In Brief Posted: 2:29 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million…
Author: Julie Bort
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea |
Runlayer, a startup that offers a secure Model Context Protocol gateway — a standard for letting AI models and agents securely pull in outside data…
Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks |
Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last raise and would double its…
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors |
Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a $10.3 billion…
Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous |
As Chinese open-weight AI models grow in capability and popularity, arguments about what should be done about them have once again reached a fever pitch.…
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act |
Databricks on Thursday announced a new round of funding that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks didn’t disclose…
Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M |
In Brief Posted: 12:46 PM PDT · July 15, 2026 Neko Health, the body-scanning and health assessment startup founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above,…
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users |
The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells TechCrunch.…
Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom |
Brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, each with impressive careers in the tech industry (Patrick worked in national cyber defense, Splunk, and Cisco; and Ryan with…
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip |
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year. The startup says it has…