Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has long been the best-funded fusion power startup. Now, it’s extending its lead. CFS announced Thursday that it raised $1 billion…
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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M |
9:09 AM PDT · July 30, 2026 Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI…
Disrupt 2026’s biggest stage features leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, with much more to come |
The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for more than a decade. The…
Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks |
London-based Inforcer announced Thursday a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners — the latest sign of investor interest in a category of…
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine |
For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has given frontier models various real-world tasks to determine how well they do as…
Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners |
Martha Stewart is entering the AI software era in the most Martha Stewart way possible: She has joined the co-founding team at Hint, an app…
‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation |
7:00 AM PDT · July 29, 2026 29 min With theLight Phone,Kaiwei TangandJoe Hollierhave spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our…
‘If this isn’t addiction, I don’t know what is’: Light’s founders get real about screen time
With theLight Phone,Kaiwei TangandJoe Hollierhave spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players…
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it |
New York-based AI detection startup Pangram is on a mission to combat the AI slop infestation spreading across the internet, and it just raised $9…
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight |
In Brief Posted: 2:29 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million…