Early-stage startups solving real-world problems don’t always get the attention they deserve—especially those working outside of Silicon Valley. That’s where Symphonic Capital steps in. The VC firm, led by Sydney Thomas, just closed its $13.5 million debut fund to invest […]

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nEye Systems, an AI chip startup spun out of research at UC Berkeley, has raised $58 million in fresh funding to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing AI data centers: energy efficiency and flexibility. The round was led by […]

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Google just shook up the developer tool space with something that’s bound to get attention: Firebase Studio — a browser-based, AI-driven development environment that’s free and feels like it was made to challenge tools like Cursor, Bolt, and v0 head-on. […]

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Google parent Alphabet isn’t slowing down its artificial intelligence (AI) push. The company is making one of its boldest financial moves yet. On Wednesday, Alphabet announced it plans to spend $75 billion this year to expand its data center capacity […]

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Just three months after securing $700 million from backers like NVIDIA and Accel, Nebius is deepening its relationship with the chip giant to support early-stage startups building AI-first products and services. Nebius AI Cloud is now working closely with NVIDIA’s […]

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Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup founded by two ex-Google engineers, has raised $106 million in fresh funding, pushing its valuation to $6 billion, the company announced on Wednesday. The Series E round is the company’s first major raise in over […]

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TikTok’s future in the U.S. is once again up in the air. President Trump recently gave ByteDance an extra 75 days to finalize a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations—an extension that came after negotiations reportedly stalled. Behind the scenes, […]

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Meta rolled out its much-hyped Llama 4 models this past weekend, touting big performance gains and new multimodal capabilities. But the rollout hasn’t gone as planned. What was supposed to mark a new chapter in Meta’s AI playbook is now […]

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Less than a month after reports surfaced that Andreessen Horowitz was aiming to raise $7.2 billion across a series of new venture funds, Silicon Valley’s most ambitious venture capital firm is already going bigger. According to an exclusive report from […]

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Transcarent just pulled off one of the biggest health-tech deals of the year. The digital health startup announced Tuesday that it has officially completed its $621 million acquisition of Accolade, a move that merges two major players in employer-focused healthcare. […]

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Europe is staring down a graphite shortage, and the clock’s ticking. With demand for battery materials surging, the supply gap for graphite alone is expected to hit nearly 800,000 metric tonnes by 2030. Around 15% of that shortfall is expected […]

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Sipay, the payment and embedded fintech startup that’s taken Turkey by storm, just announced a $78 million Series B round—pushing its valuation past $875 million. The round was led by Elephant VC, with backing from QuantumLight, the venture firm founded […]

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Just a year after reaching the one million delivery milestone, drone delivery startup Zipline is scaling up again—this time in Texas. The company officially launched its latest service in the Dallas area on Tuesday through a partnership with Walmart. Residents […]

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Despite the plunge in the price of cryptocurrencies this year, Ripple is doubling down. The crypto startup announced Tuesday it’s acquiring multi-asset prime broker Hidden Road in a $1.25 billion deal—one of the largest in its history. This marks only […]

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No one knows when the next crypto bull run will arrive, but when it does it’s almost a given that Ethereum will benefit from explosive growth. It’s home to the blockchain industry’s most expansive ecosystem of DeFi applications, NFTs, blockchain […]

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