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17 hours ago

YC alum Cercli, an AI-powered Rippling for MENA, raises oversubscribed $12M Series A | TechCrunch

Cercli builds an AI-native unified HR, payroll, and compliance platform for MENA enterprises, scaling rapidly and processing over $100M payroll across 50 countries.
fromBusiness Insider
22 hours ago

Vibe coding startup Replit is projecting $1 billion in revenue by the end of 2026

The Silicon Valley startup, which builds technology to help people build apps and websites with AI, expects to surpass $1 billion in revenue by next year, its CEO and founder Amjad Masad told Business Insider. That's about four times as much as the $240 million in annual sales that Replit is now generating, Masad added. Masad disclosed the updated projections after Business Insider obtained a leaked memo for investors from this summer, showing it projected $1 billion by the end of 2027.
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1 day ago

OpenEvidence, the ChatGPT for doctors, raises $200M at $6B valuation | TechCrunch

OpenEvidence, a tool that doctors and nurses have likened to ChatGPT for medicine, plans to announce a $200 million raise at a $6 billion valuation, The New York Times reports. The fresh funds come three months after the startup raised a $210 million round at a $3.5 billion valuation, a testament to the intense investor interest in industry-specific AI applications.
Medicine
Environment
fromFast Company
1 day ago

These high-tech wildfire fighting drones were just backed by a $60 million investment

Seneca deploys autonomous firefighting drones, raised $60 million, and aims to transform wildfire response to protect vulnerable communities and mitigate insurance losses.
Startup companies
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Women's urinals to be at more UK events after 1m funding boost

Peequal raised nearly £1 million to scale stackable, flatpack women's urinals internationally, reducing queues, transport emissions, and increasing event sanitation capacity.
Healthcare
fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

Melinda French Gates-backed women's health startup Tia just cut 23% of its workforce

Tia cut about 23% of its workforce after fundraising feedback prompted a restructuring as its hybrid women’s clinic model struggled to reach profitability.
#venture-capital
fromFortune
4 days ago
Venture

Asymmetric Capital Partners raises $137 million second fund, beating ZIRP-era odds | Fortune

Venture
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Adam Draper, scion of the VC royal family, raises over $87 million for new Boost fund | Fortune

Adam Draper runs Boost VC, backed by Draper family capital, investing pre-seed in deep-tech startups that have reached late stages or public exits.
Venture
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Israeli Cyber Fund Glilot Capital Raises $500 Million

Glilot Capital raised $500 million to expand investments in cybersecurity, AI, and enterprise software, boosting assets under management to over $1 billion.
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4 days ago
Venture

Asymmetric Capital Partners raises $137 million second fund, beating ZIRP-era odds | Fortune

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3 weeks ago
Venture

Adam Draper, scion of the VC royal family, raises over $87 million for new Boost fund | Fortune

fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Why world models are the next big thing in AI

Around the middle of last year, Pim de Witte started reaching out to a handful of prominent AI labs to see if they'd be interested in using data from Medal, his popular video game clipping platform, to train their agents. Within weeks, it became clear that Medal's data was more valuable to the labs than he expected. "We received multiple acquisition offers very quickly," he told me.
Artificial intelligence
Gadgets
fromForbes
4 days ago

Samsung Galaxy XR Launch, Epiminds, Flint AI Raise Seeds, Anduril Reveals EagleEye

Samsung named its fully occluded MR headset Galaxy XR, unveiling Android XR hardware built with Google and Qualcomm on October 21.
Remodel
fromBusiness Matters
5 days ago

10 Ways to Grow a Real Estate Refurb Business (Without Breaking the Bank)

Grow a real estate refurb business through grants, visual marketing, removals partnerships, branded packing, surplus equipment savings, strategic partnerships, maximising value and client convenience.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
5 days ago

This 26-year-old's new AI TikTok makes playful, creative short videos from just a few words - built for Gen Z | Fortune

