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These college students launched a legal tech startup. It's business first, school second.
When Raphael Lim, 23, and Jamison Teng, 24, met in 2022, their time together was filled with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training and playing video games. But now, their hangouts look different as they work through the twists and turns of running a…
AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges
Fal, a San Francisco-based startup that hosts and runs AI video, image, and audio models, has raised $1.3 billion in its latest funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Nvidia, Sound Ventures, and T. Rowe Price. The…
CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike is buying two AI security companies that expand its products to more broadly monitor, test, and cover AI models and agents, as companies across industries start rolling out AI agents and models wholesale. CrowdStrike…
Top Anthropic product leader Cat Wu, one of the faces of Claude Code, has left the startup
Cat Wu, a top product manager at Anthropic and one of a small group behind the launch of its blockbuster tool Claude Code, left the company on Friday. Wu announced her departure on Tuesday afternoon on X, thanking the Claude Code team and its users…
Exclusive | AI Security Startup Sentra Raises $150 Million to Police Autonomous Agents
Sentra, a cybersecurity startup that helps companies keep artificial-intelligence agents under control, has raised $150 million to meet booming demand for AI and data security. The Series C round, which lifts Sentra's market valuation to more than…
AI sales startup Nooks secures $500 million in funding for expansion
Nov 4 (Reuters) – Nooks has secured a $500 million commitment from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund to finance the company's sales and marketing push, the sales automation startup said on Wednesday. Unlike traditional…
Vibe Directing,' Hybrid Filmmaking and Robots: Disney's Startup Program Goes All-In on AI
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… BURBANK, Calif. — Outside the Walt Disney Main Theatre, a Boston Dynamics four-legged robot equipped with a camera and hardware containing AI “brains” from startup FieldAI lurched…
My PR startup has copped flack. I still believe good comms shouldn't rely on your bank balance
After my c onversation with Tim Burrowes on Mumbrellacast, Mumbrella ran two responses critical of Drumbeat. One from Azadeh Williams of AZK Media, and one from Sean Sowerby of Sunday Gravy. I'm grateful to both for engaging! Azadeh argued that the…
Over 50% of startups in Tamil Nadu are led by women, says StartupTN Chairman
Currently, Tamil Nadu has over 16,000 registered startups, and of these, 50.8% are women-led firms, Singai G. Ramachandran, Chairman of StartupTN, said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Best of Best (BoB) Conference and Awards 2026, he also addressed the…
Maine startup develops AI tool for mom-and-pop convenience stores
MECHANIC FALLS — For centuries small shopkeepers have tracked inventory by hand, reconciling what's been sold with what's still on the shelves and deciding whether to restock. Even with computers, it remains a painstaking process that…
Cyprus wants a startup boom. Where are all the women entrepreneurs?
Cyprus has spent years talking up entrepreneurship. One rather awkward detail remains. Women are only half as likely as men to be starting or running a young business, and when it comes to management positions, the island sits at the very bottom of…
CrowdStrike to acquire cybersecurity startups Fiddler AI, Dreadnode for reported $495M - SiliconANGLE
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today disclosed plans to buy Fiddler AI Inc. and Dreadnode Inc., two startups that specialize in securing artificial intelligence agents. The company announced the deals alongside an update to its Falcon Guardian product.
Generative media inference startup fal raises $1.3B at a $16B valuation - SiliconANGLE
Generative media inference startup fal today announced it has raised $1.3 billion in new funding at a valuation of $16 billion, according to Bloomberg. The company will spend the money on computing power and on hiring beyond its current 185…
Autonomous site reliability engineering startup Traversal bags $120M in funding at a $1B valuation - SiliconANGLE
Traversal Inc., a startup that's trying to automate site reliability engineering tasks with artificial intelligence agents, seems to be closing in on that goal after raising $120 million in fresh funding, bringing its valuation to $1 billion. The…
Salesforce to buy customer service automation startup Cresta for reported $2.7B - SiliconANGLE
Salesforce Inc. has agreed to buy Cresta Intelligence Inc., a venture-backed provider of customer service software. The cloud giant didn't disclose the financial terms in its late Monday announcement of the deal. The Information reported that…
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