OpenEvidence hits $12B valuation, with new round led by Thrive, DST   |

In Brief Posted: 10:01 am ps · January 21, VCs who have backed OpenEvidence are apparently not worried about new health information products from OpenAI…

One-time hot insurance tech Ethos poised to be first tech IPO of the year |

In Brief Posted: 3:36 PM PST · January 20, 2026 Ethos Technologies has priced its initial public offering and the expectation is that it will…

AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post   |

Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep…

AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation |

11:28 AM pst · January 15, Through an extension to its previous $50 million Series A round that closed in September, AI video generation startup…

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google's AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she's wrong |

Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post…

OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M |

OpenAI announced it has acquired a tiny startup called Torch for an undisclosed sum. An unnamed sourced told the Information that OpenAI paid $100 million…

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting 'extortion' |

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that the…

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting ‘extortion’ |

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that plaintiff…

Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B |

In Brief Posted: 3:59 PM pst · January 8, Data security startup Cyera continues on a growth tear. On Thursday, it announced a $400 million…

Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it’s back |

Over the past few days, several posts on LinkedIn and Twitter/X went viral after one of the most talked about AI companies in San Francisco…