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Menlo has created a solid rep for itself as an AI investor, all based on one gutsy $750 million move in 2024.

SAN FRANCISCO – Ubotica Technologies, an Irish company focused on artificial intelligence for spacecraft, has raised $11 million to expand commercial sales of its maritime-intelligence platform. The platform, Live Maritime […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the selection June 22 of an Apex bus for its first orbital computing node. Pasadena, California-based Sophia plans to demonstrate its Thermal Integrated LEO […]

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HaloBraid aims to help salons speed up braiding with its first device, slated to launch later this year, that acts as a braiding assistant for professional stylists.

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Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs is building a video-first hiring platform that combines AI interview agents with short-form video profiles, creating something that feels like a cross between LinkedIn and TikTok.

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies. 

Flip through any auto parts catalog from the 1970s or 80s and the message becomes clear within seconds: this was an industry that believed a woman in a bikini could sell anything from spark plugs to seat covers. Long before marketing departments worried about backlash or boycotts, automotive advertisers operated on a simple, unapologetic formula […]

Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.

The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medal’s dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.

World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.

Clair Health will track inflammation and bloating markers, energy levels, and cycle phase classification to give insights into cycle irregularities and perimenopause, as well as hormonal fluctuations, and how to navigate those changes.

Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.

Our ongoing list of current private space companies with a valuation of $1 billion or more.

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African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as an investor and partner.

Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.

Farting may be one of the most common human activities, but it is also one of the least discussed. People often joke about it, apologize for it, or feel embarrassed when it happens unexpectedly. Yet passing gas is a completely natural process that plays an important role in keeping the digestive system functioning properly. When […]

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Indian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.

Startups are trying to "ride that SpaceX IPO wave."