Ex-OpenAI research chief opens Arda with $232M for factory lines
Arda Industries launched with $232M from Accel, Altimeter, Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures for AI software that plans a factory…
ASI models airspace and power grids with $325M from Spark Capital
ASI Inc. raised $325M in a Series C led by Spark Capital at a $3B valuation for frontier models that…
Atlassian and Verkada on building a second hit product
Operators from Atlassian, Verkada and Daring Ventures explain how startups turn one hit into a repeatable product engine.
Chronosphere’s $3.35B exit began with a cold email
Martin Mao and Greylock's Jerry Chen recount how a blog post about Uber's M3 project started a five-month courtship.
Why robot training data has to be manufactured by hand
Mecka AI chief executive Josh Gao explains the glove-and-cap hardware behind the industry's scramble for robot training data.
Peakon alumni raise EUR 2.9M to put agents on the books
Copenhagen's Plinto has raised €2.9M at pre-seed to deploy AI agents that check every transaction against contracts, budgets and policy.
Espoo spin-out Coherence Quantum banks €2.78M for cryogenic control
Aalto University spin-out Coherence Quantum has raised €2.78M to build the cryogenic signalling and control layer that larger quantum computers…
Blackwall quadruples its worth as AI crawlers crowd the web
Web traffic security firm Blackwall has raised $100M at a $2.2B valuation to filter bot and AI crawler traffic for…
Neolix collects nearly $400M for a delivery fleet without drivers
Chinese unmanned delivery vehicle maker Neolix has closed nearly $400M in Series E funding led by Boyu Capital and a…
Town reaches a $1B valuation months after shipping its assistants
AI work assistant Town has raised $108M in Series B funding co-led by Forerunner and Menlo Ventures, reaching a $1B…
