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Sources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B+ valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing (www.theinformation.com)
2025-9-23 Startup Robot

UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting cup that asks entrants to predict 60 geopolitical events, the first time an AI made the top 10 (time.com)
2025-9-22 Startup AI

A review of Tim Berners-Lee's new book This is for Everyone, while his startup Inrupt, which aims to commercialize the Solid web protocol, struggles to scale (t.co)
2025-9-22 Startup

Google Cloud says it now works with nine of the 10 leading AI labs, including OpenAI, and with 60% of the world's generative AI startups, fueling its growth (techcrunch.com)
2025-9-21 Google Startup AI

VCs and founders warn that the $100K fee will make H-1B sponsorship prohibitively expensive for startups, not Big Tech, and drive talent outside the US (www.geekwire.com)
2025-9-21 Startup H1B

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced discussions to invest $500M in UK self-driving car startup Wayve, as part of a £2B pledge for UK startups; Wayve is evaluating (t.co)
2025-9-20 Startup Nvidia Autonomous Car

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest $500M in UK self-driving car startup Wayve, as part of a broader £2B funding pledge in UK startups (www.ft.com)
2025-9-19 Startup Nvidia Autonomous Car

A look at China's brain-computer interface industry as startups like BrainCo grow with state support; CCID says the sector is worth $450M, growing 20% annually (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-19 China Startup

Sources: Nvidia spent more than $900M to hire Enfabrica CEO Rochan Sankar and other employees at the AI hardware startup and to license the company's technology (www.cnbc.com)
2025-9-19 Startup AI Nvidia

British renewable energy startup Octopus Energy spins off its AI arm, Kraken, in what could create a stand-alone entity worth $15B (www.wsj.com)
2025-9-19 U.K. Energy Startup AI Renewable

‘We back genuine AI startups, not wrappers': Google accelerator programme lead (indianexpress.com)
2025-9-18 Google Startup AI

Foxmont and BCG report: Philippine startups raised a record $1.12B in 2024, up 16.7% YoY, with foreign investment rising to 52.5%, but regulatory hurdles remain (asia.nikkei.com)
2025-9-17 Startup Philippines

AI code review startup CodeRabbit raised a $60M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, valuing the company at $550M, and says it makes $15M+ in ARR (techcrunch.com)
2025-9-17 Startup AI

Jack Altman's Alt Capital raised $275M for a new fund to lead more Series A rounds at AI startups, a jump from the $150M fund it closed in February 2024 (www.wsj.com)
2025-9-17 Startup AI

Humanoid robot startup Figure raised a $1B+ Series C led by Parkway Venture Capital at a post-money valuation of $39B, up from $2.6B in February 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-17 Startup Robot Venture Capital

HR software provider Workday agrees to acquire Sana, an AI startup specializing in workplace tools, for $1.1B; the transaction is set to close in Workday's Q4 (www.wsj.com)
2025-9-17 Startup AI 4Q

Filing: cloud cybersecurity software startup Netskope raised its IPO price range to $17-$19 per share, up from $15-$17, aiming to raise $908.2M, up from $812.6M (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-16 IPO Startup

Robinhood Plans To Launch a Startups Fund Open To All Retail Investors (news.slashdot.org)
2025-9-16 Retail Startup

Robinhood has filed an application with the SEC to launch a new publicly traded fund called “Robinhood Ventures Fund I” that will hold shares of startups (techcrunch.com)
2025-9-16 Startup

AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised a $50M Series A led by GFT Ventures (pulse2.com)
2025-9-13 Startup AI

Beijing-based AIsphere, the startup behind the AI video generator PixVerse, raised a $60M Series B led by Alibaba, and says PixVerse has 100M+ users globally (www.scmp.com)
2025-9-13 Alibaba Startup AI

Some 20-somethings flocking to SF to build trillion-dollar AI startups say no to booze, sleep, and fun as they strive to be, or appear to be, the most obsessed (www.wsj.com)
2025-9-13 Startup AI

Israeli chip monitoring startup ProteanTecs raised a $51M Series D led by IAG, with participation from Arm, Samsung, and more, taking its total funding to $250M (www.calcalistech.com)
2025-9-11 Israel Samsung Startup

Quantum startup PsiQuantum raised $1B led by BlackRock, Temasek, and Baillie Gifford at a $7B valuation, up from $3.2B in 2021, to build a 1M-qubit computer (t.co)
2025-9-10 Startup Quantum

ASML's €1.3B investment in Mistral gives the French startup capital and credibility, but it must prove it can survive in a US- and China-dominated AI industry (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-10 China France Startup AI

How AlphaFold2 and the rise of generative AI kickstarted a new AI drug discovery boom after a spate of startups from the mid-2010s failed to live up to the hype (www.ft.com)
2025-9-10 Startup AI

Source: Meta signed a contract worth $140M+ to use technology from AI image startup Black Forest Labs, committing $35M in the first year and $105M in the second (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-10 Startup AI

Hands-on with AI startup Friend's $129 always-listening pendant: feels like a beefy AirTag, runs Gemini 2.5, gives unhelpful commentary, and makes others uneasy (www.wired.com)
2025-9-9 Startup AI

Source: Amazon took a stake in Colombian delivery startup Rappi via a $25M convertible note, entitling it to buy up to 12% via warrants if milestones are met (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-9 Amazon Startup

AI audio startup ElevenLabs launches a tender offer to let staff sell up to $100M in stock at a $6.6B valuation, up from a $3.3B valuation in January 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-9 Startup AI

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