AgenticBion: Naming the Attribute of Autonomous Agency
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a distinction in the vocabulary of autonomous systems that is rarely made explicit. It is the difference between the entity and … Read More
Category: VCs
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
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
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look
Healthleap , a startup building an AI platform that reads patient records to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has raised $38 million in seed and Series A funding, … 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
SiliconBion:Naming the Substrate of Silicon Intelligence
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a pattern in the most interesting brand names of the AI era. They do not describe what a company does. They … Read More
Meta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAX
Meta is renewing its quest to make virtual reality a thing. At its Connect event on Wednesday, the company announced Meta VR Glasses, its newest entry into the VR market, … Read More
Mobileye’s US robotaxi launch will put it on both sides of the AV business
Mobileye has pitched itself as an autonomous vehicle technology supplier. Now it wants the operator label, too. The Intel subsidiary and publicly traded company said Tuesday it plans to launch … 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
Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufacturers have shown growing interest in startups that promise faster automation without the … Read More