Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation , the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers … Read More
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Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy join Disrupt 2026
AI may be built in software, but scaling it is becoming a physical-world problem. Every new model, agent, and AI application needs somewhere to run, and an infrastructure connecting them … Read More
Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders
Vesta , an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital. The startup uses AI agents … Read More
China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has raised more than $500 million, the company’s first funding round since Meta … Read More
H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment
It’s no secret that pre-AI era startups are generally getting little love from investors now. Ariel Katz, co-founder and CEO of a nine-year-old healthcare data platform H1 , argues that … Read More
Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
Microsoft and Chevron announced plans on Monday to develop a 2.67-gigawatt natural gas power plant in West Texas to serve the tech company’s AI and cloud data centers. 💡 The … Read More
Waymo bought Apple’s self-driving car proving ground for $220M
Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa … Read More
Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion
Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple its last reported valuation of … Read More
Beyond the Headlines: PhonePe’s IPO Pause and the Hidden Value in Fintech Domains
Context is Key: PhonePe paused IPO due to war fears and market drops.However, while the stock market fears volatility, the digital asset space thrives on solving it… PhonePe, India’s biggest … Read More
Stripe’s valuation soars 74% to $159 billion
Another year, another Stripe tender offer where investors buy shares from employees that values the company at an enormous step up. On Tuesday, Stripe announced that this latest secondary transaction … Read More