xAI Co-Founder's River AI Raises $1.1B for Personal AI
River AI, a startup founded by former xAI leader Igor Babuschkin, has raised $1.1 billion to let users train and own their own AI models instead of renting access to closed ones.
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Valar Atomics Raises $1B to Mass-Produce Nuclear Reactors for AI
Sequoia Capital led a $1 billion round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics, days after its Ward 250 reactor became the first outside a US national lab to reach criticality and power an Nvidia system.
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What Is Georgia's AI Startup Scene — and Who's Building It?
Georgia's AI startup scene is small, but a growing mix of state grants, new tech parks, and one high-profile acquisition is building real momentum behind it.
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What Is a Pre-IPO Round — and Why Do AI Startups Raise Them?
A pre-IPO round is the last private financing a company raises before listing publicly. Here's how it works, who invests, and why AI and robotics startups are racing to raise them.
Read more →Indian AI Coding Startup Emergent Raises $130M, Hits Unicorn Status
Emergent, an Indian platform that lets non-coders build software with AI agents, raised a $130 million Series C led by Creaegis, valuing it at $1.5 billion.
Read more →Blackstone, Apollo, KKR Invest $5.34B in Williams' AI Power Plants
A Blackstone-led investor group is funding 49% of five natural-gas power plants that pipeline giant Williams is building largely to supply electricity to AI data centers.
Read more →Daniel Ek's Neko Health Raises $700M, Nears $7B Valuation
Neko Health, the AI-assisted preventive health-scanning startup founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, raised $700 million in Series C funding as it prepares to open its first US clinic in New York.
Read more →AI Drug-Design Startup Chai Discovery Raises $400M Series C
Chai Discovery, an AI startup that designs antibodies and other molecules from scratch, raised a $400 million Series C led by Index Ventures at a $3.8 billion valuation.
Read more →Supply Chain AI Startup Auger Raises $50M Series B
Auger, the AI-driven supply chain startup led by former Amazon executive Dave Clark, has raised a $50 million Series B, bringing its total funding to $150 million.
Read more →DeepSeek in Talks for New Funding at $71 Billion Valuation
DeepSeek has opened talks for a new funding round valuing the Chinese AI lab at $71 billion, just weeks after its first outside round closed near $50 billion, the Financial Times reports.
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What Is a Series E Round — and Why Do AI Startups Raise Them?
A Series E is the fifth major venture round a startup raises. AI companies now close them at record size to keep growing without going public — here's how the funding ladder works.
Read more →Innovative Eyewear Adds Claude AI to All Lucyd Smart Glasses
Nasdaq-listed Innovative Eyewear is rolling out free Claude AI access across its Lucyd smart eyewear lineup, letting wearers switch between Claude and ChatGPT mid-conversation.
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What Is Defense AI — and Why Is It Attracting Billions in Funding?
Defense AI fuses battlefield sensor data and guides autonomous drones — and it is now one of the fastest-growing corners of venture investment in Europe and the US.
Read more →European Defense AI Startup Helsing Raises $1.8B at $18B Valuation
German defense-AI company Helsing raised $1.8 billion in a Series E round, valuing it at $18 billion — Europe's largest-ever defense-startup funding round.
Read more →Meta Expands Louisiana AI Data Center to $50 Billion, 5 Gigawatts
Meta is expanding its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of capacity, pushing total investment past $50 billion and funding local schools and infrastructure.
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What Is a Secondary Market Valuation — and How Reliable Is It?
A secondary market valuation prices a private company by what its existing shares fetch between investors, not a funding round or IPO. Here's how it works, and why it can mislead.
Read more →Anthropic Valuation Hits $1.2 Trillion on Secondary Markets
Anthropic shares are trading at an implied $1.2 trillion valuation on private secondary markets, according to Business Insider, edging past OpenAI's roughly $908 billion for the first time.
Read more →SK Hynix Raises $26.5 Billion in Record Nasdaq Debut
SK Hynix, the top maker of AI memory chips, began trading on Nasdaq on July 10 in the largest-ever US listing by a foreign company, with shares jumping 13%.
Read more →Ollama Raises $65M Series B, Reaches 8.9 Million Developers
Ollama, the open-source tool for running AI models locally, has raised $65 million in Series B funding, bringing total funding to $88 million as its developer base nears 9 million.
Read more →MiniMax Raises $2B, CEO Forgoes Salary Until AGI Is Achieved
Chinese AI startup MiniMax closed a $2 billion share-and-bond sale after its stock plunged on an IPO lockup expiry, with founder Yan Junjie vowing to forgo salary until AGI is achieved.
Read more →AI Training Startup Prime Intellect Raises $130M, Hits $1B Valuation
Prime Intellect raised a $130 million Series A led by Radical Ventures, valuing the AI infrastructure startup at $1 billion as it helps businesses train and run their own AI agents.
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