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Startup Deploys AI-Engineered Virus on Human Patient
When it comes to putting strange substances into your body in 2026, the sky's the limit. First there were black-market Russian peptides — and now there are AI-generated viruses, which one startup claims has been used to successfully treat a…
Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion. The company helps automate and assist with workflow tasks for legal professionals, as the industry moves beyond AI assistants to…
Vibe directing' startup OpenArt has hired a former Salesforce marketer to turn it into a household name
Salesforce and Meta marketing alum Scott Larson says OpenArt AI' s conversational text-to-video generator is the tool he wished he'd had earlier in his career. The platform helps whizz up short videos, arty images, and music by typing in a few…
AI Research Startup Flapping Airplanes Valued at $6 Billion
Flapping Airplanes, a year-old artificial intelligence startup, has raised $1 billion in funding at a $6 billion valuation — the latest example of investors betting on a newer crop of AI research labs that have yet to introduce commercial…
When A Startup Sells, Its Employees' Equity Plans Can Change Overnight
Acquisitions are reshaping the technology industry. Venture-backed AI companies acquired 195 AI startups this year through late September, already exceeding the total for all of 2025, Crunchbase data shows. For investors and founders, such…
Legal AI Startup Legora Raises Funds at $8.8 Billion Valuation
Legora has raised $550 million in a funding round that will give the Swedish legal artificial intelligence startup an $8.8 billion post-money valuation and allow it to expand to new markets. The Series E round was led by Atreides Management, with…
Goldman Sachs Predicts USD 100 Billion Boost From Indian AI Startup IPOs
Indian AI startups are set to significantly boost the nation's market capitalisation by up to USD 100 billion over the next five years, driven by surging private equity investments and a strong global standing in AI funding, as per a Goldman Sachs…
Akash Ambani: 'Jio Has The Energy And Nimbleness Of A Startup
'... but runs with the rigour and discipline of a large enterprise.' A day before the mega initial public offering of Jio Platforms opens, its Managing Director Akash Ambani speaks about the company's future, the implications of the stock market…
Nvidia plans German startup investments under European AI push
Nvidia announced planned German startup investments under a nearly $10 billion European commitment to support companies, universities and research institutions, the chipmaker said in an Oct. 19 blog post. The company linked the investments to wider…
Exclusive: AI code-testing startup Blacksmith hits $1 billion valuation as AI-written code surges
Blacksmith, a startup that runs the infrastructure companies use to test code before it ships, has been valued at $1 billion following a new $66 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The round, which is Blacksmith's Series C, comes about…
Startup taps underwater volcano for world's first subsea geothermal test
A Seattle startup has drilled what it calls the world's first subsea geothermal well and briefly generated net-positive electricity from an active underwater volcano nearly a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean. Endurance Energy announced on October 19…
Schulich Startups and North Horizon Strengthen Support for Canada's Innovation Ecosystem Through Investor Dialogue
TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2026 /CNW/ -- The Schulich Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Schulich Startups) and North Horizon Holdings Inc. continue to build on their partnership to support Canada's innovation ecosystem, connecting founders, investors…
Europe risks startup exodus as regulation, funding and skill gaps hamper AI adoption, AWS EMEA head says
By Mehnaz Yasmin and Deborah Mary Sophia Oct 21 (Reuters) – Regulatory hurdles, funding shortages and gaps in workforce skillsets are prompting European startups to consider relocating, risking a mass exit of the region's most…
Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
Here are five things to know about the Chinese AI startup following the new restrictions: Founded by Liang Wenfeng in the eastern Chinese tech hub Hangzhou, DeepSeek started life in 2023 as a side project of Liang's data-driven hedge fund that had…
Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M at $8.8B to change the face of the law - SiliconANGLE
Stockholm-based legal artificial intelligence startup Legora AB today announced it has raised a notable $550 million in late-stage funding at an $8.8 billion post-money valuation. Atreides Management led the Series E round, which also brought…
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