Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular 'AI factories' |

Data center developer Crusoe said Thursday it raised $3.9 billion in a Series F round that pushes its valuation to $30.9 billion. The massive round…

Health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation as healthcare costs surge |

Thatch, a platform that lowers healthcare costs for employers while expanding plan choices for workers, has raised $108 million at a $1 billion valuation from…

The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs |

Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders,…

Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market |

2:04 PM PDT · September 8, 2026 Cognition, the startup developing coding assistant Devin, announced it raised $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation. The…

XDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation |

Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to…

XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation |

Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to…

Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 12:36 PM PDT · September 3, 2026 Thinking Machines, the AI lab founded early last year by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati,…

Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say |

3:44 PM PDT · September 2, 2026 Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses…

Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen |

Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade running infrastructure at Rubrik and VMware. Three…

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’ |

David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy over police conduct. Realizing that most policing…