Reid Hoffman Raises $24.6 Million for AI Cancer-Research Startup

MicroStrategy raises another $600 million from preferred stock sales to buy bitcoin

The company announced in its last earnings report a plan to raise $42 billion to buy bitcoin in three years. It’s already spent nearly half of that.

MarketWatch - 1d

Startup associations call for Europe to unite behind AI development

Yahoo News - 2d

This Nuclear Fusion Startup Is on a Hot Streak With $425 Million in New Funding

Helion Energy says its series F raise will fund it through the deployment of the first-ever commercial nuclear fusion plant.

Inc. - 2d

Activision Raises $2.6 Million For Los Angeles Fire Relief Efforts Via Call of Duty DLC And More

Activision has announced that it has raised more than $1.6 million for the Los Angeles fire relief efforts through the sale of the LA Fire Relief in-game DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and ...

GameSpot - 2d

Türkiye’s Laton Ventures raises $50M to invest in global game and app startups

Laton Ventures, a gaming and apps focused venture capital firm founded by Görkem Türk, has closed its first fund with $50 million.

VentureBeat - 3d

Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

Should millions of Americans be downloading Chinese AI app DeepSeek and giving their personal data to it? For reasons of privacy and cybersecurity, maybe not.

CNBC - 4d

Reid Hoffman enters 'wondrous and terrifying' world of health care with latest AI startup

LinkedIn founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman has just launched drug discovery startup Manas AI, alongside Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist.

CNBC - 4d

Voice AI Startup ElevenLabs Hit $3.3 Billion Valuation After Funding Round

ElevenLabs plans to use the funding to expand research into more expressive voice AI.

Inc. - Jan. 30

LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman Says that the Only Way to Deal with Information Overload is AI

We’re producing vastly more information than any of us can possibly consume—artificial intelligence may be the key to effectively making use of that data.

Inc. - Jan. 30

OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value AI startup at up to $340 billion

SoftBank would contribute as much as $25 billion to OpenAI's funding round and become the largest investor.

CNBC - Jan. 30

These Yale and Berkeley dropouts just raised $2 million to build an AI assistant that could rival OpenAI

Y Combinator-backed startup Martin AI secures $2M seed funding to challenge Siri and Google with its innovative personal AI assistant, built by 19-year-old founders to revolutionize how consumers ...

VentureBeat - Jan. 30

DeepSeek Has Taught AI Startups a Lesson Automakers Learned Years Ago

In the DeepSeek AI saga, global technologists are relearning the lessons of the Chinese auto boom.

Wired - Jan. 30

Dario Amodei challenges DeepSeek’s $6 million AI narrative: What Anthropic thinks about China’s latest AI move

Amodei says the breakthrough actually cost billions, emphasizing that AI development remains resource-intensive despite engineering gains.

VentureBeat - Jan. 30

What will Washington do about Chinese startup DeepSeek and its AI chatbot?

As the TikTok ban hangs in the air, the US investigates the security implications of another mega-popular Chinese app. Who is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve its AI ‘Sputnik moment’? ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup shaking up tech stocks and spooking investors?

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek released a model of its AI service that seemingly is on-par with U.S.-based competitors like ChatGPT, but required far-less computing power.

NBC News - Jan. 28

Nvidia loses nearly $600 billion in market value after Chinese AI startup bursts onto scene

Shares of chipmaker Nvidia plunged Monday, for its worst day since the global market sell-off in March 2020 triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

NBC News - Jan. 27

DeepSeek rattles Wall Street. What the Chinese startup means for Nvidia, Meta and the rest of our AI stocks

We explore DeepSeek's wide-ranging implications for our investment portfolio.

CNBC - Jan. 27

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek sends U.S. stocks tumbling

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek is sending shockwaves through Wall Street. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has the details on that and the latest on TikTok.

CBS News - Jan. 27

Trump tariffs could raise prices on technology like laptops, smartphones and AI

Trade groups and consultants warn that trade wars spurred by Trump's tariffs could slow global commerce and raise prices for consumers.

CNBC - Jan. 27

How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI

When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambitious talent. Two years later, DeepSeek exploded on the scene.

Wired - Jan. 25

Y Combinator’s hottest startup, Origami Agents, secures $2M seed round to supercharge sales teams with AI

Y Combinator's fastest-growing startup Origami Agents raised $2M to build AI research tools that help sales teams find perfect customers.

VentureBeat - Jan. 24

Trump AI Order Raises Questions About its Goals and Safety Focus

American AI should be free from ‘ideological bias,’ a new Trump executive order demands, but what does this mean?

Inc. - Jan. 24

Baya Systems raises $36M for AI and chiplet innovation

Baya Systems, a chip technology company that wants accelerate intelligent computing, raised $36 million in funding.

VentureBeat - Jan. 23

Netflix Raises Prices After Adding 19 Million Subscribers in Latest Quarter

The company said those results were buoyed by programming in recent months that exceeded internal expectations.

The New York Times - Jan. 21

AI or Not raises $5M to stop AI fraud, deepfakes and misinformation

AI or Not, an AI fraud detection platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round to accelerate its use of "AI to detect AI" in images.

VentureBeat - Jan. 17

Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI Executive

It’s a major get for Murati’s mysterious startup, which has also poached engineers and researchers from a number of other prominent AI firms.

Wired - Jan. 17

Brooklyn trio raises $10 million for startup that wants to help open-source developers get paid

Out of the old Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, a trio of techies has raised $10 million for Merit Systems to focus on fixing an open-source problem.

CNBC - Jan. 16

Borderless AI secures $32 million to challenge HR software giants with its AI-powered platform

Borderless AI launches an enterprise HR platform powered by AI that streamlines employee data management, policy compliance, and HR workflows, securing $32M in funding to challenge traditional HR ...

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Outsourcing giant Infosys raised sales guidance for a third time. AI is helping.

Indian outsourcing giant Infosys on Thursday raised its sales outlook for the third time this year as the company said clients were increasingly adopting its artificial-intelligence services.

MarketWatch - Jan. 16