In Brief Posted: 12:39 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Index Ventures has raised $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, the firm announced…
Author: Marina Temkin
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human |
While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can still tell immediately when they’re talking to a machine instead of…
Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume |
Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI’s hardest problems: building foundation models capable of executing tasks they were never explicitly trained to handle. Their…
Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M |
Prentis, a new AI research lab focused on computer use models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das and tech heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus,…
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing |
Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary target. AI can quickly aggregate personal information…
Dimension Capital's $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming |
In Brief Posted: 6:27 PM PDT · July 21, 2026 While many newer VC firms are still struggling to raise fresh capital, Dimension Capital, founded…
Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation |
When de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences revealed last year that it was attempting to “resurrect” the dire wolf from genetic material found in fossils, we argued…
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe |
AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that can deliver freight, comparing prices, and messaging the vendor to organizing…
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation |
Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to be cheaper and faster to deploy than…