Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup scores $1.7B from a16z and Uber
Travis Kalanick's robotics holding company Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z, Bain Capital, and Uber — his first funding tie with…
Uber Freight alum raises $10M for portable nuclear reactors on floating barges
Bluecore Energy raised $10M in pre-seed funding led by Slauson & Co. to build small modular nuclear reactors on barges…
Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica launches AI infrastructure startup SkyPilot with $20M
SkyPilot emerged from stealth with $20M in seed funding led by Lux Capital to simplify AI infrastructure management across fragmented…
3D generation startup Meshy reaches $1.5B valuation after Series B close
Meshy raised nearly $400M in Series B funding at a $1.5B valuation to scale its AI foundation models for automated…
German B2B creator platform Passionfroot raises $15M, opens New York office
Passionfroot raised $15M in Series A funding led by Insight Partners to expand its B2B creator marketplace from Berlin to…
AI agent payment startup Natural raises $30M to challenge Stripe
Natural has raised $30M in Series A funding led by Forerunner to build payment infrastructure purpose-built for autonomous AI agents.
Former Meta and Snowflake execs launch endpoint security unicorn Glow with $180M
AI-native endpoint security startup Glow emerged from stealth as a unicorn after raising $180M at a $1.2B valuation from Sequoia…
Infinity raises $15M for inference engine that runs AI models on cheap hardware
AI infrastructure startup Infinity raised $15M at a $100M valuation from Touring Capital and researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Energy startup Joulent secures $1.75B from National Grid for AI data centers
Joulent raised $1.75B from National Grid Ventures to build energy infrastructure for AI data centers and compute-intensive industries.
Chamath Palihapitiya startup 8090 Solutions lands $135M for AI development
8090 Solutions raised $135M from Salesforce and others to let enterprises build software using coordinated AI agents under human oversight.