Pika's Predictive Video enables users to upload a selfie and generate fully produced, intent-inferred AI videos including script, music, choreography, and visual effects.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
5 days ago

Jack & Jill raises $50 million to bring conversational AI to job-hunting | TechCrunch

Jack & Jill uses conversational AI to streamline recruitment by replacing noisy job-board applications with AI interviews and employer matching; launched with $20M seed funding.
Startup companies
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5 days ago

India's Kuku snags $85M as mobile content wars intensify | TechCrunch

Kuku raised $85 million at about $500 million valuation to scale audio and video content amid intense competition in India's mobile-first market.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

This startup uses AI agents to place people in jobs. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $20 million.

Jack & Jill raised $20 million to deploy autonomous AI agents matching job seekers and companies, serving over 49,000 job seekers and hundreds of companies.
fromFortune
6 days ago

Why Michelle Obama's stylist invested in an LVMH-backed AI styling platform: 'It was a no-brainer' | Fortune

Well, to me, there aren't any other options because [Wang] is brilliant,
Fashion & style
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6 days ago

Liberate bags $50M at $300M valuation to bring AI deeper into insurance back offices | TechCrunch

Liberate, an AI startup automating insurance operations, has raised $50 million in a round led by Battery Ventures as it looks to scale its agentic deployments across carriers and agencies globally. The all-equity round values the three-year-old startup at $300 million post-money, with participation from new investor Canapi Ventures and returning backers Redpoint Ventures, Eclipse, and Commerce Ventures. The insurance industry has been navigating a difficult stretch, with rising operational costs, legacy system constraints, and increasing customer expectations.
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Venture
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1 week ago

Exclusive: Inaudible sound might be the next frontier in wildfire defense | TechCrunch

Sonic Fire Tech developed an acoustic fire suppression system that extinguishes flames and aims to protect structures from wildfires, raising $3.5 million in seed funding.
Startup companies
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1 week ago

Sheryl Sandberg-backed Flint wants to use AI to autonomously build and update websites | TechCrunch

Flint builds AI-driven websites that automatically create and update pages, optimize via A/B testing, and personalize content to capture fast-changing AI-driven consumer search demand.
Venture
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1 week ago

Aptos cofounder, early employees raise $50 million for crypto fund Maximum Frequency Ventures | Fortune Crypto

Mo Shaikh and three ex-Aptos colleagues raised a $50 million venture fund, Maximum Frequency Ventures, to back crypto startups with an intense founder-driven focus.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

An ex-OpenAI employee who helped build ChatGPT quietly launched a startup - and Mira Murati is an investor

Angela Jiang founded Worktrace AI, backed by former OpenAI leaders including Mira Murati, to sell employee-task automation to enterprises; discussed $50M valuation.
Startup companies
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1 week ago

Prezent raises $30 million to acquire AI services firms -- starting with founder's other company | TechCrunch

Prezent raised $30M at a $400M valuation to pursue acquisitions and expand its enterprise AI presentation offerings, focusing on life sciences and tech.
#open-source-ai
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1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Reflection raises $2B to be America's open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek | TechCrunch

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1 week ago
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Reflection raises $2B to be America's open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek | TechCrunch

Startup companies
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1 week ago

Battlefield alum DevAlly raises 2M to help companies with Europe's feisty new accessibility law | TechCrunch

EU's new Accessibility Act forces businesses to update digital services for accessibility; technology-driven solutions like DevAlly use AI to automate audits and compliance.
Venture
fromBusiness Matters
1 week ago

PerfectTed's 140m success: Dragons' Den's biggest-ever payday

PerfectTed, a matcha-based energy drink company, reached a £140 million valuation and expanded into over 30,000 stores across 50 countries.
Startup companies
fromSecurityWeek
1 week ago

AI Takes Center Stage at DataTribe's Cyber Innovation Day

DataTribe selects five cybersecurity startup finalists for the annual Challenge, awards $5,000 each, and connects them with investors at Cyber Innovation Day.
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2 weeks ago

