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Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z

For much of his career, Mohamed Mohamed worked at institutions — BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey — all of whom, he said, “treated real estate as a computational problem.” “They had proprietary data…

Tony Wu Becomes Latest xAI Co-Founder to Leave Musk's Startup

Tony Wu, one of the co-founders of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI, is leaving the company after less than three years — making him the latest in a string of founding members who have departed. “It's time for my next…

AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models

AI video generation startup Runway has raised a $315 million Series E round, nearly doubling its valuation to $5.3 billion, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The fresh funds will allow Runway to “pre-train the next…

Gen AI Video Startup Runway Raises $315M Led By General Atlantic At $5.3B Valuation

Runway, an AI research and technology startup, said Tuesday that it has raised $315 million in a Series E round of funding. General Atlantic led the financing, which included participation from Nvidia, Adobe Ventures, AMD Ventures, Fidelity…

Opinion | Olympia's Plan to Repel Startups

A string of high-level employees have left Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup Tools for Humanity

Two C-suite executives and several senior staff have departed Tools for Humanity, the Sam Altman-founded startup behind the eyeball-scanning 'Orb,' in recent months, Business Insider has learned. Adrian Ludwig, the Chief Information Security…

AlphaLab picks 20 startups for 2026 cohort

AlphaLab, a Pittsburgh-based startup accelerator, selected 20 companies for its 2026 cohort on Tuesday, its largest group ever. Why it matters: The city is trying to sustain its unicorn surge, and one local CEO told Axios last year Pittsburgh needs…

Struggling AI Startups Kept Afloat Despite Never Becoming Profitable

Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For years, artificial intelligence (AI) startups have been pitched as the vehicles of the next productivity boom. But as product delivery lags behind the hype, some AI companies are…

Former GitHub CEO launches AI coding startup

Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Tuesday announced he is leading a new startup for developers geared toward the reality where most coding is done by AI agents. Why it matters: Automated coding has been one of generative AI's earliest success…

If You're Building a Startup, Daniel Chang Wants You to Hear This First

Daniel Chang, the newest Professor of Practice at the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management, knows that entrepreneurs need more than an interesting idea to build a business. They need a real customer problem to solve, the…

Pet care startup Supertails raises $30 million in Series C funding round

Pet care startup Supertails on Tuesday said it has raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by Venturi Partners, with participation from Nippon India Digital Innovation, Titan Capital, and existing investors including Fireside Ventures…

Pune Inc | 'It is zero cost per kill': As drone warfare rises, a Pune startup is building silent defence shield for India

James Solomon, the co-founder of Pune-based company Olee.space, begins with a question, “What would you do if you were a commander of a post or at any defence establishment, and there is an attack by 100 swarming enemy drones? Would you send…

Physical AI startup Gather AI raises $40M to expand warehouse intelligence

Physical artificial intelligence for intralogistics startup Gather AI Inc. today announced that it had raised $40 million in new funding to increase its headcount, accelerate expansion to hundreds of additional facilities globally and support the…

CIA looks to speed up access to new tech in race against China

The Central Intelligence Agency is looking to speed up its access to breakthrough technologies in an effort to better compete with China. The US spy agency on Monday announced plans for a new acquisition framework that would cut red-tape and…

Private cloud infrastructure startup Oxide Computer reportedly raises $200M in fresh funding

Cloud-inspired data center infrastructure startup Oxide Computer Co. has reportedly raised $200 million in a fresh round of funding. The round was first reported by Axios, which named the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund as the lead investor. It…