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This startup wants to turn idle car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he sees a wasted opportunity. “Millions and millions of used cars are sitting on parking lots, depreciating and losing value,” Dobrianskyi said in a recent interview, adding that…
Get Access is building an exclusive club for startup investing
A new startup wants to give wealthy tech insiders access to some of the hottest private-company deals. Get Access has launched a platform that pools money from individual investors so they can invest together in later-stage startup funding rounds…
Nuclear Startup Funding Is Up, But The Sector's Public Markets Take A Bearish Turn
Funding to nuclear power-focused startups hit an all-time high this year, fueled by expectations of surging energy demand around artificial intelligence. Optimism around IPO prospects, however, has taken a hit recently amid weakening public market…
Why ServiceNow built a startup inside itself to take on AI-native rivals
For two years, ServiceNow's challengers have built businesses around frustrations with its software. Their pitch centers on two complaints: Implementations take too long, and employees increasingly expect help inside tools they already use rather…
Michael Kassan Invests in $80M Startup OptimizeGEO
ADWEEK House: Advertising HQ brings the people shaping advertising, commerce, and media together for four days of unscripted conversations and after-hours connections. Meet us in Midtown, Oct. 5–8. The MediaLink founder has personally…
Exclusive | AI Cyber Startup Armadin Raises $255 Million
Cybersecurity startup Armadin has raised $255.5 million to boost the production of artificial-intelligence agents trained to pinpoint security flaws cybercriminals are most likely to exploit—in part by attacking its customers with swarms of…
Kevin Mandia's AI Cyber Startup Raises Another $255 Million
Hello. Cybersecurity startup Armadin has raised $255.5 million to boost its force of AI agents trained to find security flaws cybercriminals are most likely to exploit—in part by attacking customers with swarms of autonomous hackers. Total…
Why two of Silicon Valley's hottest AI coding startups are publicly feuding over one executive
Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups building coding agents, are publicly feuding over the departure of a former Factory board observer and advisor who is joining Cognition as chief revenue officer. Factory CEO…
A Korean American Duke Professor Leads a Highly Promising Public Quantum Computing Startup
In the race to build a quantum computer useful enough to change industries, the loudest names tend to be the companies: IBM, Google, Microsoft, Quantinuum, Rigetti, D-Wave and IonQ. Each company is betting on a particular way of coaxing the…
Live Nation Backing New Creator Economy Startup Creator Nation (Exclusive)
Live Nation is making an aggressive push into the business and management of the creator economy, funding a new firm called Creator Nation that will provide support to creators around content, commerce, brand partnerships and live experiences, with…
Kidinyou, a Thiruvananthapuram-based startup, creates handcrafted wooden board games
Mohammed Azharudheen, Flemin Fernandez, Arif Ali, Riyas Shajahan, and Ashiq Samad became friends at Cordova Public School in Ambalathara, Thiruvananthapuram, in 2002. After class, the group would kick back to enjoy tea and snacks until they had to…
Fifth Third Debuts Innovation Banking for Startups and Growth Companies
Fifth Third Innovation Banking, announced in a news release Thursday (Oct. 1), combines the bank's Newline embedded banking platform with the tech and life sciences franchise from Comerica, which merged with Fifth Third earlier this year.
Nebius acquires 10-month old Israeli startup Inferize
AI infrastructure company Nebius (Nasdaq: NBIS) announced today that it has acquired Israeli startup Inferize. Sources tell 'Globes' that the acquisition is for between $100 million and $130 million. This is a particularly swift exit for a company…
Exclusive: Stellantis-Backed Geothermal Startup Prepares to SPAC
California's inland Salton Sea is a potential clean energy double dip, with vast and largely untapped geothermal hotspots for generating heat and electricity and rich deposits of lithium, manganese, and other critical minerals needed to fuel the…
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin valued at over $2.5 billion after new funding round
01 Oct 2026 06:43PM (Updated: 02 Oct 2026 12:45AM) Oct 1: Armadin said on Thursday that it raised $255.5 million in a Series B funding round, which values the AI cybersecurity company at more than $2.5 billion. Investors have poured large sums into…
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