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The startup trying to make sleep regulation the next health tech category
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. DUSQ arrives in the United States with a simple, confrontational question: why did a decade of better sleep data still leave people exhausted at breakfast? The India-born sleeptech…
Prometheus, the industrial AI startup from Jeff Bezos, is now worth $41 billion
Prometheus, the industrial AI startup led by Jeff Bezos and former Google exec Vik Bajaj, today will announce that it's raised $12 billion in Series B funding at a $41 billion valuation. Why it matters: It's a massive bet to rearchitect how…
Israeli startup Aryon Security raises $25m
Israeli startup Aryon Security, which last year unveiled its innovative cloud security solution, has completed a $25 million Series A financing round, which brings the total amount raised by the company since it was founded in late 2024 to $38…
Samsung backs industrial robotics startup Theker in €85m round
Theker, the Spanish startup building AI-powered robots for industrial settings, has raised an €85m Series A. The round was led by US investor CRV and included participation from South Korean manufacturing giant Samsung and French luxury…
Korea, Belgium form alliance to boost startup exchanges
Facing an increasingly volatile global trade landscape, Korea is turning its diplomatic focus toward Western Europe to secure new economic lifelines for its tech-driven small businesses and startup sectors. The Ministry of Startups and SMEs said…
Nvidia partners with startup Abridge to develop AI model for healthcare: report
Nvidia (NVDA) has partnered with Abridge to train an artificial model developed specifically for healthcare workers as it continues to make inroads into the industry, according to the Wall Street Journal. Abridge, which is located in Pittsburgh…
Music Publishers Are Cautiously Warming to AI Song Generator Startups
Artificial intelligence was the main conversation at the National Music Publishers Association's annual meeting in New York on Wednesday, as the trade organization announced during the event that it inked a licensing agreement with AI music…
How Steven Spielberg Hacked Hollywood Like a Startup: 'You Either Feed Off the Fire Or It Feeds Off You
This week on How Success Happens, I talked with Paul Fischer, author of The Last Kings of Hollywood, a fantastic deep dive into how Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas basically invented the modern blockbuster and changed the…
Bezos says AI will enhance engineers, not replace them, as his startup raises fresh $12B
Prometheus' AI models aim to optimize pre-production machinery and processes, potentially improving the work and speed of engineers and leading to significant productivity gains. Bezos envisions Prometheus' AI as tools to assist and improve…
Exclusive: AI startup Sierra moves into software for utility companies
AI startup Sierra is partnering with Kraken, the dominant utilities software platform, to integrate customer support in the software it sells around the world, the companies shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The move takes Sierra, which…
Tech Giant Joins Forces With Startup To Develop New AI Model For Healthcare
Nvidia is now teaming up with Abridge to develop a new artificial intelligence model for healthcare, The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday. The two technology companies said the AI model is designed for clinical conversations and will be…
The Best AI Tools for Startups Building AI Products in 2026
There has never been a better time to be a startup founder with an AI product idea. There has also never been a more confusing time to choose the right tools to build it. The AI tools landscape in 2026 is genuinely overwhelming. Dozens of platforms…
How to Build an AI Startup MVP Without Hiring an AI Engineering Team in 2026
The most dangerous belief in AI startups today is that building requires a team of machine learning engineers, a cloud infrastructure budget, and months of development time before a single real user ever touches the product. That belief is wrong.
Jeff Bezos' AI startup Prometheus closes $12 billion round at a $41 billion valuation
Jeff Bezos' AI startup Prometheus has closed a $12 billion funding round. The company is now valued at $41 billion, according to CNBC. Prometheus launched in November 2025 with $6.2 billion in seed funding. Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon CEO in…
Las Vegas AI startup secures record $350M to expand data center footprint
A Las Vegas-based cloud computing startup has broken a record for the largest Series B funding secured in Nevada history. TensorWave, the AMD-powered artificial intelligence cloud, has raised $350 million in Series B funding, led by Magnetar and…
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