Baselane Raises $20M to Scale AI-Powered Financial Platform for Real Estate Investors

Managing rental property finances remains one of the most time-consuming challenges in real estate investing, with landlords juggling spreadsheets, consumer payment apps like Venmo and Zelle, generic accounting software, and multiple banking accounts. The 14 million individual real estate investors across the United States-who own half of the country's rental supply-face fragmented workflows that drain hours each week from their businesses.
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2 weeks ago

Exclusive: EvenUp raises $150 million Series E at $2 billion valuation as AI reshapes personal injury law | Fortune

EvenUp, a legal AI startup focused on personal injury, raised $150M Series E, valuing the company above $2 billion while automating paperwork and shortening case timelines.
NYC startup
fromAlleywatch
2 weeks ago

#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/28/25 - 10/4/25

Baselane raised $20M in a Series B led by Thomvest Ventures, bringing reported equity funding to $42.3M.
Health
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2 weeks ago

Heidi Health raises $65M Series B led by Steve Cohen's Point72 | TechCrunch

An AI medical scribe, Heidi Health, automates clinicians' administrative tasks, returning millions of provider hours and expanding globally while raising substantial funding.
#ai
Venture
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Naveen Rao's new AI hardware startup targets $5B valuation with backing from a16z, sources say

Naveen Rao is raising $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation for Unconventional, Inc., to build a brain-efficient new computing substrate.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes | TechCrunch

A personalized search platform helps users research, track, and visualize their internet fandoms and obsession histories.
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2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Supabase raises $100 million at $5 billion valuation as vibe coding soars | Fortune

"So, wave one of vibe coding was like, 'You'll never need more software,'" said Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, an open source application development platform. "Wave two is, 'Oh, you'll never need to write code again.'... And then wave three, which we're in now, is where these ideas converge-there's a nice happy path for anyone who's on their mobile, looking to build an app. They start on mobile, kick it across to their laptop, and then it scales out."
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1 month ago
Information security

A white-hat hacking gambit spawned $48 million in venture funding for cybersecurity startup Koi. Read its pitch deck.

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1 month ago
Information security

A white-hat hacking gambit spawned $48 million in venture funding for cybersecurity startup Koi. Read its pitch deck.

#replit
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequioa-backed AI design startup Visual Electric | TechCrunch

Visual Electric’s team is joining Perplexity’s Agent Experiences group and the Visual Electric product will shut down within 90 days with export and refund options.
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2 weeks ago

Self-driving trucks startup Einride raises $100M | TechCrunch

Einride raised $100 million to scale electric and autonomous freight vehicles, expand global operations, and accelerate deployment of autonomous freight technology.
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

22-year-old AI CEO behind 'friend.com' necklace welcomes graffiti on his $1 million ad campaign: 'Capitalism is the greatest artistic medium' | Fortune

"I'll binge the entire series with you." "I'll never leave dirty dishes in the sink." "I'll never bail on dinner plans."
Startup companies
Health
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2 weeks ago

Kevin Hart's VC firm leads $35M Series B for weight-loss app Simple | TechCrunch

Simple is an AI health coaching app with Avo, a personalized LLM-powered coach that supports weight loss; company reached $160M ARR and 700,000 subscribers.
US politics
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

The H-1B fee hike will hold back America's tech community | Fortune

H-1B fee hikes will hinder innovation by privileging large tech firms, pricing out many startups, and pushing global STEM talent to other countries.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

I'm a high school dropout who raised $6 million out of Y Combinator. Being a teen founder means you can take more risks.

