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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…
AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B
Voice AI startup ElevenLabs announced today that it's allowing employees to cash out a portion of their vested equity at a $22 billion valuation, doubling the $11 billion valuation the company hit when it raised $500 million in February. The recent…
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…
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…
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…
Exclusive: Solving for the hand: Startup wants to pay prosthetic users to teach robots
Amputees in developing nations may hold the key to giving humanoid robots hands that actually work. Psyonic, a San Diego startup, wants to give people its bionic hands — and pay them — so it can capture data on how they grip, lift…
Scale-up interconnect startup CScale launches with $188M in funding - SiliconANGLE
CScale Inc., a startup that develops optical interconnects for data centers, launched today with $188 million in funding. The company raised about three-quarters of the capital through a recently closed Series C round. It was co-led by Atreides…
CEO of 'hot girl' insurance startup Corgi threatened to shut down NYC office over puppy, pee pads: report
The 26-year-old CEO of Corgi — a buzzy insurance startup that has become known online for its so-called “hot girl” marketing — reportedly threatened to shut down the company's New York office during a bizarre dispute…
LG Energy Solution to supply 46-series battery cells to US EV startup Indigo
LG Energy Solution said Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to supply 46-series cylindrical battery cells to Indigo Technologies, a US commercial electric vehicle startup, from 2027 through 2030. The nickel-manganese-cobalt cells…
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