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Exclusive: Oro, which is using AI to streamline companies' procurement processes, raises $100 million in fresh venture capital funding
Oro Labs, a Silicon Valley startup that uses artificial intelligence to automate companies' procurement processes, has raised $100 million in new venture capital funding. The fundraise, which is the company's Series C round, is being led by Goldman…
Metaplanet Sets Up $25M Ventures Arm, Bitcoin Capital Markets Unit Via 2 Subsidiaries
Metaplanet, the Tokyo-based one of the largest corporate Bitcoin holders with 35,102 BTC, has announced a major move at expansion. Moving beyond just holding Bitcoin, the company CEO Simon Gerovich announced in a X post today that the company's…
Brutal times for the US battery industry
Many buzzy battery startups in recent years have been trying to sell some new, innovative chemistry to compete with lithium-ion batteries, the status quo that powers phones, laptops, electric vehicles, and even grid storage arrays today. Think…
Bugs were supposed to be the future of food. Now, the industry is collapsing.
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published b y Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “We have to get…
Lufthansa faces huge flight disruption as pilot union announces strike
Lufthansa passengers in Germany face major delays until Saturday as pilots strike over an ongoing pension dispute. The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union announced a 48-hour strike at short notice for all Lufthansa flights departing German airports on…
Inside the race to bring AI to the $1 trillion legal industry
Silicon Valley loves a rivalry, and right now one of its most closely watched showdowns is unfolding in an unlikely arena: corporate law. Harvey and Legora, two artificial-intelligence startups selling software to law firms, are jockeying for…
a16z exec Steven Sinofsky had murky dealings with Jeffrey Epstein in his previous life working for Microsoft
Steven Sinofsky isn't a household name outside tech circles, but he once ran the operating system on more than 90% of the world's PCs, and now quietly sits as a board partner at one of Silicon Valley's most powerful venture firms, Andreessen…
Financials Down as Private-Credit Fears Rise -- Financials Roundup
Shares of banks and other financial institutions fell as reports that JPMorgan was limiting exposure to the private-credit business revived fears about Wall Street loans. JPMorgan Chase has tightened lending to private credit funds and marked down…
Axiom's $1.6b valuation and Dave's Hot Chicken's sale
• Axiom Math, a mathematical superintelligence startup, raised $200m in Series A funding at a $1.6b valuation. Menlo Ventures led, joined by Greycroft, Madrona, and B Capital. Go deeper • Sunday, a Mountain View, Calif.-based home…
75% Plunge in Cryptocurrency Development Activity: Did Everyone Pivot to AI?
According to recent data, there has been a decrease in both code commits and active contributors in the cryptocurrency sector, indicating a severe decline in developer activity. Recent metrics show that since early 2025, the number of crypto code…
Digital Enabler Live Story Debuts in the U.K., Targets 10 Million Euro Revenues
MILAN — Live Story, the Milan-based scale-up company that bets it can revolutionize CMR and the digital infrastructures of e-commerce and omnichannel operations, is making its foray in the U.K. Founded in 2016 by Stefano Mocellini — a…
Sejong University to host startup, career forum for international students
Sejong University will host a career fair and startup forum aimed at supporting foreign students pursuing education and career opportunities in Korea. The university said it will hold the 7th International Student Career Fair & Startup Forum (ISF)…
Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch
Elon Musk's Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are pushing forward with brain–computer interface (BCI) technology in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chinese serial entrepreneur Phoenix Peng is building rival efforts through two startups: NeuroXess…
Femtum Closes $16M oversubscribed Series A to Scale Laser Solutions for Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
QUEBEC CITY, March 12, 2026 /CNW/ - Femtum, a developer of advanced fiber laser solutions for the manufacturing of silicon photonics, co-packaged optics and next-generation semiconductor devices, announced today the closing of a $16 million Series…
Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots
Robotics company Sunday has raised a new funding round that has valued the company at unicorn status, meaning over $1 billion, it announced on Thursday. Sunday says it has raised $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation in a Series B round led by…
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