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techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z
Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z
TechCrunch

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…

bloomberg.com - Carmen Arroyo - Tony Wu Becomes Latest xAI Co-Founder to Leave Musk's Startup
Tony Wu Becomes Latest xAI Co-Founder to Leave Musk's Startup
Bloomberg

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…

techcrunch.com - Rebecca Bellan - AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models
AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models
TechCrunch

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…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Gen AI Video Startup Runway Raises $315M Led By General Atlantic At $5.3B Valuation
Gen AI Video Startup Runway Raises $315M Led By General Atlantic At $5.3B Valuation
Crunchbase

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…

wsj.com - Abraham Othman - Opinion | Olympia's Plan to Repel Startups
Opinion | Olympia's Plan to Repel Startups
Wall Street Journal

businessinsider.com - Nicole Einbinder - A string of high-level employees have left Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup Tools for Humanity
A string of high-level employees have left Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup Tools for Humanity
Business Insider

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…

axios.com - Ryan Deto - AlphaLab picks 20 startups for 2026 cohort
AlphaLab picks 20 startups for 2026 cohort
Axios

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…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Struggling AI Startups Kept Afloat Despite Never Becoming Profitable
Struggling AI Startups Kept Afloat Despite Never Becoming Profitable
Zero Hedge

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…

axios.com - Ina Fried - Former GitHub CEO launches AI coding startup
Former GitHub CEO launches AI coding startup
Axios

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…

ucsd.edu - If You're Building a Startup, Daniel Chang Wants You to Hear This First
If You're Building a Startup, Daniel Chang Wants You to Hear This First
CORE Platform

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…

business-standard.com - Udisha Srivastav - Pet care startup Supertails raises $30 million in Series C funding round
Pet care startup Supertails raises $30 million in Series C funding round
Business Standard

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…

indianexpress.com - Dipanita Nath - Pune Inc | 'It is zero cost per kill': As drone warfare rises, a Pune startup is building silent defence shield for India
Pune Inc | 'It is zero cost per kill': As drone warfare rises, a Pune startup is building silent defence shield for India
The Indian Express

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…

siliconangle.com - Duncan Riley - Physical AI startup Gather AI raises $40M to expand warehouse intelligence
Physical AI startup Gather AI raises $40M to expand warehouse intelligence
SiliconANGLE

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…

japantimes.co.jp - Natalia Drozdiak - CIA looks to speed up access to new tech in race against China
CIA looks to speed up access to new tech in race against China
The Japan Times

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…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Private cloud infrastructure startup Oxide Computer reportedly raises $200M in fresh funding
Private cloud infrastructure startup Oxide Computer reportedly raises $200M in fresh funding
SiliconANGLE

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…

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