, cofounded by serial entrepreneur Amiram Shachar is acquiring Israeli AI cybersecurity startup Aegis, which until now has been operating in stealth. Aegis was founded by two engineers - Omri Limor and…
Greenr targets another $30 million for Indian climate startups
More than 300 Indian green businesses have gone through TechnoServe's Greenr Sustainability Accelerator, recording average revenue growth of 51 per cent as the programme increasingly focuses on connecting climate ventures with capital, corporate…
Fei-Fei Li Reveals World Labs 'Tiger Mom' Style as Startup Scales Fast - News Anyway
Fei-Fei Li has described her leadership of World Labs as that of a demanding parent, saying the age gap between herself and her team has put her firmly in a ‘tiger mom' role at the spatial AI company she co-founded in 2024. ‘I'm by…
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