With $3.5M in fresh funding, a Bay Area startup is building photorealistic synthetic data pipelines in hours, not months, for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Hungarian-founded startup tackling one of AI’s biggest bottlenecks: data scarcity in defense, aerospace, […]

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It’s May 22, 2025, and we’re back with your daily funding rundown, where the capital’s flowing, who’s cutting the checks, and which startups are stepping into the spotlight. From federated AI and longevity biotech to concrete decarbonization and crypto identity, […]

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Apple is moving full steam ahead with plans to release its long-rumored smart glasses by the end of 2026. It’s the company’s latest move to broaden its hardware lineup and build out its AI ecosystem. According to a new report from […]

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Seven years after selling their online pharmacy startup PillPack to Amazon for around $1 billion, TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen are back with a new idea—this time, they’re going after the broader healthcare experience. The two just launched General Medicine, […]

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On April 7, Bitcoin was at $74,508. A month later, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency is now trading above $111,000. The cryptocurrency surged to a fresh all-time high on Thursday, climbing as much as $111,886.41 before settling slightly lower at […]

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Google’s I/O may have grabbed headlines, but OpenAI just got an io of its own — the stealthy AI device startup co-founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI announced Wednesday that it’s acquiring Ive’s AI hardware venture in a […]

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On May 20, 2025, Google introduced Veo 3 at its I/O event, showcasing a major leap in AI-generated videos. Built to create hyper-realistic footage with synchronized audio, Veo 3 quickly became the talk of the internet, not for its technical […]

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It’s May 21, 2025, and we’re back with your daily funding rundown—where the money’s going, who’s writing the checks, and which startups are making moves. From fintech and AI to sustainability and biotech, today’s batch covers a lot of ground. […]

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Back in late 2023, reports began circulating that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had teamed up with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on a stealth AI hardware project. Now, five months later, we’re finally getting a clearer […]

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Crusoe Energy Systems, a Denver-based AI infrastructure startup serving the energy sector, is stepping into the AI big league. The company has secured $11.6 billion to scale up a massive data center in Abilene, Texas, set to become OpenAI’s largest […]

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Shopify just made it a lot easier for merchants to set up an online store. The e-commerce giant on Wednesday introduced a new feature called AI Store Builder, which lets users generate a fully designed e-commerce site just by entering a […]

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that it’s buying “substantially all” of 23andMe’s assets for $256 million. The deal comes just weeks after the once buzzy DNA testing startup, once valued near $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to Regeneron, […]

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A hacker who breached the government messaging platform used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month appears to have accessed far more than originally believed. According to an exclusive report from Reuters, the breach impacted a […]

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Airwallex, the Melbourne-born fintech that built its name on cross-border payments, has raised $300 million in a Series F round, pushing its valuation to $6.2 billion. The round includes $150 million in secondary share sales and features some heavy hitters: […]

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