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- Nectar launched an AI agent to automate creator discovery; plus, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips · 6 minNectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results. Also, Fractile has now…
- Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement? · 4 minNvidia CFO Colette Kress is taking over for as an interim replacement for longtime CEO Jensen Huang, who is embroiled in scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads, and more · 8 minLike the end-to-end models trained to drive cars, AI agents are probabilistic systems operating in unpredictable environments. Also, OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup…
- Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development; plus, PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery · 10 minFormer SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5M for new fund targeting AI in pharma Also, PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about…
- A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation · 6 minWhile frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex…
- Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics · 7 minAs AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest…
- Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite · 6 minFollowing years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company. Also, the Los Angeles-based…
- Spain's Titan OS raises $46 million; Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds; plus, AI inference startup Fal doubled its valuation · 8 minTitan OS has raised $110 million in funding to date. Also, cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130…
- Revolut’s valuation jumps 53% to $115B in new share sale as it prepares to launch US bank, and more · 8 minGlade Brook, Coatue and T. Rowe Price were among the investors that led the share sale. Also, India’s EloElo nabbed $80 million from NBCUniversal to bet on the country’s rising…
- Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts, and more · 9 min-Trajectory is a one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million. -Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early stage AI and fintech. Learn more about your ad…
- Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition; plus, Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at a $2B valuation · 6 minTwo startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal. Also, space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised…
- Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream to build AI world models for construction; plus, Upwind raises $400M; and Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy · 11 min-Trained on 100 million square feet of building permits, dream wants to disrupt Autodesk with AI. -The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of…
- Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it? · 13 minHelion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028. Learn more about your ad…
- Matiks raises $10M to expand its math and puzzle gaming platform; AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, plus, Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs · 13 minMatiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI. Also, "despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology…
- Helion could double output of its power plants; plus, startups don’t need to go viral to win customers; and Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation · 13 minHelion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028. Also, at TechCrunch Disrupt…
- The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales say top names in tech; plus, Rivian bought a world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions · 8 minAt this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polska’s Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the…
- AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation; plus, Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI · 9 minJust 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the…
- Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language · 8 minElectric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems. Also, OpenAI says…
- Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet; plus, Town nabbed unicorn valuation, and Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion · 9 minAmazon wants to break Nvidia’s hold on PyTorch, the free toolkit used to build most AI apps, so that more developers run their apps on alternative chips like its own. Also, AI…
- Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles; plus, Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images · 7 minCounterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the…
- Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis; plus, Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt · 9 minThe Ricursive founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of…
- Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence · 7 minMost companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech’s most expensive mistakes; Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage · 7 minThe San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes. Also, as AI data centers and…
- Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company; plus, WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract · 9 minHoneyjar believes AI can actually make PR better. Also, WindBorne is a startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost…
- Efferon wants to eradicate the devastating toll of pediatric sepsis; plus, Petra Power looks to modernize energy for data centers · 7 minEfferon has developed blood-purification tech to save children. Sepsis, an acute inflammation triggered by infection, is a leading cause of childhood mortality, claiming roughly…
- A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons · 9 minRichard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served time in federal prison for securities violations, has launched Commissary Club, a startup that uses AI to help…
- Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office; plus, Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia · 6 minAs it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery. Also, Mecka AI pays people to record everyday tasks. Learn more about your…
- Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet; plus, name Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius · 9 minSigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley's who-who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks. Also, Melius…
- Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era; plus, after Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests · 8 minFounded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency…
- Photon held a funeral for mobile apps; plus, Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup · 7 minPhoton helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of…
- World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months; plus, turning idle car inventory into rental revenue · 7 minFervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker. Also, MyMonthlyCar is a platform that lets…
- Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition · 7 minVC Chris Degnan and former board advisor to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for Cognition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot; plus, EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B · 7 minAtomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh. EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year. Learn more about your ad…
- AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion; Physical AI chip developer SiMa AI hits $1.45B valuation · 5 minThe acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. Also, SiMa.AI, the edge computing startup, raised a $150 million…
- Ocean surveillance startup Quartermaster raises another $140M · 5 minThe tech enables real-time awareness for what Quartermaster calls the “largest blind spot on Earth.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting; plus, Feather is building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers · 8 minNexterity's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case. Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software…
- Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely; plus, PitPro’s first tire-changing robot goes live in Canada · 8 minModal Motors is working on small, light motors with no rare earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots. Also, PitPro says its automated system can change four…
- a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school; plus, AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft · 9 minThis academy for promising high school grads is somewhere between a trade-school, Y Combinator and Peter Thiel's Fellowship Program. Autonomy-1 will have a small…
- A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline · 9 minBrynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. And now they're…
- Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance · 5 minComp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel; plus, Hang Ten Systems nabbed another $53m · 10 minFluxnium's fibers can extract uranium directly from seawater, which has enough of the nuclear fuel to power thousands of generations. Also, Hang Ten is a Palo Alto startup and…
- Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents; plus, health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation · 9 minTheir startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic…
- Superhuman acquired notetaker Fathom; plus, OpenAI bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging, and AI infrastructure company Cornelis raised $205M · 7 minFathom said that it has over 400,000 monthly active users. Also, Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's…
- Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world; plus, Mecka AI nears $500M valuation amid rush for robot training data · 7 minFusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared…
- Defense tech Mach Industries doubled its valuation in 3 months; plus, Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal · 9 minMach Industries is a buzzy startup that raised $600 million in its Series C round. AlsoMaven Robotics emerged from stealth Thursday with a $100 million Series A and active…
- CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks; plus, Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony · 6 minUK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million. Also, Cymphony…
- Nuclear startup Bluecore Energy raises $50M seed round, just two months after launch; plus, Poseidon Aerospace eyes first pilotless test flight, and Stoke Space raises another billion · 12 min-Founder Kofi Asante wasn’t planning on fundraising this year, but calls kept coming after their pre-seed launch. -Poseidon is embracing autonomy and remote piloting, but it’s…
- Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business; plus, Krafton doubles down on India · 6 min-Atoms is reportedly preparing for a hiring spree, as well as acquisitions, that could make it a major player in the autonomous vehicle industry. -Krafton is a South Korean…
- Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race; plus, Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman · 10 minThe family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with others. Ultrahuman is…
- Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston · 2 minOur rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event…
