Hyundai Motor seeks full ownership of Boston Dynamics
Hyundai Motor is pursuing full ownership of Boston Dynamics, seeking to buy out SoftBank and other minority shareholders in the…
Global venture funding hits record $510B in first half of 2026
Startups worldwide raised a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, surpassing all of 2025's total as AI…
Identity management startup Oak launches with $60M seed round
Oak has emerged from stealth with $60 million in seed funding from Accel, Greylock and CRV to automate enterprise identity…
AI chip startup TYLsemi debuts with $43M to democratize chiplet design
TYLsemi has raised $43 million to make custom AI chip design more accessible, promising to cut development costs by nearly…
AI infrastructure startup Spectro Cloud raises $100M
Spectro Cloud has raised $100 million to simplify AI infrastructure management for enterprises running complex machine learning workloads.
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines releases open-weight Inkling model
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's startup Thinking Machines has released Inkling, an open-weights AI model available to anyone.
AI infrastructure startup Fireworks closes $1.5B at $17.5B
Fireworks AI has raised $1.5 billion in Series D funding, bringing its valuation to $17.5 billion as demand for AI…
Acurio Ventures launches €115M fund for VC secondary market
Acurio Ventures has closed a €115 million fund dedicated to secondary transactions in European VC funds, bringing its total AUM…
Mercor in talks for $20B valuation amid AI training boom
The AI training startup's annualized revenue run rate crossed $2 billion, up 100 percent in four months.
AI video platform PixVerse extends Series C to $439M with Alibaba
The extension round adds Alibaba, Mirae Asset, and others as investors in the fast-growing AI video generation startup.
