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Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation
Sierra, the startup founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a fresh round of capital that values the company at $4.5 billion.Business - CNBC - October 28 -
OpenAI Chair’s AI Startup Sierra Gets $4.5 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round
Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s company keeps pulling in money from top VC firms as expectations mount.Business - Inc. - October 29 -
AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial intelligence search company is raising $500 million in its fourth funding round this year.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 5 -
DevRev raises $100.8 million in Series A funding and becomes an AI unicorn at a $1.15 billion valuation
Following its successful Series A funding, DevRev drives forward its mission to revolutionize customer support and product development.Tech - VentureBeat - November 1 -
Perplexity AI in final stages of raising $500 million round at $9 billion valuation
Perplexity AI is in the final stages of raising $500 million in funding at a $9 billion valuation, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
Play Ventures raises $140M second fund to invest in games and consumer startups
Play Ventures, a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage gaming, has raised $140 million for its third gaming fund.Tech - VentureBeat - 5 days ago -
Elon Musk's xAI Startup Is Valued at $50 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial-intelligence company has told investors it raised $5 billion in its latest funding round.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago -
Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup that raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation.Business - CNBC - November 4 -
Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World
Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn.Tech - Wired - November 14 -
Amazon to invest an additional $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic
Amazon is investing an additional $4 billion in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic as major technology companies rush to fund generative AITech - ABC News - Yesterday -
Amazon Just Invested Another $4 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
The shopping and computing giant is literally doubling down on enterprise AI.Business - Inc. - Yesterday -
Elon Musk's xAI in Talks to Raise Funding Valuing It at $40 Billion
The new fundraising effort would substantially increase startup’s valuation from spring.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29 -
AI startup funding hit a record in the L.A. area last quarter. Here's who got the most money
L.A.-area startups received $1.8 billion in the third quarter, the highest quarterly amount for the region, according to CB Insights. Most of it went to a single company.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 8 -
This Robotics AI ‘Brain’ Startup Just Raised $400 Million From Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and Others
Physical Intelligence, now valued at about $2 billion, aims to create AI models that can power robots.Business - Inc. - November 4 -
This Gen-Z-Led Startup Just Raised $2.6 Million to Diagnose Parkinson’s Using AI
Dannce.ai emerged from stealth with a platform that aims to use artificial intelligence to help diagnose and monitor movement disorders. Here’s how it works.Business - Inc. - 2 days ago -
ByteDance Valuation Hits $300 Billion Amid Possible U.S. TikTok Ban
ByteDance, owner of TikTok, has placed its own value at this figure.Business - Inc. - November 16 -
Levellr raises funds for tools to manage Discord communities
Levellr has raised $1.75 million for its community management and insights tools used by companies to manage Discord communities.Tech - VentureBeat - November 1 -
Waymo Raises $5.6 Billion From Outside Investors
Alphabet’s driverless car unit now has vehicles operating in San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles.Business - The New York Times - October 28 -
Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract
The Pentagon awards its first-ever generative AI defense contract worth $1.8M to Jericho Security, targeting deepfake attacks and AI-powered threats against military personnel including drone pilots.Tech - VentureBeat - November 5 -
A US Ban on Investing in Chinese AI Startups Could Escalate Under Trump
The Biden administration narrowed in on Chinese companies developing frontier AI models, but Donald Trump could take a much broader approach.Tech - Wired - 5 days ago -
How I’m Building My Startup With Remote Workers and AI Tools
Startups like mine are managing remote teams and integrating AI tools to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment.Business - Inc. - 4 days ago -
Amazon doubles down on AI startup Anthropic with $4bn investment
Amazon’s total investment in the AI company now totals $8bn, with its AWS unit as Anthropic’s cloud provider. The artificial intelligence startup Anthropic said on Friday it had raised an ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
UK Pizza Hut to raise funds after Budget tax hikes
The money could come from a sale of part of the business, or new investment from existing shareholders.Top stories - BBC News - November 16 -
Elon Musk’s xAI in Funding Talks That Could Value Company at $40 Billion
The financing efforts follow that of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $157 billion.Tech - The New York Times - October 31 -
Elon Musk’s xAI startup said to eye funding round, valuing the company at this much
xAI is in talks with investors for a funding round, the Wall Street Journal reported.Business - MarketWatch - October 29 -
Chinese driver-assist startup announces $100 million in funding, touts 'deep cooperation' with Nvidia
Deeproute said it is part of the first batch of companies in China to obtain Nvidia's newer Thor chip for cars and will release a new system using it next yearBusiness - CNBC - November 5 -
Boeing’s stock reverses lower after announcing a $19 billion capital raise
.Boeing’s stock knee-jerked higher after a larger-than-expected capital raise was announced, but then quickly resumed its decline.Business - MarketWatch - October 28 -
UK Budget: Labour Party to Raise Taxes by 40 Billion Pounds
Rachel Reeves, the finance minister, announced substantial tax increases in her first budget as she sought to strengthen public finances and services.Business - The New York Times - October 30 -
Philadelphia Phillies capital raise values the team at around $3 billion
The Philadelphia Phillies recently raised close to $500 million in capital from three new investors, according to two people familiar with the deal.Business - CNBC - November 8 -
Harris campaign raised $1 billion-plus. It's still sending appeals for donors.
Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead with other matters.Top stories - CBS News - November 16 -
Government commission proposes Manhattan Project-style AI funding plan
A U.S. congressional commission proposed a "Manhattan Project-like" initiative for the funding of artificial intelligence (AI) development in a larger push to stay ahead of China's technological ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Wordware raises $30 million to make AI development as easy as writing a document
Wordware, a San Francisco startup, raised $30 million to simplify AI development with a natural language platform, enabling non-coders to build AI agents without traditional programming.Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago -
Here’s How a Startup Landed $10 Million to Put AI Data Centers in Space
The massive banks of computers needed to power artificial intelligence apps require huge amounts of electricity on Earth. Lumen Orbit wants to send them into the heavens instead.Business - Inc. - October 25 -
From coffee beans to milk, this Singapore-based startup uses AI to determine ingredient quality
ProfilePrint's AI platform could have implications for improving food security.Business - CNBC - November 7 -
Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs
Fastino emerges from stealth with $7 million in pre-seed funding to advance task optimized enterprise AI models that don’t require a GPU to run.Tech - VentureBeat - November 12 -
Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI app
Unbabel on Wednesday announced an artificial intelligence-powered translation service, adding another rival to a highly competitive space.Business - CNBC - November 13