Startup

Employees of Failed Startups Are at Special Risk of Stolen Personal Data Through Old Google Logins (it.slashdot.org)
2025-1-21 Google Startup

Donald Trump inauguration in Hindi: This startup makes it possible, here's how to watch (indianexpress.com)
2025-1-18 Trump Startup

OpenAI and longevity startup train GPT-4b model to extend human life (indianexpress.com)
2025-1-18 Startup

Lenovo acquires enterprise storage startup Infinidat and plans to turn it into its Israel development center; Infinidat raised $350M from TPG and others (en.globes.co.il)
2025-1-18 Israel Startup Lenovo

PitchBook: investors put $74.6B into US startups in Q4 2024, up from an average of $42B in the prior nine quarters, with $32B invested across just five deals (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-18 Startup 4Q

Sources: Mira Murati's AI startup has poached about 10 researchers and engineers, including former OpenAI Head of Special Projects Jonathan Lachman, from rivals (www.wired.com)
2025-1-17 Startup AI

E-commerce marketing startup Rokt agrees a secondary share sale at a $3.5B valuation ahead of a 2026 IPO, and acquires customer data startup mParticle for $300M (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-17 IPO Startup

Amazon to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL startup Axio, sources say for $150M+; Axio raised $135M in equity, claims to have 10M+ customers, and a $260M+ loan book (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-16 Amazon Startup Equity

Mistral announces a content deal with the Agence France-Presse to improve answer accuracy in Le Chat, marking the French AI startup's first such partnership (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-16 France Startup AI

Google agreed to buy 100K tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-16 India Google Startup

Startup Raises $200 Million To 'De-Extinct' the Woolly Mammoth, Thylacine and Dodo (science.slashdot.org)
2025-1-16 Startup

Synthesia, a London-based B2B startup building products around highly realistic AI avatar technology, raised a $180M Series D led by NEA at a $2.1B valuation (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-15 Startup AI London

Elmsford, NY-based quantum computing startup SEEQC raised a $30M Series A extension co-led by Booz Allen and NordicNinja, following a $22.4M Series A in 2020 (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-15 Startup Quantum

Report: UK startups raised €16.4B in 2024, Germany raised €9.4B, France raised €7.1B; investment in French AI startups grew from €1B in 2023 to €1.9B in 2024 (sifted.eu)
2025-1-15 Germany France Startup AI

Snyk Researcher Caught Deploying Malicious Code Targeting AI Startup (it.slashdot.org)
2025-1-14 Startup AI

Sources: Chainalysis acquires AI-agent security startup Alterya for ~$150M; Alterya is still in stealth mode but has clients including Coinbase, Square, Binance (www.businessinsider.com)
2025-1-14 Startup AI Coinbase

A look at Troodi, a mental health chatbot built by AI startup Elomia Health for Troomi's child-focused phones, with thousands of teen users across the US (www.wsj.com)
2025-1-14 Startup AI chatbot

Donald Trump Jr. is joining prediction-market startup Kalshi as a strategic adviser; CFTC called Kalshi “an online casino” in a December filing (www.wsj.com)
2025-1-14 Trump Startup CFTC

An interview with Arkady Volozh, CEO of Nebius, formerly Yandex NV, on selling Yandex's Russian business in 2024, competing with US AI startups, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-12 Russia Interview Startup AI

Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz names veteran exec Fazal Merchant as president and CFO to prepare for a US IPO; sources: Wiz has annual revenues of ~$500M (www.reuters.com)
2025-1-10 Israel IPO Startup

Sources: Eric Schmidt is working on an AI startup called Hooglee, which describes its mission as “democratizing video creation with AI” (www.forbes.com)
2025-1-9 Startup AI

Istanbul-based gaming startup Grand Games, maker of Magic Sort and Car Match, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton, after securing a $3M seed in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-9 Startup

Source: Flipkart hires Kabeer Biswas, co-founder of Dunzo, an Indian delivery startup that raised $500M+, to lead its quick commerce business, Flipkart Minutes (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-9 India Startup

Niklas Zennström says European startups can thrive by developing apps for US-based AI platforms and believes pessimism about European startups is exaggerated (t.co)
2025-1-9 Europe Startup AI

Dublin-based payments startup NomuPay, formed in 2023 from some of Wirecard's regional payment licenses, raised a $37M Series B at a $200M valuation (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-8 Startup

Global venture funding rose 3% YoY to ~$314B in 2024; venture funding to US companies totaled $178B, out of which $90B was invested in Bay Area startups (news.crunchbase.com)
2025-1-8 Startup

Atlanta-based HR and payroll software startup OnPay raised a $63M Series B led by Carrick Capital Partners, taking its total raised to $165M+ in equity and debt (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-8 Startup Equity

AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funding Valuing it at $60 Billion (slashdot.org)
2025-1-8 Startup AI

PitchBook: US startups raised $209B in 2024, up ~33% from 2023; AI startups raised $97B, the largest portion on record; VCs raised $76.1B, the lowest since 2019 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-7 Startup AI

PitchBook: AI startups developing medical note-taking apps raised $800M in 2024, compared to $390M in 2023, as Microsoft and others compete for market share (t.co)
2025-1-6 Microsoft Startup AI

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