18-year-old Arlan Rakhmetzhanov dropped out of high school in Kazakhstan to build AI coding agents startup Nozomio and raised $6.2M after Y Combinator.
Fundraising
fromAlleywatch
3 weeks ago

Boost My School Raises $8M to Modernize Fundraising for K-12 Advancement Teams

Boost My School is a purpose-built fundraising platform consolidating K-12 advancement workflows, modern payment options, engagement features, and demonstrated strong fundraising results and retention.
Healthcare
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Exclusive: Assort Health raises $76 million Series B to build on voice AI healthcare platform | Fortune

Voice AI platform Assort Health enables patients to book appointments outside office hours and helps medical practices automate administrative tasks, improving efficiency and revenue.
Venture
fromTNW | Ecosystems
3 weeks ago

Ending graciously

Prepare an honest failure plan, offer to return remaining funds, and preserve investor relationships through transparency and realistic expectations.
#ai-recruiting
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Venture

Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search | TechCrunch

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3 weeks ago
Venture

Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search | TechCrunch

#vibe-coding
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3 weeks ago
Startup companies

Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks | TechCrunch

Vibe coding tools scale quickly but often lack the end-to-end infrastructure non-technical users need to launch production-ready apps; Anything raised $11M to address that gap.
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1 month ago
Venture

AI Pioneer Secures Funding for Cutting Edge "Vibe Coding" Lightpost One

Lightpost One secured PSV Tech funding to scale vibe-coding AI that repurposes existing code, accelerating development and targeting a large global software market.
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3 weeks ago
Startup companies

Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks | TechCrunch

NYC startup
fromAlleywatch
3 weeks ago

#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/21/25 - 9/27/25

Several NYC startups raised funding this week, including Capital Rx's $252M Series F and Quantbase's $26.8M round across healthcare, fintech, climate, and logistics.
#ai-agents
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3 weeks ago
Venture

Paid, the AI agent 'results-based billing' startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed | TechCrunch

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3 weeks ago
Venture

Paid, the AI agent 'results-based billing' startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed | TechCrunch

Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Steph Curry's VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains | TechCrunch

Burnt deploys AI agents to automate back-office tasks across the U.S. perishable food supply chain, replacing spreadsheets and outdated ERP systems.
#artificial-intelligence
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3 weeks ago
Startup companies

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/22/25

Multiple US startups raised $3.3B in notable rounds, including major investments in robotics, AI-driven code review, brand protection, and AI compliance automation.
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1 month ago
Startup companies

The August 2025 US Venture Capital Funding Report

August 2025 saw $8.19B invested across 393 US startups, led by clean energy mega-rounds and $2.32B in AI funding (28.3% share).
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

Read the deck an ex-Waymo engineer used to raise $3.75 million from Sheryl Sandberg and Kindred Ventures

Scorecard raised $3.75M to build an AI evaluation platform that tests AI agents for performance, safety, and faster deployment for startups and enterprises.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Y Combinator launches "Early Decision" for students who want to graduate first, build later | TechCrunch

Y Combinator launched an Early Decision track allowing students to secure YC acceptance and funding while finishing college, deferring program participation until after graduation.
Healthcare
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

How Chipiron's rethinking the future of MRI

Lightweight, lower-cost MRI technology aims to decentralize imaging by enabling easy installation and patient-friendly scans outside large hospitals, expanding access beyond expensive traditional systems.
fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago

Telo raises $20 million to build tiny electric trucks for cities | TechCrunch

Now, investors want in on that same bet: Telo announced Tuesday it has closed a $20 million Series A funding round. The round was co-led by designer Yves Béhar and Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning (who are also Telo co-founders), with additional investment from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and early stage funds like TO VC, E12 Ventures, and Neo.
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Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago

AI company Superpanel raises $5.3M seed to automate legal intake | TechCrunch

Superpanel automates and streamlines legal client intake using AI to reduce errors and costs, engaging clients across channels and escalating to humans when needed.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago

Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research | TechCrunch

Three former NotebookLM developers built Huxe, an audio-first app that generates multi-host AI podcasts for personalized daily briefings and raised $4.6 million.
fromAlleywatch
4 weeks ago

