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fortune.com - Jeremy Kahn - Exclusive: German startup Atira raises $17.5 million to streamline cumbersome industrial sales process
Exclusive: German startup Atira raises $17.5 million to streamline cumbersome industrial sales process
Fortune

When a company that builds fire trucks, rail-maintenance machinery, or electric vehicle chargers is invited to bid on a big contract, the request that lands in its inbox can run to thousands of pages of technical specifications. Developing the bid…

cnbc.com - Hayley Cuccinello - Billionaire family offices back health care and biotech startups in August
Billionaire family offices back health care and biotech startups in August
CNBC

Family offices made 52 direct investments in private companies in August, according to Fintrx. About 20% of the month's investments went to biotech startups, including LifeMine Therapeutics, which raised $188 million from backers including Bezos…

independent.co.uk - Natalie Wilson - French train startup secures license to launch high-speed rail competitor
French train startup secures license to launch high-speed rail competitor
The Independent

A French rail startup has secured an operating license to launch high-speed trains connecting cities from Paris. Velvet, France 's first independent high-speed train operator, said it received approval from the country's transport ministry to…

fastcompany.com - Jude Cramer - Gen Z doesn't want to go to college. This startup school wants to fix that-by ditching clubs, sports, and dining halls
Gen Z doesn't want to go to college. This startup school wants to fix that-by ditching clubs, sports, and dining halls
Fast Company

Arguably, the most memorable parts of college have nothing to do with education. Participating in clubs, rooting for your team at athletic events, and making friends over food at the dining hall are likely among the fondest memories for alumni of…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Former Apple Engineers' Physical AI Startup Lyte Raises $165M At $1.6B Valuation
Former Apple Engineers' Physical AI Startup Lyte Raises $165M At $1.6B Valuation
Crunchbase

Lyte, a physical AI startup building sensing and perception technology for robots, has raised $165 million in Series C funding at a $1.6 billion post-money valuation. The financing, led by Maverick Silicon, brings Lyte's total raised to $272…

republicworld.com - Ankita Paul - Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade
Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade
Republic World

'Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade | Image: X Kyiv, Ukraine: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has highlighted digital capabilities, innovation, startups and…

wcvb.com - CNN Staff - Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
wcvb

Updated: 10:38 AM EDT Sep 3, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI Updated: 10:38 AM EDT Sep 3, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nvidia announced on Thursday that it will buy…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Market research startup askpolly raises $3M to transform social media chatter into verifiable insights - SiliconANGLE
Market research startup askpolly raises $3M to transform social media chatter into verifiable insights - SiliconANGLE
Homepage - SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence startup askpolly, officially known as Advanced Symbolics Inc., said today it has closed on a $3 million seed funding round to grow its platform that transforms social media insights into statistically valid market research.

securityweek.com - Kevin Townsend - AI Agent Firewall Startup AIR Security Emerges From Stealth With $50 Million
AI Agent Firewall Startup AIR Security Emerges From Stealth With $50 Million
SecurityWeek

If AI agents are the new operating system, then AI add-ons are the new applications; and a new type of AI firewall is required to maintain security. AIR Security is emerging from stealth with $50 million funding and a firewall, also called AIR…

decrypt.co - Jose Antonio Lanz - An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator's Fastest-Ever Unicorn
An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator's Fastest-Ever Unicorn
Decrypt

AfterQuery, an 18-month-old AI startup, has reached a $3.2 billion valuation in a new funding round, Forbes reported Monday. That figure is more than ten times the $300 million valuation it carried five months earlier, when it closed a $30 million…

abc7chicago.com - Clare Duffy - Nvidia is buying AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI models for nearly $13 billion
Nvidia is buying AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI models for nearly $13 billion
ABC7 Chicago

Thursday, September 3, 2026 2:22PM Nvidia announced that it will buy AI startup Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a massive bet by the chipmaker to expand the reach of open-source AI technology. AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File SANTA CLARA, Calif. --…

newcomer.co - Madeline Renbarger - Investors Are Betting on Agents That Shop for You. Here Are the Startups They're Backing.
Investors Are Betting on Agents That Shop for You. Here Are the Startups They're Backing.
Newcomer

Venture capitalists are betting that a barrage of AI agents will soon arrive and upend the marketplaces for e-commerce and payments. Most of the action today is in building the infrastructure and tools for the day when agents can be trusted with a…

oaklandside.org - Natalie Orenstein - Mayor Lee seeks new staffer to focus on 'mission-driven' tech startups
Mayor Lee seeks new staffer to focus on 'mission-driven' tech startups
Oakland news | The Oaklandside

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee wants to hire a new staff member in her office to focus on one specific issue: reducing barriers for “mission-driven” tech companies to do business in Oakland. The Kapor Foundation, based in Oakland, has…

kdrv.com - Clare Duffy - Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
NewsWatch 12 KDRV

New York (CNN) — Nvidia announced on Thursday that it will buy artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a massive bet by the chipmaker to expand the reach of open-source AI technology. Hugging Face, a service for…

techcrunch.com - Tim Fernholz - Google's latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
Google's latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
TechCrunch

Scientists at Google Deepmind and Google Research released a new artificial intelligence model for weather forecasting today that sees our changing atmosphere more clearly and predicts its behavior more often. WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a…

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