How Startup Founders Can Navigate the AI Security Minefield in 2026

AI security is evolving in real time, and even Google is figuring…

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Why Nuro’s ‘Second Mover’ Bet on Robotaxis Could Be Smarter Than Being First

Nuro's 'second mover' strategy in the robotaxi race offers a masterclass for…

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India’s Rooftop Solar Boom Has a New Poster Child: SolarSquare Doubles Valuation to $500M in 18 Months

Two of the most prominent venture firms betting on India's next wave…

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Generative Engine Optimization Is the Next Growth Battleground: Peec AI Hits 10M ARR and Proves It

Peec AI crossed $10M in annualized revenue in just six months after…

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Mercury Lands $200M at $5.2B Valuation, Doubles Down on Startup Banking

Mercury raises M Series D at .2B valuation, up 49% from 2025.…

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Why a $500,000 AI Film at Cannes Matters More Than Any AI Demo You’ve Seen

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 just premiered a 95-minute AI feature at Cannes —…

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Features & Spotlights

How This Ex-Hacker Raised $28M to Build AI Defense Against AI Phishing

When AI-powered phishing meets agentic email security, a startup called Ocean is betting billions of messages per month are worth defending.

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VC Capital Is Concentrating Faster Than Ever – What That Means for Everyone Else

Venture capital is concentrating faster than ever. In 2025, 70% of all US venture funding went to just 389 companies.…

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Sequoia Bets Big on Shared AI Agents as Dust Raises $40M Series B

Paris-based Dust has raised M in Series B funding co-led by Sequoia and Abstract to build a collaborative AI agent…

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Science’s Gatekeeper Takes a Stand: What ArXiv’s AI Ban Means for Startups

ArXiv is banning authors who submit AI-generated papers without verification. Here is what that means for deep tech startups building on published research.

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The Software Moat Is Dead: Why Physical-World Startups Are the New Venture Gold Rush

When Eclipse Ventures turned a .5M seed bet on Cerebras into a .5B return, it proved what Lior Susan has…

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The AI Wealth Divide: 10,000 Winners and Everyone Else

A look at the growing economic divide in AI — where wealth concentrates at frontier labs while engineers face an…

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