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A look at China's push to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, as Shanghai-based startup NeuroXess moves to human trials with Beijing's backing (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-2-18 China Startup Shanghai

Bengaluru-based AI startup Sarvam AI announces two models at the AI Impact Summit that it says are tailored to Indian languages and cultures (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-18 India Startup AI

Nvidia says it is working with Peak XV and other VC firms in India to fund AI startups; over 4,000 Indian AI startups have joined its global startup program (www.cnbc.com)
2026-2-18 India Startup AI Nvidia

Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B+ valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation (www.forbes.com)
2026-2-18 Startup AI

Dubai-based fractional property investment startup Stake raised a $31M Series B led by Emirates NBD PJSC; the platform facilitates investments starting at ~$136 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-17 Startup Dubai

Sources: Moonshot, the Chinese startup behind Kimi chatbot, is targeting a $10B valuation in a funding round expansion after securing $500M at a $4.3B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-17 China Startup chatbot

A look at the fall of Indian edtech startup Byju's, leading to US court sanctions, as lenders accuse founder Byju Raveendran of siphoning $533M of a $1.2B loan (www.ft.com)
2026-2-17 India Startup

A look at Anti Fund, a small VC firm cofounded by YouTuber Jake Paul that has gained access to hot rounds in startups like OpenAI, Anduril, Polymarket, and Ramp (fortune.com)
2026-2-16 Startup YouTuber

India-based AI cloud startup Neysa plans to raise up to $600M in equity led by Blackstone, plus $600M in debt, to deploy 20K+ GPUs in India for AI training (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-16 India Startup AI Equity

Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44% (resiliencemedia.co)
2026-2-15 Europe Startup AI

India partners with Alibaba.com to help Indian startups and small businesses reach overseas buyers, highlighting its selective engagement with Chinese platforms (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-14 China India Alibaba Startup

PitchBook estimates that 25%+ of VC-backed unicorns have become “undercorns,” startups once valued at $1B or more by VCs but now valued below that threshold (www.axios.com)
2026-2-14 Startup

A look at Higgsfield, an AI video startup that grew to $300M ARR within 11 months, as it faces a creator backlash over aggressive and shocking marketing tactics (www.forbes.com)
2026-2-13 Startup AI

Some of the biggest VC firms are backing both OpenAI and Anthropic, breaking a taboo by investing in competing startups, as the AI race reshapes venture capital (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Startup AI

Multiple responses from DeepSeek's namesake chatbot confirm that the startup has expanded the context window of its flagship AI model from 128K tokens to 1M+ (www.scmp.com)
2026-2-12 Startup AI chatbot

Austin-based humanoid robot startup Apptronik raised $520M led by Google and others at a $5.5B valuation, up 3x from when it raised $350M in February 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Google Startup Robot

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says the startup's annualized revenue run rate was “north of $400M”, up from $20M a year ago, and it is set to hit $1B ARR by 2026-end (t.co)
2026-2-11 Startup

A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 India Startup Entrepreneur

Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-2-11 Startup AI London

NYC-based AI video startup Runway raised a $315M Series E led by General Atlantic, a source says at a $5.3B valuation, and plans to build AI world models (www.thedeepview.com)
2026-2-11 Startup AI

Health care navigation startup Solace, which matches patients with 2K+ advocates, raised $130M led by IVP at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $211M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Startup

Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week (www.theinformation.com)
2026-2-10 China Startup AI

Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, along with the team at Merkle, join stablecoin startup Tempo after Merkle's sale of Farcaster to Neynar (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-10 Startup

Sources: AI legal software startup Harvey seeks to raise $200M led by Sequoia and GIC at an $11B valuation, up from $8B after raising $160M in December 2025 (www.forbes.com)
2026-2-9 Startup AI

Blackstone and Coatue grant a $10B loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, among Australia's largest private credit deals (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-9 Australia Startup AI

An interview with Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, who was promoted to president of General Catalyst in January, about investing in European tech and defense startups (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-9 Europe Interview Startup

India's updated startup framework doubles deep-tech startup eligibility to 20 years and triples the revenue cap for tax, grant, and regulatory benefits to ~$33M (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-8 India Tax Startup

Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is raising a $350M+ Series E led by Vista Equity Partners; Intel plans to invest $100M to $150M (www.reuters.com)
2026-2-7 Intel Startup AI Equity

DOJ files reveal Epstein's deep Silicon Valley relationships and how key insiders offered access to buzzy startups like Coinbase, long after his 2008 conviction (www.nytimes.com)
2026-2-6 Startup Coinbase

AI interpretability startup Goodfire raised a $150M Series B at a $1.25B valuation, taking its total funding to $209M, and is working on retraining AI models (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-6 Startup AI

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