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Nectar launched an AI agent to automate creator discovery; plus, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips
Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results. Also, Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players …
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Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results.
Also, Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips.
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Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is taking over for as an interim replacement for longtime CEO Jensen Huang, who is embroiled in scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads, and more
Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments. Also, OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder Learn more …
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Like the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments.
Also, OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder
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Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development; plus, PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery
Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma Also, PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists …
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Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma
Also, PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.
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A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation
While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced materials. Also …
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While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced materials.
Also, Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation.
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Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics
As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries. Learn more about your ad …
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As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.
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Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite
Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company. Also, the Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than …
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Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company.
Also, the Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than $650 million, and is working on electric trucks, emergency vehicles, and a driverless platform for the military.
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Spain's Titan OS raises $46 million; Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds; plus, AI inference startup Fal doubled its valuation
Titan OS has raised $110 million in funding to date. Also, cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment …
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Titan OS has raised $110 million in funding to date.
Also, cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.
And Fal is a five year startup and recently raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.
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Revolut’s valuation jumps 53% to $115B in new share sale as it prepares to launch US bank, and more
Glade Brook, Coatue and T. Rowe Price were among the investors that led the share sale. Also, India’s EloElo nabbed $80 million from NBCUniversal to bet on the country’s rising microdrama market. StoryTV has …
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Glade Brook, Coatue and T. Rowe Price were among the investors that led the share sale.
Also, India’s EloElo nabbed $80 million from NBCUniversal to bet on the country’s rising microdrama market. StoryTV has more than 33 million monthly active users according to Sensor Tower figures
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Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts, and more
-Trajectory is a one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million. -Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early stage AI and fintech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition; plus, Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at a $2B valuation
Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal. Also, space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round …
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Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.
Also, space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, valuing the company at $2 billion.
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Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream to build AI world models for construction; plus, Upwind raises $400M; and Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy
-Trained on 100 million square feet of building permits, dream wants to disrupt Autodesk with AI. -The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same …
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-Trained on 100 million square feet of building permits, dream wants to disrupt Autodesk with AI.
-The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.
-Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain, Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents
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Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it?
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Matiks raises $10M to expand its math and puzzle gaming platform; AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, plus, Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs
Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI. Also, "despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff …
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Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI.
Also, "despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."
And Warhound, the brain child of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement.
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Helion could double output of its power plants; plus, startups don’t need to go viral to win customers; and Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028. Also, at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC …
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Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.
Also, at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.
And Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it says.
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The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales say top names in tech; plus, Rivian bought a world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polska’s Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days. Also, EV maker …
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At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polska’s Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days.
Also, EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a U.K. startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn images and videos into lifelike 3D worlds.
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AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation; plus, Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
Just 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet." Also, startup Recursive has …
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Just 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet."
Also, startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
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Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems. Also, OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and …
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Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.
Also, OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results.
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Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet; plus, Town nabbed unicorn valuation, and Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion
Amazon wants to break Nvidia’s hold on PyTorch, the free toolkit used to build most AI apps, so that more developers run their apps on alternative chips like its own. Also, AI assistant startup Town nabbed a …
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Amazon wants to break Nvidia’s hold on PyTorch, the free toolkit used to build most AI apps, so that more developers run their apps on alternative chips like its own.
Also, AI assistant startup Town nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
And AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users.
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Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles; plus, Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images
Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that …
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Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that verifies goods.
Also, according to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other visual reasoning tasks.
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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis; plus, Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
The Ricursive founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip …
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The Ricursive founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
Also, Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” is using AI to help organizations spot trouble brewing online before it turns into a crisis.
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Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech’s most expensive mistakes; Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage
The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes. Also, as AI data centers and EVs drive up demand for copper …
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The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes.
Also, as AI data centers and EVs drive up demand for copper, Giraffe Bio has unearthed a $6.4 million seed round to help miners extract more of the mineral.
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Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company; plus, WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract
Honeyjar believes AI can actually make PR better. Also, WindBorne is a startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million. Learn more about your …
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Honeyjar believes AI can actually make PR better.
Also, WindBorne is a startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million.
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Efferon wants to eradicate the devastating toll of pediatric sepsis; plus, Petra Power looks to modernize energy for data centers
Efferon has developed blood-purification tech to save children. Sepsis, an acute inflammation triggered by infection, is a leading cause of childhood mortality, claiming roughly 3 million children under the age …
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Efferon has developed blood-purification tech to save children. Sepsis, an acute inflammation triggered by infection, is a leading cause of childhood mortality, claiming roughly 3 million children under the age of five annually.
Also, Petra Power says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry can’t get enough electricity.
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A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons
Richard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served time in federal prison for securities violations, has launched Commissary Club, a startup that uses AI to help people leaving prison find jobs …
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Richard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served time in federal prison for securities violations, has launched Commissary Club, a startup that uses AI to help people leaving prison find jobs, housing, community and even dates.
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Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office; plus, Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery. Also, Mecka AI pays people to record everyday tasks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …
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As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery.
Also, Mecka AI pays people to record everyday tasks.
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Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet; plus, name Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius
Sigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley's who-who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks. Also, Melius crossed over $1 million in annualized …
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Sigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley's who-who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks.
Also, Melius crossed over $1 million in annualized revenue within two months of its post-pivot launch.
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Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era; plus, after Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests
Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency. Also, days after Vinod Khosla …
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Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency.
Also, days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.
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Photon held a funeral for mobile apps; plus, Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup
Photon helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps. Also, Kevin …
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Photon helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.
Also, Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
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