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China AI Startup ShengShu Raises Over $290 Million in Latest Fundraising
The fundraising comes as Chinese AI video companies draw attention and look for ways to monetize AI-generated content, including short dramas--fast-paced, vertically shot mini-episodes designed for mobile consumption. ShengShu said Friday it closed…
Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups
Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II. The firm, founded in 2021, backs early-stage companies in fintech, supply chain, and the future of work. It's backed 75 companies to…
Chinese startup ShengShu raises 2 billion yuan to advance artificial general intelligence
Chinese artificial intelligence startup ShengShu Technology has raised 2 billion yuan (HK$2.3 billion) in a funding round led by Alibaba Cloud, the company said on Friday, as competition intensifies in China's AI sector. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
After data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month
Six months ago, Mercor was flying high after raising a massive $350 million Series C that valued the AI data training startup at $10 billion. But after admitting on March 31 that it was the target of a data breach, the company has been facing a…
South Africa Startup Cracks Athleisure With NBA, Man City Deals
A South African clothing startup is taking on the global athleisure market, going from a college dorm room to partnerships with sports giants such as the National Basketball Association and Manchester City Football Club in just seven years. It all…
How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 - and what every company gets regardless
Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Six minutes to pitch and demo live, in front of top-tier Silicon Valley investors. A dedicated TechCrunch article published as you present. A shot at the…
Former DeepMind Researchers Bet on Visual AI With New Startup
Former Google DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai believes that the artificial intelligence models at big labs have the intelligence of a 3-year-old kid, at least when it comes to making sense of visual prompts. So he's co-founding a research startup to…
Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M
In 2023, Dave Haase was a CPA who had been running his own firm in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years when he saw a live demo of OpenAI 's ChatGPT. Upon seeing the AI agent successfully file a tax return on the screen, the accountant…
Six college startups win $14K at WooTank pitch competition
Six entrepreneurial efforts led by Central Massachusetts college students earned a combined $14,000 during the third annual WooTank Intercollegiate Showdown pitch competition. The event is inspired by the ABC show “Shark Tank.” The…
In-Space Maneuverability Startup Portal Raises Series A as it Shifts into Production Mode
Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a Series A round to accelerate its progress building maneuverable spacecraft as the startup grows its team and expands manufacturing capacity. The raise comes at a critical time for Portal — the…
AI-powered media monitoring startup PeakMetrics raises $6M Series A
AI-powered monitoring platform PeakMetrics has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $16.3 million, Axios is first to report. Why it matters: This comes as companies scramble to keep up with…
Your iPhone has a secret startup chime (and you'll want to hear it)
In the world of computing, few things are quite as iconic as the PC boot-up and shut-down chime. To this very day, in fact, a short jingle plays each and every time you turn on a Windows or Mac machine, with the feature having become a staple of…
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Space Tech Startup Astrophel Aerospace To Test Reusable Rocket Prototype
Astrophel Aerospace, a Pune-based space technology startup developing propulsion systems and launch vehicles, is preparing for the test flight of its reusable suborbital rocket on August 15, 2026. The startup said the vehicle, designed as a…
RISC-V chip design startup SiFive nabs $400M investment
SiFive Inc., a startup that sells chip designs based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, has raised $400 million in funding at a $3.65 billion valuation. Atreides Management led the Series G round. SiFive stated in today's funding announcement…
The six reasons why startups fail (and only one is unavoidable)
Why do so many startups fail? Dr Bernard Bulkin, who has worked in venture capital for 21 years, says there are six main reasons Why do so many startup companies go under? An oft quoted statistic is 90 per cent in the first five years. Yet despite…
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