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AI Agent Platform Runable Secures $21 Million Series A Funding
Discover how AI agent platform Runable has successfully raised $21 million in Series A funding to empower small businesses globally with advanced AI tools for building, running, and growing their operations. AI agent platform Runable has secured…
Anthropic's $30 trillion market size estimate shows how far AI's funny numbers game has gone
If there's one thing that AI companies are known for, it's their fondness for seemingly incomprehensible numbers. Over the last few years, the industry has seen eye-watering salaries, unprecedented adoption figures, and never-before-recorded…
NFL owners approve Seahawks sale to Khosla group
NFL owners on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the $9.612 billion sale of the Seattle Seahawks from Paul Allen's estate to a group led by San Francisco 49ers limited partner Vinod Khosla. The vote took place during a one-day league meeting at…
The First Black Woman to Co-Found a Unicorn Startup Breaks Down Her Business Advice: 'When I Tried to Be Less Nice I Sounded Ridiculous.'
Collins co-founded automated pizza parlor Zume Pizza, which hit unicorn status in 2018. She left the company to focus on Planet FWD, a sustainability platform for brands. Collins has raised more than $500 million in venture capital and extols…
RedBird buying Puck and Gestala interfaces with $84m
• Instinct, an SF-based AI assistant maker, is raising a $250m Series B at a $2.5b valuation. Index Ventures and Benchmark are co-leading, per the WSJ. It previously raised $100m. Go deeper 🚑 Gestala, a Chinese brain-computer…
KT participates in TechSauce Global Summit 2026 in Bangkok with 12 partner startups
KT said Thursday it is taking part in TechSauce Global Summit 2026, a major Southeast Asian technology conference, alongside 12 partner small and mid-sized enterprises, running from Tuesday to Thursday at the Queen Sirikit National Convention…
Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them
As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian startup Runable is betting the next opportunity lies in what comes after: finding customers and helping businesses grow. The startup has raised $21 million to…
OpenAI's new revenue chief has a simple mission: make the money match the hype
OpenAI's CRO position has been in flux for, well, years. The most recent change came as Denise Dresser, former CEO of Slack, unexpectedly stepped away after less than a year on the job—or so she said on LinkedIn. My colleague Emily Forlini's…
Data centers? In space?! Startup raises $250 million
A startup seeking to move AI data centers into space has raised a further $250 million from investors, including Nvidia, as it bets that some of the world's future computing infrastructure could operate beyond Earth. Starcloud, a Washington-based…
Europe Can't Recreate Silicon Valley. Here's What It Can Build Instead
TOPSHOT - Joel Kjellgren, Data Center Manager walks in one of the server rooms at the new Facebook Data Center, its first outside the US on November 7, 2013 in Lulea, in Swedish Lapland. The company began construction on the facility in October…
How David Tisch's BoxGroup turned a $750K bet on Cursor into a $1 billion exit by breaking all the VC rules
Decades before David Tisch began investing in startups, he was wheeling and dealing sports cards as an 11-year-old kid in the suburbs of New York. “I've been a collector forever,” the founder of venture capital firm BoxGroup said from…
Vanguard pays $4.6B for RIA software startup Altruist
Vanguard Group on Wednesday announced an agreement to acquire Altruist, a California-based provider of software for registered investment advisors. No terms were disclosed, but Axios has learned the price was $4.6 billion in cash. Why it matters:…
Flock's Connection to Video-altering Technology
Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company founded in 2017, operates one of the largest networks of automated license-plate-reader cameras in the United States — reports estimate the company has as many as 100,000 devices across nearly all…
Gaja listing could give AIF managers more firepower to invest: UK Sinha
Gaja Alternative Asset Management, which operates under the Gaja Capital brand, made its market debut on Wednesday at a premium of about 16 per cent to its ₹160 issue price. The ₹550-crore IPO was subscribed 31.33 times. The company's…
Global engineering firm Svitla Systems adds Miami home base
After more than two decades building software teams across five continents, Svitla Systems is planting its flag in Miami. The global engineering company is opening an office in the Magic City, where founder and CEO Nataliya Anon sees a meeting…
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