In Brief Posted: 2:48 PM PDT · June 23, 2026 GPTZero, the three-year-old AI detection startup that Princeton grad Edward Tian first built as a…
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AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal |
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals, where a rival pays investors a hefty IP “licensing” fee while poaching its…
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names |
In Brief Posted: 10:43 AM PDT · June 17, 2026 Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and…
Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests |
Anthropic is having a month. The AI lab finished May by surpassing OpenAI in market share of business spending for the first time, Ramp just…
Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in |
AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round led by Greylock’s Jerry Chen. That’s a modest sum by AI standards, but…
It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS. |
In Brief Posted: 9:09 AM PDT · June 9, 2026 With SpaceX about to break records with an IPO on Friday, Anthropic about to break…
Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months |
9:32 AM PDT · June 5, 2026 Supabase, the open source database of choice for the vibe coding world, has raised a $500 million Series…
Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says |
3:56 PM PDT · June 3, 2026 Lovable and Google announced an expanded multiyear collaboration on Wednesday. Lovable, the fast-growing Stockholm vibe-coding startup, has long…
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year |
Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8…
Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans |
Cognition CEO Scott Wu made headlines again this week when his two-year-old AI coding agent startup raised $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation. Cognition…