Scale AI names former Illumina CEO Francis deSouza to lead enterprise and government push
Scale AI has appointed Francis deSouza as chief executive, tapping a veteran of Illumina and Google Cloud to lead the…
DoorDash earns FAA green light for in-house drone delivery program
DoorDash secures FAA Part 135 certification and launches DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery program for local commerce.
Knowledge work automation browser Polar launches with $5.7M seed round
Polar raises $5.7M seed to build an AI browser that automates multi-hour knowledge work tasks across the web with minimal…
Data movement startup Eliyan reaches unicorn status with new $145M funding
Eliyan raises $145M Series C at $1B valuation to solve AI chip data movement bottleneck with optical chiplet technology.
Antares bets on Pentagon as micro-reactor costs price out civilians
Antares raised $470M to deploy micro-reactors for the US military, betting the Pentagon will pay early-stage premiums the civilian market…
Why a $71 million bet on robot interfaces might outpace better robot brains
Enigma emerged from stealth with a $71M seed round to test whether simpler interfaces can unlock robotics adoption faster than…
Nvidia deploys chip allocation and capital in multi-billion SSI partnership
Nvidia committed $5 billion in a compute-and-capital partnership with Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence.
Boring Company plots $4B fundraise as valuation hits $20B
The Boring Company is angling for a $4 billion raise at a $20 billion valuation as it expands its Vegas…
Lyft and Baidu begin robotaxi testing on London streets
Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicles have begun road testing in London through a partnership with Lyft and Freenow, targeting public…
ETH spinout ZuriQ raises $25.5M for 2D quantum chip architecture
ZuriQ raised $25.5 million to scale its two-dimensional trapped-ion quantum processor, an alternative to conventional 1D architectures that could unlock…
