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Stord, a logistics startup serving over 500 mid-market e-commerce brands, raised an $80M Series E led by Strike Capital at a $1.5B valuation and $120M in debt (fortune.com)
3 hours ago Startup Logistics

France's Le Monde enters into content partnership with AI startup Perplexity (indianexpress.com)
2 days ago France Startup AI

Databricks agrees to acquire cloud database startup Neon for ~$1B, set to close in Q2 2025; Neon's platform is based on open-source database PostgreSQL (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Database Startup

Apple partners with brain-computer interface startup Synchron to explore letting iPhone users control the device with brain signals via a stent-like implant (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago iPhone Startup Apple

Restaurant tech startup Owner.com, which offers AI website building, marketing, and other tools raised $120M co-led by Meritech and Headline at a $1B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Startup AI

German defense tech startup Helsing unveils an autonomous underwater drone fleet, the SG-1 Fathom, powered by its AI system Lura to detect and classify sounds (t.co)
3 days ago Germany Startup AI Drone

Dealroom.co: content licensing and data marketplace startups like Pip Labs and ProRata have raised $215M since 2022 to help artists sell content for AI training (t.co)
3 days ago Startup AI

Google Launches New Initiative To Back Startups Building AI (tech.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Google Startup AI

E-commerce logistics startup Cart.com says it raised $50M, is now valued at $1.6B, is on track to cross $500M in revenue this year, and plans more acquisitions (www.axios.com)
4 days ago Startup Logistics

Israeli quantum computing startup Classiq raised a $110M Series C led by Entree Capital, taking its total funding to $173M since its 2020 founding (www.reuters.com)
4 days ago Israel Startup Quantum

A look at “AI-native” startups, which integrate AI into their workflows and team structures, allowing them to operate with fewer employees and consolidate tasks (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago Startup AI

This Gurugram-based startup offers legal support on subscription (indianexpress.com)
5 days ago Startup

Lloyd's of London insurers launch a product to cover companies for losses caused by AI chatbot errors; the policies are developed by YC-backed startup Armilla (t.co)
5 days ago Startup AI chatbot London

Theranos Fraudster's Partner Launches His Own Blood-Testing Startup (science.slashdot.org)
6 days ago Startup

The Trump administration's plan to cut the budget of the NSF, considered key to US tech leadership, by ~57% to $3.9B is alarming the startup and VC sector (fortune.com)
6 days ago Trump Startup Budget

ServiceNow agrees to acquire cloud-native data catalog and data governance startup Data.World, which had raised over $130M and was valued at $350M in 2022 (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago Startup

Microservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can't Afford (nexo.sh)
7 days ago Microservice Tax Startup

SEC filing: Sterling Anderson, CPO and co-founder of self-driving truck startup Aurora, is resigning effective June 1, and will leave the board on August 31 (techcrunch.com)
8 days ago Startup

Sales automation startup Clay lets staff with 1+ year of tenure sell shares in a tender led by Sequoia at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1.25B in January 2025 (techcrunch.com)
8 days ago Startup

A look at Silence Speaks, a British startup that has built an AI-powered sign language avatar capable of accurately translating text to British Sign Language (www.wired.com)
8 days ago U.K. Startup AI

OpenAI Reaches Agreement To Buy Startup Windsurf For $3 Billion (slashdot.org)
10 days ago Startup

European drone startups Quantum Systems raised €160M, sources say at a €1B+ valuation, and Tekever hit a £1B+ valuation, as VCs pour money into European defense (t.co)
10 days ago Europe Startup Drone Quantum

Sources: Databricks is in advanced talks to acquire startup Neon, a maker of a serverless open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, for about $1B (www.upstartsmedia.com)
11 days ago Startup

Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, which has raised $70m+ to date, steps down as CEO; CTO Prabhav Jain has been named the new CEO (techcrunch.com)
11 days ago Startup AI

Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown (www.newcomer.co)
13 days ago Trump Startup Immigration

Apple partnering with startup Anthropic on AI-powered coding platform: Report (indianexpress.com)
13 days ago Startup AI Apple

Uber Inks Robotaxi Deal With Chinese Startup Momenta (tech.slashdot.org)
14 days ago China Uber Startup

Source: Anthropic offers to buy back shares from current and former employees, the first transaction of its kind for Anthropic, valuing the startup at $61.5B (www.theinformation.com)
14 days ago Startup

Uber partners with Chinese self-driving startup Momenta to launch robotaxi services outside the US and China, starting with Europe in early 2026 (www.cnbc.com)
14 days ago China Europe Uber Startup

Google begins showing AdSense ads in conversations with AI chatbots; sources say Google tested the ads in 2024 with startups, like AI search apps iAsk and Liner (www.bloomberg.com)
15 days ago Google Startup AI chatbot

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