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…
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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…
Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt |
Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after years of legal battles and clashes with investors, refuses to give…
AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom |
5:13 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom…
Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles |
In Brief Posted: 12:01 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series…
Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders |
Publicly traded e-commerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, a three-year-old AI-powered customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres. The…