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techcrunch.com - Anna Heim - Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation
Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation
TechCrunch

30% of European unicorns may have lost their billion-dollar status, but not Alan. The French health insurance startup is now valued at €5 billion — approximately $5.83 billion, up from $4.5 billion in 2024. Created in 2016, Alan has…

bloomberg.com - Yazhou Sun - French Health Startup Alan Valued Above €5 Billion After Raise
French Health Startup Alan Valued Above €5 Billion After Raise
Bloomberg

French health-insurance startup Alan has raised more than €100 million ($116 million) at a valuation above €5 billion, according to a company statement. The funding was earlier reported by Bloomberg. The round was led by existing…

businessinsider.com - Ana Altchek - This AI startup wants to pay you $800 to bully AI chatbots for the day
This AI startup wants to pay you $800 to bully AI chatbots for the day
Business Insider

If an AI chatbot has ever tested your patience, this job will pay you $800 to unleash your frustration. An AI software company just opened applications for someone's dream job: Professional AI Bully. 'You'll spend a full 8-hour day interacting with…

techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - Exclusive: Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech
Exclusive: Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech
TechCrunch

The iron-core transformer is the 140-year old technology that props up both the electrical grid and AI companies. The devices are clunky but reliable, which explains why they're still in use: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yet as the data center…

businessinsider.com - Lloyd Lee - Anthropic's lawyer says government is 'pressuring' companies to ditch the AI startup, go to competitors
Anthropic's lawyer says government is 'pressuring' companies to ditch the AI startup, go to competitors
Business Insider

Anthropic's lawyer said the US government is 'pressuring' the startup's customers to go to rival AI providers amid an escalating fight between the Claude developer and the Department of Defense. During a status conference on Tuesday, Michael…

wsj.com - Suzanne Vranica - The Billion-Dollar AI Startup That Was Founded by Teenagers
The Billion-Dollar AI Startup That Was Founded by Teenagers
Wall Street Journal

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techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - Mandiant's founder just raised $190M for his autonomous AI agent security startup
Mandiant's founder just raised $190M for his autonomous AI agent security startup
TechCrunch

Kevin Mandia, who founded the cybersecurity startup Mandiant in 2004 and sold it to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022, has launched a new AI-native cybersecurity startup with what the company claims is a record-breaking funding round. The new outfit…

yahoo.com - Syeda Seirut Javed - Jim Cramer on Robinhood Ventures Fund I: 'Clearly, People Aren't That Enthused About These Venture Capital-Backed Startups'
Jim Cramer on Robinhood Ventures Fund I: 'Clearly, People Aren't That Enthused About These Venture Capital-Backed Startups'
Yahoo!

Robinhood Ventures Fund I (NYSE: RVI) is one of the stocks on which Jim Cramer expressed his thoughts. Cramer mentioned the stock during the episode and remarked: Let me put it bluntly. When Robinhood was offering shares of RVI at $25 in the IPO…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Triples Valuation To $5.55B With $550M Series D Led By Accel
Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Triples Valuation To $5.55B With $550M Series D Led By Accel
Crunchbase

Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the Swedish company at $5.55 billion. The valuation is a big jump from the $1.8 billion Legora achieved just last October, when it raised a $150…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - Exclusive: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, raises $27 million Series A
Exclusive: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, raises $27 million Series A
Fortune

Jack O'Hara has seen a hospital shut down. It happens via blurry paperwork and running out of time. O'Hara, through COVID, was chief information and transformation officer at Illinois-based medical center Springfield Clinic. And he and his team…

bloomberg.com - Dina Bass - AI Robotics Startup Rhoda Valued at $1.7 Billion in New Funding
AI Robotics Startup Rhoda Valued at $1.7 Billion in New Funding
Bloomberg

A new AI startup is betting that it has found a powerful data source to teach robots to do more valuable work: online videos. Rhoda AI has raised $450 million in funding to develop and deploy a new artificial intelligence model trained on millions…

futurism.com - Frank Landymore - FCC Deciding Whether to Allow Startup to Launch Huge Mirror Satellite to Blast Sunlight on Cities at Nighttime
FCC Deciding Whether to Allow Startup to Launch Huge Mirror Satellite to Blast Sunlight on Cities at Nighttime
Futurism

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The US Federal Communication Commission is reviewing an application to launch and deploy a massive mirror satellite in space that would reflect beams of sunlight onto darkened…

businessinsider.com - Sydney Bradley - This startup thinks AI can help couples spice up the bedroom. Read its pitch deck.
This startup thinks AI can help couples spice up the bedroom. Read its pitch deck.
Business Insider

Offer Yehudai doesn't want you to fall in love with an AI bot. He wants couples to use Arya — the relationship wellness AI startup he cofounded — to spice up their in-real-life intimacy. 'There is still taboo and stigma around…

techradar.com - Desire Athow - Listeners rated a Chinese startup's AI voices the most trustworthy
Listeners rated a Chinese startup's AI voices the most trustworthy
TechRadar

A new global study suggests people stop trusting AI voices the moment they realize the voice isn't human, which creates a big problem for companies that use synthetic voices in customer service and other public-facing systems. The research was…

space.com - Mike Wall - The future of the space economy': Colorado startup Lux Aeterna raises $10 million to develop reusable satellites
The future of the space economy': Colorado startup Lux Aeterna raises $10 million to develop reusable satellites
Space

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Lux Aeterna just got some more…

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