9:23 PM PST · February 6, 2026 This week, AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems announced that it raised $1 billion in fresh capital at a valuation…
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AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation |
In Brief Posted: 1:39 PM PST · February 4, 2026 Resolve AI, a startup automating the work of system reliability engineering (SRE), aka troubleshooting systemfailures,…
How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short |
Ethos Technologies, a San Francisco-based provider of software for selling life insurance, debuted on the Nasdaq on Thursday. As one of the year’s first major…
AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others |
11:00 AM pst · January 28, AI data-labeling startup Handshake has acquired data label-auditing startup Cleanlab, the companies tell TechCrunch. Handshake began in 2013 as…
Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM |
In Brief Posted: 2:42 PM ps · January 22, 2026 The creators of the open source project vLLM have announced that they transitioned the popular…
Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 2:44 pm ps · January 22, LiveKit, a developer of infrastructure software for real-time AI voice and video applications, has announced the…
Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 2:05 pm ps · January 16, Database provider ClickHouse secured $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, representing about a…
Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise |
Berlin-based Parloa has raised $350 million in Series D funding from existing investors, valuing the six-year-old customer service AI startup at $3 billion. The round…
Discord and Mercor investor Niko Bonatsos departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm |
3:31 PM PST · January 7, 2026 After leading General Catalyst’s seed strategy for years, Niko Bonatsos has departed the firm. Known for backing an…
Lux Capital lands $1.5B for its largest fund ever |
In Brief Posted: 12:09 PM PST · January 7, 2026 Lux Capital, a 25-year-old VC firm known for its investments in frontier science and defense…