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Meta and Anthropic Discuss $10B AI Infrastructure Agreement
Meta and Anthropic discuss $10B AI infrastructure agreement.
aitechfundingbusinessExclusive | AI Chip Startup Etched Is in Talks for $20 Billion Valuation
AI chip startup Etched is in talks for a $20 billion valuation
aitechfundingDatabricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks hits $188B valuation, has remade its image into an AI company and published research on cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.
aitechfundingbusinessNuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation, amid trend of multi-stage rounds masking true entry prices.
fundingtechbusiness> be Meta > spends 145 billion on AI this year > pays 14.3 billion for one hire from Scale AI > renames the
Meta spends $145B on AI, pays $14.3B for one Scale AI hire, renames AI division Superintelligence Labs, signs $100B AMD chip deal, $27B Blue Owl data center deal; Reality Labs lost $90B+@k1rallikaitechfundingbusiness
AI Companies Are Funding the AGs Investigating Them
OpenAI, Google, Meta and others donated to both parties' attorney general groups as AGs move to regulate AI. xAI also contributed.
aipoliticalfundingbusinessAnthropic is in talks to lease AI computing power from Meta in a $10 billion deal
aitechfundingbusinessNo product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
AI startups are taking huge seed funding, making it harder for pre-seed founders; TechCrunch Disrupt session addresses getting pre-seed funding without a product.
aifundingeventsWhy the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
A $400 million chip-backed loan signals the next wave of AI infrastructure deals as GPU financiers turn to inference chips.
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AI hardware startup Aina raises $5.5 million led by Redstart Labs, 360 ONE Asset
AI hardware startup Aina raises $5.5 million in a round led by Redstart Labs and 360 ONE Asset
aitechfundingAnthropic CEO donated $1 million to AI regulation super PAC
aipoliticalfundingIdentity security market sees startup funding, M&A and channel expansion
Identity security market sees startup funding, M&A and channel expansion, per Biometric Update.
fundingbusinesstechOpenAI employees pour nearly $250K into AI safety PAC, pushing back on firm's president
OpenAI employees contributed over $245,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC countering Leading the Future, funded partly by OpenAI President Greg Brockman.
aipoliticalbusinessfundingRunta raises seed for AI agent compute
aitechfundingAI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
Travel agency Fora raised a $60 million Series D led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.
aifundingbusinessHow a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
Former DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product; explains why visual AI is a next AI frontier.
aifundingtechresearchSheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service
Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection startup, founded in 2021, using smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.
aitechfundingbusinessTeraWulf’s $19B Anthropic Lease Puts Its Brownfield AI Strategy to the Test
TeraWulf's $19B Anthropic lease puts its brownfield AI strategy to the test
aibusinessfunding2 local startups captured 75% of Pittsburgh’s $70M in venture funding for Q2
2 local startups captured 75% of Pittsburgh's $70M in venture funding for Q2
fundingtechbusinessAndreessen Horowitz Backs Startup Aiming to ‘Parent’ AI Agents
Andreessen Horowitz backs a startup aiming to 'parent' AI agents, according to The Information.
aitechfundingThe code AI forgot: logcat.ai raises $2.55M to put agents to work on device operating systems
logcat.ai raises $2.55M to put agents to work on device operating systems
aitechfundingengineeringExclusive: Prediction market startup Pascal raises $9 million to challenge heavyweights Kalshi and Polymarket
Prediction market startup Pascal raises $9 million to challenge heavyweights Kalshi and Polymarket
fundingtechbusinessUltrahuman's former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
Ultrahuman's former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you.
aitechfundingChina And AI Lead Asia’s Startup Funding To Multiyear Peak In Q2
China and AI led Asia's startup funding to a multiyear peak in Q2
aifundingbusinessCan Agentic AI Work on the Pharma Plant Floor? Pharma AI Startup Katalyze Raises $10.5M to Find Out
Pharma AI startup Katalyze raises $10.5M to explore whether agentic AI can work on the pharma plant floor.
aifundingtechCatching up in the AI race? India gets its second AI unicorn in a month
India gets its second AI unicorn in a month, as the country works to catch up in the AI race.
aitechfundingbusinessEspoo-based Hyperion Robotics raises €6.4 million to bring physical AI to European infrastructure - EU-Startups
Espoo-based Hyperion Robotics raises €6.4 million to bring physical AI to European infrastructure.
aitechfundingengineeringIndian software startup Reo.Dev raises $11.3m in series A
fundingtechbusinessLondon-based Applied Computing raises €17.4 million to scale AI that works for the energy industry - EU-Startups
London-based Applied Computing raises €17.4 million to scale AI that works for the energy industry
aifundingtechA Red Bull engineer got bored with Formula One. His robotics startup just raised $55 million.
aitechfundingengineeringSingapore enterprise AI startup Whale raises $40m more in Series C
aifundingbusinessPhysical AI startup SwitchOn raises $8 Mn in pre-Series B round led by IvyCap
Physical AI startup SwitchOn raises $8 Mn in a pre-Series B round led by IvyCap
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