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Amazon's $97.9bn windfall from Anthropic IPO dwarfs VC gains
While venture firms make billions on Anthropic's public listing, Amazon's convertible notes position it to capture far more value from the AI company it backed early.
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Blackstone bets big on AI debt, dismisses crisis fears
The private equity giant is financing the AI buildout through massive loans to data centers, but insists rising debt burdens pose no systemic risk.
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Efferon's device targets pediatric sepsis
A startup selected for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 has developed a blood purification device designed to save children from sepsis, a leading cause of childhood death.
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TypeSafe AI's Jev hits $7.5B valuation weeks after launch
TypeSafe AI raised $870 million for its non-text AI model Jev, which went viral after September release and claims a third of Fortune 500 companies already use it.
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Marissa Mayer's Dazzle bets on your photos, not your inbox
Former Yahoo CEO launches a personal AI assistant that learns about you entirely from your camera roll, not email or calendar data.
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Modal Labs nears $750M round at $15.75B valuation
The AI inference startup's valuation has more than tripled in four months as demand for the technology soars.
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SiMa AI raises $150M at $1.45B valuation
Physical AI chip startup SiMa.ai secures Series C funding to compete with Nvidia in the growing market for on-device AI.
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Outmarket raises $34.5M for insurance automation
The AI startup that helps brokers cut paperwork just closed a Series B four months after its Series A.
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Nscale raises $3.36B ahead of US IPO
British AI neocloud Nscale secures massive convertible financing led by Third Point, with Nvidia contributing $1 billion, ahead of expected NYSE listing.
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Feather builds the Android of robotics
A new humanoid startup is selling modular robots to developers now, betting the ecosystem will follow.
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Enveda raises $311M to test AI-found drugs
The biotech startup that hunts medicines in nature just doubled its valuation with fresh funding for clinical trials.
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Snorkel AI hits $3.5B valuation on data boom
The AI training data startup triples its value in 17 months as companies race to build better models.
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Nscale's risky IPO bet on two giant customers
The AI infrastructure startup going public relies on Microsoft and Anthropic for 85% of its $103 billion contract pipeline, raising questions about concentration risk.
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Crusoe raises $3.9B for AI data centers
The AI infrastructure company lands a massive funding round to build giant facilities and portable modular data centers.
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Bain Capital Ventures deploys $1.6B for AI era
The venture firm raises its largest fund yet and plans to back 30-40 startups betting on AGI infrastructure, healthcare, and security.
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Why Listen Labs Scrapped a $1.5B VC Round for Salesforce
AI research startup Listen Labs abandoned a signed $125M Series C term sheet to pursue a $2B buyout by Salesforce.
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Cognition's $48B Valuation Proves AI Coding Isn't Winner-Take-All
Cognition raised $2 billion as revenue exploded, proving VCs see plenty of room for competing AI software development tools.
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Thinking Machines Targets $40B Valuation in $1B Accel Deal
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s AI startup is negotiating a $1 billion mega-round despite high executive turnover and high revenue multiples.
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Crusoe Triples Valuation to $30B in AI Infrastructure Surge
Data center developer Crusoe raises $3 billion as demand for AI computing power explodes.
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Palo Alto Networks Snaps Up AI Startup Console for $500M
Palo Alto Networks acquired two-year-old AI agent startup Console for $500 million to bring autonomous execution to its Cortex platform.
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