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…
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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…
AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation |
In Brief Posted: 9:00 AM PDT · May 27, 2026 Cognition, the makers of the autonomous AI software engineer namedDevin, has raised more than $1…
Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis |
There is a certain wildness in the tech industry these days that both mimics previous eras of large changes, like cloud computing (runaway costs in…
OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year |
In Brief Posted: 11:33 AM PDT · May 26, 2026 Popular AI gateway maker OpenRouter, founded in 2023, has raised a hefty $113 million Series…
Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 5:00 AM PDT · May 26, 2026 E-commerce logistics company Stord has raised a $250 million round at a $3 billion valuation,…
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI |
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. He landed famed public investor Cathie…
Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup |
During a Y Combinator event on Tuesday night, Sam Altman had what YC partner Tyler Bosmeny called a “mic drop moment.” Altman offered $2 million…
NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead |
NanoCo, the company behind security-focused OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised an oversubscribed $12 million seed round following a viral launch, its founders tell TechCrunch. The…