#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/14/25 - 9/20/25

With so much going on in the city's thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 9/20 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for eighteen companies including Chestnut Carbon, Tabs, GreenLite, and much, much more. Chestnut Carbon - $90M Series B Extension Carbon Removal Chestnut Carbon, a developer of carbon removal solutions, has raised $90M as a Series B extension led by CPP Investments.
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1 month ago

How Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni used Gen Z methods to raise $8M for Phia | TechCrunch

Phia is a mobile app and browser extension that searches over hundreds of millions of fashion items to compare prices and streamline e-commerce shopping.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Numeral raises $35M to automate sales tax with AI | TechCrunch

Numeral automates sales-tax compliance using AI; founded by Sam Ross from e-commerce experience, it raised $35 million Series B at a $350 million valuation.
Environment
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1 month ago

Exclusive: DACLab says it can remove CO2 using less electricity than many competitors | TechCrunch

Direct air capture requires substantial energy (~2,000 kWh/ton); DACLab claims 1,500 kWh/ton by separating capture and release and raised $3M seed funding.
Music
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1 month ago

Airbuds is the music social network Apple and Spotify wish they had built | TechCrunch

Airbuds is a fast-growing music-centered social app attracting Gen Z with 15M downloads, 5M monthly active users, and $5M in funding.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Bill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup | Fortune

Instead, the thing that could make or break a product's success, they advised, is your team. "The people that you build with, who you're at the office until 1 a.m. with-even, it comes down to the summer intern you have. The people that you choose to build with every single day, whether that's your incredible co-founder, like I have Sophia-that's what's actually going to define, you know, whether the product succeeds,"
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

This startup raised $5 million for an AI 'algorithm factory' - read the pitch deck

The startup was founded by Alhussein Fawzi and Bernardino Romera-Paredes, who worked on Google's coding agent, AlphaEvolve, during its early stages, along with Hamza Fawzi, a University of Cambridge professor. "What really differentiates companies is the algorithms they use under the hood," Alhussein Fawzi, the CEO of Hiverge, told Business Insider. "And so what we are doing at Hiverge is designing smart algorithms that go beyond existing algorithms - automatically."
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Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

29-Year-Old's Salty Side Hustle Hit $10 Million Last Year | Entrepreneur

Co-founders invested $250,000 personal funds, raised $14 million, and scaled revenue from under $10M toward a targeted $250M with aggressive growth plans.
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1 month ago

CodeRabbit raises $60M, valuing the 2-year-old AI code review startup at $550M | TechCrunch

Gill's prediction has come true: developers are now regularly using AI coding assistants to generate code, but the output is often buggy, forcing engineers to spend a lot of time on corrections. CodeRabbit can help catch some of the errors. The business has been growing 20% a month and is now making more than $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), according to Gill.
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Startup companies
fromFortune
1 month ago

Exclusive: Modern Animal, veterinary clinic network, raises $46 million Series D | Fortune

Modern Animal prioritizes exceptional in-clinic experience and community-focused branding, eliminating phone-based reception, fueling rapid growth to a $100M run rate and $46M Series D.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Nothing is launching first 'AI-native devices' next year

At the heart of Nothing's plans is AI. Pei said the company is "building the foundations for the future" on a focused "AI OS" to deliver a "hyper-personalized experience." However, it's unclear if Nothing's operating system ambitions are built on top of Android like Nothing OS. We've reached out for clarification. This "AI-native platform" will run hardware in widespread use today like smartphones, headphones, and smart watches, Pei said,
Gadgets
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

Endpoint Security Firm Remedio Raises $65 Million in First Funding Round

Remedio raised $65M to scale its AI-driven device security posture management and expand globally, targeting large enterprises and Fortune 500 customers.
Fundraising
fromresund Startups
1 month ago

Enjay Turns Food Waste into Energy, Secures Funding from H&M Billionaire

Enjay captures grease-filled waste heat from commercial kitchens with the Lepido machine and delivers that energy to customers via energy-as-a-service contracts.
Artificial intelligence
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1 month ago

