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It's not your imagination: AI seed startups are commanding higher valuations
Pete Martin remembers raising a $5 million seed round at a $25 million post-money valuation for his AI-powered cybersecurity company Realm way back in 2024, aka, like a thousand “AI years” ago. That valuation seemed high for that…
VCs Rethink Startup Moats As AI Compresses Time To Build
Attendees view an AI data center at the SK networks stand during the MWC (Mobile World Congress), the world's biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Surrounded by investment and innovation projects, the Mobile World Congress (MWC)…
Palmer Luckey-Backed Nuclear Startup Valar Lands $2 Billion Valuation
Valar Atomics, the nuclear energy startup backed by Anduril Industries Inc. founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir Technologies Inc. executive Shyam Sankar, has raised fresh capital at a valuation of $2 billion, according to people familiar with the…
Meet The $580 Million Startup Making AI Models To Fight Artificial Hackers
Depthfirst founders (from left to right): Qasim Mithani, Daniele Perito and Andrea Michi. Andrea Michi spent nearly seven years at Google's Deepmind developing artificial intelligence models that improved energy performance across windfarms and…
Buzzy Startups Like Cursor Are Using This AI Law Firm To Close Deals Faster
Ryan Daniels (left) and John Sarihan (right) cofounded AI law firm Crosby in September 2024. Today about 100 companies are clients using it AI to review contracts and get deals done faster. R oss Weiser isn't like most lawyers. Rather than spending…
A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Since the mid-1990s, scientists have been obsessed with cloning animals. Dolly the sheep famously became the first mammal to be cloned from a cell taken from an adult mammary gland…
Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups
Runway is moving beyond building AI video models and into shaping what gets built on top of them. The AI video generation startup has launched a $10 million venture fund to invest in early-stage companies building across AI, media, and world…
Hong Kong Property Tycoon Peter Lee Leads $300 Million Round In U.S. Battery Startup
Peter Lee, cochairman of Henderson Land Development and Towngas. Peter Lee, the cochairman of Hong Kong property-to-energy group Henderson Land, led a $300 million Series B extension round in California-based energy storage startup EnerVenue. Lee…
Rare Carat Included on Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026
The Forbes America's Best Startup Employers list identifies the most outstanding companies in the United States. The evaluation was based on analysis of more than 7 million data points across more than 20,000 eligible companies, with more than…
Exclusive | Startup Raises $2 Million to Expand Secondary Market in Venture Capital
The lack of initial public offerings has pushed startup employees, founders and investors to secondary markets, where they can sell their shares in still-private companies. Data provider PitchBook estimates that the value of the direct secondary…
Autonomous boat startup Saronic raises $1.75 billion in race to modernize U.S. military
Autonomous ship maker Saronic raised $1.75 billion and more than doubled its valuation to $9.25 billion. The company is working closely with the Navy and aims to build more than 20 ships a year by 2027. The U.S. government is leaning on innovative…
European defense startups eye commercial deals and hiring push in the Middle East amid the Iran war
Countries in the Middle East have been targeted with a barrage of strikes from Iran since the war began at the end of February. The war has galvanized defense startups in Europe to step up commercial discussions with militaries in the region.
DoorDash invests in EV startup with plans to automate more deliveries
Also's vehicles include a bike and a delivery cart. | Photo courtesy of Also DoorDash is partnering with an electric vehicle company with an eye on automating more food deliveries. The delivery giant struck a deal with Also, a manufacturer of…
Google Invites AI Startups in India for Accelerator Programme: What It Offers and Who Can Apply
Google has opened applications for its Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First programme in India, targeting early-stage startups building products around artificial intelligence. The programme is designed as a three-month, equity-free…
Crypto Startup Uses Polymarket to Bet on Its Own Fundraise, Blindsiding Backers
P2P.me was established to push boundaries with stablecoins, but the startup has determined that wagering on itself via Polymarket may have been a bridge too far. On Saturday, the firm backed by Coinbase Ventures and Multicoin Capital apologized for…
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