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Exclusive: Lightspeed leads $50M round in real estate indexing startup Index Industries
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Dopamine Starts Startups; Discipline Scales Them
Roland Siebelink scaled three startups from 10-1000 FTE in three years each, then reverse-engineered the map. Founder, Midstage Accelerator. Ask a founder what they miss about the early days, and most give the same answer: the rush. Every week…
OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder
OpenAI has acquired an AI travel agent called Odessia, according to Odessia's founder, Francis Davidson. Davidson says in a post announcing the deal that he's now working for OpenAI, helping the AI lab with the future of travel. Terms of the deal…
AI startup Spines raises $64m., challenging traditional publishing industry
Israeli AI company Spines announced on Tuesday the completion of a $64 million funding round, consisting of $29 million in a Series A funding round and an additional $35 million raised in debt. The funding brings the company's total investment to…
Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development
While established venture firms continue to attract capital, first-time fund managers are facing one of the toughest fundraising environments in years. But that didn't stop Sahir Raoof, a former SignalFire investor and executive at two healthcare…
Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M
Oura announced on Tuesday that it's acquiring AI-native primary care company Counsel Health for $625 million. The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO…
Oura is acquiring medical AI chatbot startup Counsel Health
Doctor visits could start with a readout of your Oura ring data. Doctor visits could start with a readout of your Oura ring data. Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things…
Industrial automation startup Path Robotics raises $300M in funding - SiliconANGLE
Path Robotics Inc., a startup working to automate industrial welding workflows, today announced that it has raised $300 million in funding. Georgian led the Series E round. It was joined by a consortium that included the venture capital arms of…
OpenAI Snaps Up AI Travel Startup Odessia
OpenAI acquired Odessia, a startup developing artificial intelligence for booking travel, extending a string of acquisitions the company has made this year. Odessia founder Francis Davidson said Tuesday on social-media platform X he would join…
This startup raised $20 million to keep AI agents in line with more AI agents. Read the pitch deck.
A startup using AI agents to keep rogue AI in line has raised $20 million. WhiteMatter, founded in 2024 and formerly known as QuilrAI, has built agents that oversee what a company's existing AI agents can access, do, and share. The startup spawns…
Startup Founders Are Using AI To File Patents. Here's Where DIY Becomes A Liability.
Patents can help startups establish competitive advantage, attract investors and protect innovations. But the traditional patent process is expensive, slow and difficult to navigate, particularly for companies with limited resources. AI is changing…
AI training startup Mercor valued at $20 billion in latest funding round
Nov 10 (Reuters) – Mercor said on Tuesday it had raised $750 million in a funding round that valued the AI training startup at $20 billion. The Series D round drew participation from Benchmark, Felicis, Fundomo, Nvidia and…
Israeli AI security startup Bay raises $50 million
By Thomson Reuters Nov 10, 2026 | 8:10 AM JERUSALEM, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Israeli AI security startup Bay said on Tuesday it raised $50 million in early round funding after less than a year of working in secrecy with dozens…
Exclusive: In the Race for Robot Training Data, Ex-Meta Researchers' Startup Turns to Gig Workers With Cameras
Memories.ai is paying people to show robots how to do their jobs. The San Francisco startup supplies first-person video data for robot training, with cameras capturing the hands-on details of preparing food, stocking shelves and repairing…
Sydney startups target space with Australian-made solar panels
Sydney technology companies SunDrive Solar and Space Machines Company have joined forces to develop Australian-made solar panels for spacecraft, targeting a critical part of the global satellite supply chain currently dominated by overseas…
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