Harvard Law to AI: MarqVision lands $48M to combat brand abuse | TechCrunch

Mark Lee founded MarqVision to use AI-powered computer vision to fight global counterfeiting; the startup raised $48M Series B to expand AI and engineering.
Artificial intelligence
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1 month ago

Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation | TechCrunch

Micro1 raised $35 million Series A at a $500M valuation while rapidly growing ARR to $50M, positioning to supply human-labeled data for AI labs.
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1 month ago

Parento Raises $5.9M to Expand Paid Parental Leave Insurance for Small Businesses

Parento addresses this critical gap by providing the first-ever insurance product specifically designed for paid parental leave, offering companies a three-in-one solution that combines customized insurance coverage, streamlined leave management, and personalized parent coaching. The platform serves both birthing and non-birthing parents, achieving a remarkable 95% return-to-work rate compared to the industry standard of 60%. With its comprehensive approach, Parento helps employers control expenses while supporting employees through one of life's most significant transitions, targeting the $43B total addressable market for parental leave solutions.
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fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

We are entering a golden age of robotics startups - and not just because of AI | TechCrunch

Robotics investing has accelerated as the market matured, hardware and software improved and became cheaper, and venture funding surged to billions in 2025.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

This AI startup raised $2.5 million to build software that runs itself - see the pitch deck

Altan raised $2.5 million to deploy teams of AI agents that autonomously create and manage custom software from text or voice prompts.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation | TechCrunch

Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup that compete with Google by providing conversational answers to user queries, has secured $200 million in new capital at a $20 billion valuation, The Information reported. The fresh funding comes just two months after the company raised $100 million at an $18 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg's July report. Since its founding three years ago, the rapidly growing AI company has raised $1.5 billion in total funding, according to PitchBook data.
Venture
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Stanford graduates' startup turns almond shell waste into organic fertilizer

Our goal is to reduce emissions, promote healthy soils and help farmers improve yields," said Nicolas Pinkowski, co-founder and chief executive officer. "There's a lot of concern right now in the US about chemicals in and on foods. More and more people care not just about getting enough calories every day, but about making sure what they eat is healthy and safe.
Agriculture
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

This app just raised $14M to take on the loneliness epidemic | TechCrunch

Alyx der Vorm founded Clyx to reduce isolation by making it easy to find local events and connect with compatible people at those events.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

AI gaming startup Born raises $15M to build 'social' AI companions that combat loneliness | TechCrunch

AI companions should encourage shared social experiences and strengthen real-world relationships instead of isolating users through one-to-one chatbot interactions.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Google's former security leads raise $13M to fight email threats before they reach you | TechCrunch

As AI is increasingly helping hackers to launch mass-scale email attacks, former Google security leaders have joined forces to build autonomous AI agents that aim to stop phishing, malware, and business email compromise threats before they ever reach user inboxes. That is the mission behind AegisAI, a new email security startup that has just emerged from stealth with $13 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Foundation Capital.
Information security
Artificial intelligence
fromSpyglass
1 month ago

A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement

Anthropic settled copyright claims with publishers for $1.5 billion despite stating the disputed books were not used to train their deployed models.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Cognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation | TechCrunch

Cognition AI raised $400 million to reach a $10.2 billion valuation while growing Devin ARR massively, amid aggressive labor expectations and recent layoffs and buyouts.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Y Combinator-backed Motion raises fresh $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents | TechCrunch

Motion built an AI calendaring and task-management platform that scaled to over 10,000 B2B customers, $10M ARR, and raised $75M at a $550M valuation.
fromAlleywatch
1 month ago

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/8/25

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 9/5/25 featuring funding details for Lead, Lendistry, and Baseten, and seventeen other deals representing $14.4B (not a typo) in new funding that you need to know about.
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