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General Intuition, an AI startup developing a foundation model for generalized AI agents, is reportedly raising new funds at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. This significant investment, involving Valor Equity Partners and Point72 Ventures, will fuel its expansion into r…
Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation. The startup aims to manufacture hypersonic weapon systems at a lower cost and at faster speeds than traditional defense primes.
The SEC proposed exemptions allowing crypto projects to raise up to $5 million over four years or $75 million annually without full securities registration.
Groq has raised $350 million, led by Disruptive with Nvidia's planned participation, valuing the company at $3.5 billion. This funding supports its pivot from an AI chipmaker to a "neocloud" company providing AI infrastructure services, primarily operating Nvidia systems.
Terra Industries, an African defense tech company, has closed a $52 million seed round to build autonomous systems and other infrastructure for the Global South. The company plans to expand manufacturing across the region, open offices in London and San Francisco, and acc…
AI dictation startup Wispr secured $280 million in Series B funding, reaching a $2 billion valuation, as it expands beyond dictation into meeting note-taking and new human-computer interfaces.
Databricks, an AI big-data company, raised $5 billion in a new round of funding at a $190 billion valuation. The company had initially wanted to raise $1 billion but ended up with $15 billion of interest from investors.
Cognition is reportedly discussing a new round that could value it at $40 billion, up from $26 billion in May. The startup says Devin is gaining enterprise use and has big-name customers.
Situational Awareness, an embattled hedge fund, has invested $400 million in Source Foundry, a startup aiming to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper. This investment brings the fund's total investment in Source Foundry to $500 million.
Naïve, a startup that offers infrastructure for AI agents to automate business setup and operation, has raised $28.5 million in a Series A funding round. The company has scaled annual run-rate revenue by 10x to the low double-digit millions over the past six months.
Bending Spoons has agreed to buy Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Airtable has raised over $1.4 billion and was valued at $11 billion in 2021, but its shares were trading at $4 billion earlier this year.
Sequoia's Shaun Maguire leads a $1 billion round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics, which is building small modular nuclear reactors. Valar has raised $200 million in credit from Erebor and other banks.
More girls in Singapore are bravely shaving their heads in the Hair for Hope campaign to support children with cancer and raise funds for the Children's Cancer Foundation. Participants like Gerlyn Ng and Joy Ang find head-shaving empowering and help reduce the stigma arou…
Encore AI, a startup that studies companies' customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents, has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Team8. The company's platform analyzes conversations between a company's employees and customers to identify successfu…
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners. The startup's tech helps enterprises distinguish legitimate human users from well-hidden bot traffic.
Fish Audio, a Palo Alto-based startup, has raised a $52 million seed round to expand its AI voice model technology for both creative and enterprise applications.
Two Singaporean nurses are raising S$2.4 million for their nine-month-old son Matthias, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, to access unsubsidised Zolgensma gene therapy before he turns one.
Duchess Sophie has recorded a video message of support for a 17-year-old student, Chloe Marriage, who is about to take on a 1,000-mile fundraising cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats.
Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised $4 billion in its third round in eight weeks, doubling its valuation. The company has been expanding its types of insurance and branching out into data room software and coffee shops.
Yope, a startup building a private social network without algorithms or ads, has raised $12.3 million in a seed round led by Northzone. The app focuses on micro communities, where friends and family interact in private, sharing photos, videos, and messages.
Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC.
Passionfroot, a German startup connecting B2B creators with brands, secured $15M in Series A funding led by Insight Partners to expand its operations, particularly into the U.S. and Brazil.
Databricks announced a new funding round valuing the company at $188 billion, marking a significant increase from its $62 billion valuation just 1.5 years ago, driven by its successful pivot to AI.
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, a panel will discuss how pre-seed founders can secure funding without a product. The session will feature experts from Axiom Partners, True Ventures, and Slauson & Co., who will share their insights on what investors look for in pre-seed compan…
Applied Computing, a London-based startup, has raised $20 million to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry. The model, called Orbital, combines a time series model, a physics-based model, and a language model to predict the state of a fa…
Lululemon has invested in Syntetica, a French startup that developed a novel approach to recycling nylon. The startup promises to recycle two types of nylon that can't easily be sorted out from each other in textile waste.
Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse has raised $439 million in its Series C extension, valuing the company at over $2 billion. The funding will be used to expand the company's world model offering and reach customers across geographies.
Oratomic, a startup founded by Caltech physicists, has raised $300 million to build a commercially viable quantum computer that needs only 20,000 qubits. The company's approach uses lasers to hold individual atoms in place, allowing for effective error correction and pote…
Lyzr, an AI agent startup, used its own AI agent to raise its $100 million Series B fundraise, demonstrating the effectiveness of its product.
Charles Hudson, founder and managing partner at Precursor Ventures, shares common mistakes he's seen after investing in 500+ startups. He emphasizes the importance of realistic valuations, prudent planning, and understanding the fundraising reality.