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Employee training startup raises $40 million
Israeli employee training video startup Bites reported on Thursday the completion of a $40 million Series A fundraising round, bringing its total fundraising to approximately $55 million since the company's establishment. The round was led by…
Jumbo Series A Rounds Hiding The Real Squeeze On Seed Startups
Global startups have closed at least 114 Series A rounds of $100 million or more so far this year, Crunchbase reported in late September, and more than 70% of them went to AI companies. For most seed founders, that headline is a warning. U.S.
Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy
Here's another early-stage, agent-management startup to watch because of the backgrounds of the founders and the sheer number of big names it has already attracted as investors: Mintive. Mintive has raised $11 million total, including a newly…
The Startup Building a Supply Chain to Make Explosives for Drones
The U.S. military plans to buy millions of drones in the coming years as it adapts to modern warfare. But there's a problem: It doesn't have the materials to make these drones go boom. The Wall Street Journal's Heather Somerville reports that a…
Kochi-based Industries startup Venttup raises $3 million in Pre Series A round
Sandeep Nair, Co founder CEO, Venttup, said, “India's next phase of manufacturing growth requires strong engineering capabilities that can translate complex requirements into validated, production-ready components. At Venttup, we are…
A Startup Proposes Six Reactors on the Ohio River in Kentucky, a State That Has Never Had a Nuclear Plant
A Lexington-based startup has proposed building up to six nuclear reactors along the Ohio River in Lewis County, Kentucky, a state that has never had a commercial nuclear power plant. The Nuclear Company says its Prosperity One campus near…
San Francisco startup offered $20 an hour to walk robot dogs for AI training: report
A San Francisco startup reportedly posted a job offering $20 an hour to walk robot dogs through city streets as it works to train AI to better navigate the real world. Dimensional recently posted a job listing seeking robot dog operators to take…
AI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B Valuation
Upwind Security raised $400 million in a Series C round at a $3.8 billion valuation, the cloud and AI security company announced Wednesday. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, less than nine months after it also led Upwind's $250 million…
Science robotics startup Opentrons raises $40M to standardize laboratory automation - SiliconANGLE
Opentrons Labworks Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence-driven robotic laboratory automation, today announced it raised $40 million in new funding to scale its robotics, software and data infrastructure tools. Healthcare investor Avego led the…
Kalshi raises US$1 billion at US$40 billion valuation as it expands beyond prediction markets
Kalshi has raised US$1 billion (HK$7.8 billion) in a new funding round that values the prediction-market startup at US$40 billion, the company said on Thursday, as it pushes to expand beyond event contracts and compete more directly with…
SF Startup Paid Humans to Walk Robot Dogs for $20/Hour
A San Francisco startup called Dimensional posted a now-deleted job listing offering $20 an hour to people willing to remotely walk a robot dog through the city's streets for four to six hours at a stretch. No robotics experience was required, just…
AI startup Ravical bags £12m to power accountancy's private equity boom
AI startup Ravical, serving accounting and tax firms, has raised over £12m in its latest seed round as it positions itself as the tech infrastructure for the sector's current wave of private equity roll-ups. The tech business secured…
Logging Service Platforms for Logistics Startups with Python Incident Reconstruction
Short answer: Choose the logging service platform that reconstructs a failed logistics run from structured fields, passes replay tests, and keeps its storage boundary replaceable; ingestion volume and dashboard polish come later. A logging platform…
Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round
The race to build the winning AI assistant is on, and investors are spreading out their bets. On Thursday, another AI app, Wabi, now describing itself as a “personal agent,” said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.
Solo-Founders Struggle: Build a Startup Tribe or Risk Failing Alone in Competitive Markets
The business landscape of 2026 has created an invisible line in the sand. On one side are the companies moving at breakneck speed, leveraging networks, and locking in organic distribution. On the other side are solo operators grinding around the…
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