Sturdy.ai, a Portland-based startup that analyzes customer conversations using AI, has raised $6 million in seed funding to help companies catch churn signals early and improve retention. The round was led by Voyager Capital, with participation from Fortson VC and […]

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In a major step toward making AI education more accessible, OpenAI has launched OpenAI Academy, a new platform offering free courses on artificial intelligence. The announcement is already generating buzz online — and not just because it’s 100% free. The […]

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The launch of ChatGPT more than two years ago ignited a shift in how people think about building and shipping software. Thanks to ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), it’s now easier than ever to spin up AI wrappers—apps […]

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In a sharp twist that could shake up Washington, Elon Musk says the U.S. government deliberately erased a terabyte of financial data to hide alleged “crimes”—but his team has since recovered it. Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency […]

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While flashy consumer startups often steal the spotlight, a quiet transformation is underway in America’s industrial backbone — and Iron Prairie Ventures is betting big on it. The Kansas City-based VC firm just announced a $15 million fund aimed at […]

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AI-powered cybersecurity startup ReliaQuest just closed a new funding round of more than $500 million, pushing its valuation to $3.4 billion. The round was led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, with backing from longtime investors Ten Eleven Ventures and […]

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Over the past decade, Apple has steadily expanded its footprint in health care. From the launch of the Health app and the Apple Watch to tools like ResearchKit and CareKit, the company has made health a long-term priority. Tim Cook […]

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Google just made its most advanced AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, free to use through Gemini Canvas on the web and mobile. The new feature, “vibe coding,” lets anyone build apps, games, and tools using simple prompts—no coding required. Launched […]

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OpenAI has pulled in a massive $40 billion, closing the largest private funding round in tech history and pushing its valuation to an eye-popping $300 billion. The maker of ChatGPT confirmed the deal on Monday, marking a new high watermark […]

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OpenAI announced plans to release its first open-weight language model with reasoning capabilities since GPT-2. CEO Sam Altman shared the update on Monday, saying the model could be available in the coming months—maybe even by summer. This marks a big […]

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Ambient, a new Web3 project founded by a Harvard-educated technologist, has emerged from stealth mode promising to completely transform how AI is accessed and deployed around the world. Backed by $7.2 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Startup […]

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Cambrian, a startup building AI infrastructure for finance, just raised $5.9 million in seed funding powerhouse a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) leading the charge. With AI agents becoming more independent—handling tasks, making decisions, and running workflows—these agents need something beyond […]

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Agility Robotics, the company behind the bipedal robot Digit, has raised $400 million in fresh funding, according to an exclusive report from The Information. The round puts a spotlight on just how serious investors are about the future of humanoid […]

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Isomorphic Labs, a drug discovery startup spun out of Google DeepMind, just announced it has raised $600 million in its first round of external funding. The raise was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Google Ventures and Alphabet, which […]

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Retym, a chip startup focused on solving some of the messier challenges inside AI data centers, has emerged from stealth with more than $180 million raised across multiple funding rounds. The company, which has been operating quietly for the past […]

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Back in August 2023, we published an article titled “The Rise of AI Wrappers and the Challenges Ahead,” pointing out the shaky ground some founders were standing on as they built businesses on top of large language models. Nearly a […]

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For the first time, a private company from continental Europe has attempted to launch a rocket into orbit. Isar Aerospace, a German startup, launched its Spectrum rocket from Norway’s Andøya Spaceport, but the mission ended in failure just 44 seconds […]

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