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Legal AI startup Harvey confirms $8B valuation
Harvey on Thursday confirmed it closed a round of funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, that values the legal AI startup at $8 billion after reports of the funding leaked in October. The startup raised $160 million in the round. This latest capital…
PayPal For Agents: Startup Launches Autonomous Payments For AI Agents
AI agents will soon be able to hire, fire, and pay other agents, as well as sign up for and provision paid services If AI agents truly are agents, empowered to do work on your behalf, they need to eventually be able to transact, hire other agents…
From the NFL to Startup Battlefield: How Alltroo built a brand that wins
On season one of Build Mode: Product, Meet Market, we explore what it really takes to get your product into the hands of customers. We've talked a lot about product-market fit, but this week we take a step back to something just as essential and…
German startup installs industrial heat pump producing 139 C steam
German heat pump start-up SPH has supplied one of its steam-producing heat pumps to tobacco giant Philip Morris International. The ThermBooster unit was installed at Philip Morris's factory in Bologna, Italy, by Dutch system integrator JOA Air…
Procure IT Recognized as a CRN 2025 Stellar Startup in the IT Channel
Procure IT earned its position on the Stellar Startups list for its Managed Intelligence Platform, a next-generation AI-driven SaaS platform that gives organizations instant, conversational access to insights across their entire IT stack, including…
Nexus isn't going all-in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups
While many venture firms seem to only have eyes for AI these days, Nexus Venture Partners is deliberately splitting its focus for its new $700 million fund. The firm will back AI startups and seek out India-focused startups in consumer, fintech…
Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun says the Big Tech giant won't be investing in his new startup
Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun is leaving Big Tech for a new, riskier bet. And while his soon-to-be former company will be a partner, it won't be an investor. Last Month, LeCun announced on LinkedIn that he was leaving Meta after 12 years. He…
$700 for a bed? San Francisco startup plots 'sleeping pod' expansion
Can't afford to rent an apartment in San Francisco ? No problem. Now you can rent a bed. Brownstone Shared Housing, a Bay-Area based “sleeping pod” startup, recently bought a six-level building in downtown San Francisco with the…
This startup is helping brands show up in AI search. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $4 million.
A startup that helps brands show up in AI search results and chatbot conversations has raised $4 million in funding. London-based Azoma aims to capitalize on the rise of generative engine optimization (GEO), a strategy to make content more visible…
This AI startup generates content to help companies retain their customers. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $5 million.
A whole host of AI startups are emerging to help marketers create ads to acquire new customers. Tel Aviv-based Eikona is using AI to help marketers retain those customers, an area often referred to as 'lifecycle marketing.' On Thursday, Eikona…
A Startup Judge's Framework for Success
'Anything new or novel is not innovation,' Dr. Mullankandy stated emphatically. 'New and useful is innovation. New, useful, and proprietary? That's business innovation. That's what investors are looking for.' Having evaluated hundreds of pitches…
Amazon hopes to jump start its AI coding tool Kiro by giving it away to startups
Is there any way for another AI coding tool to worm it's way into the hearts of startup founders — and past Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini Code Assist, GitHub CoPilot, the many other AI-wrapped VSCode forks, and vibe-coding phenoms like…
Software startup deploys Singapore's first quantum computer for commercial use
Software firm Horizon Quantum claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in Singapore. The deployment also makes it the first quantum software company to deploy its own quantum computer. Singapore's long-running…
As AI impersonation spikes, this startup just raised $28M to stop deepfakes in real time
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition, a new startup is tackling AI impersonation…legal AI startup Harvey raised $160 million at an $8 billion valuation…VC ‘kingmaking' is happening earlier than…
OpenAI agrees to acquire AI startup Neptune to boost model training capabilities
Dec 3 (Reuters) - OpenAI has agreed to acquire Neptune, a startup that provides tools that help companies track their AI model training, the ChatGPT maker said on Wednesday. While OpenAI did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, The…
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