In Brief Posted: 4:30 AM PDT · August 4, 2026 In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that…
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Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate |
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuation in 14 months. The San…
Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. |
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why |
A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud —…
Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI |
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…
AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…
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…
Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers |
5:00 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding from investors including First…
Synthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A |
In Brief Posted: 10:50 AM PDT · July 30, 2026 Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile. Just five months after emerging…
When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? |
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is the best-funded fusion power startup, having raised $4 billion from investors over the last seven years, including the $1 billion…