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Google and KDDI are ready to back Japanese startups.
Joint funding: Equity investments from both the AI Futures Fund and KDDI Open Innovation Fund. The latest AI models: Early access to some of Google's most advanced AI tools — including Gemini, Nano Banana, and Lyria — plus…
Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges 'radical transparency' in investigation
The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”. Clément Delangue, the chief executive of Hugging Face, said the “unprecedented”…
Oil startup by ex-Goldman executive prepares for $67M IPO - TT
An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP) 1947 Oil & Gas plans to raise 50 million pounds in a London AIM listing next month to help fund its growth strategy. The company is pursuing a $65 million acquisition of Renaissance Offshore…
Oil Startup Backed by Ex-Goldman Commodity Chief Currie to IPO
Jeff Currie, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. commodities chief whose calls made him one of Wall Street's best-known energy market strategists, is preparing to raise £50 million ($67 million) in a London stock market listing to build an…
An AI Startup Asked Me To 'Shred Their Investor Pitch Deck.' So…
Yesterday, I sat down to “shred the investor pitch deck” for one of the startups I work with. To set the right level here, I've got 30 years of tech experience, starting as a low-level software developer, then embracing AI early in…
Nuclear test reactor startups raise funding
The three nuclear startups that hit milestones for the DOE's test reactor program are raising or have recently closed big venture capital rounds. Why it matters: VCs are looking for proof points as they rush to back a new wave of nuclear startups.
6 universities recognized for supporting int'l student jobs, startups
The Ministry of Education selected six universities on Monday as outstanding performers in employment and startup support for international students, backing schools' efforts amid a rise in foreign enrollment and growing interest among them to…
Defense giants invest record $4.1B in startups
The world's largest defense companies are investing in military startups at record rates. Giants such as BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have piled $4.1 billion into venture capital rounds this year as they race to adapt to the rapid evolution of…
Exclusive: Identity startup Way Security raises $20M
Way Security raised a $20 million seed round from Insight Partners and Glilot Capital, CEO Yossi Barishev tells Axios Pro exclusively. Why it matters: Identity and access have taken on new importance as AI-driven attacks accelerate. How it works:…
For Some, So-Called 'Skynet Day' Came too Close to Sci-Fi After a Rogue Agent Hacked Into a Startup
To be fair, James Cameron did warn us. Long before OpenAI broke out of its test corral and hacked into Hugging Face, before the internet and Sam Altman were even born, Cameron wrote a screenplay about an autonomous artificial intelligence system…
Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive
On Sunday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella doubled down on the shocking warning he issued earlier this month to businesses that use AI, taking it a step further this time. Companies that rely wholly on the proprietary AI labs for their AI needs…
1 Startup Series: Connecting my Admin frontend to the backend
My solar e nergy startup platform FasoLara has reached a new milestone recently and I decided to start a new blog series about it! The project management platform has been a long journey since I published my first commit to GitHub in October 2020.
Fanatics to buy BGC Group assets to launch prediction market exchange
July 27 (Reuters) - Fanatics, a global sports platform, will acquire a designated contract market and a derivatives clearing organization from brokerage BGC Group to launch its own prediction market exchange, the companies said on…
Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military
Nuclear power startup Antares Nuclear said Monday that it has raised $470 million to build small reactors for U.S. military bases. The Series C round, which was led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital with participation from Industrious Ventures…
Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing
Weeks before its expected acquisition by SpaceX closes, AI coding startup Cursor is making its biggest push into India yet, launching its first country-specific subscription as the company bets on one of the world's largest developer markets to…
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