4:31 PM PDT · July 13, 2026 Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes agent, is finalizing a new round of funding led by…
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Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
Open source AI is booming, according toHugging FaceCEOClem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI…
Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI |
7:00 AM PDT · July 10, 2026 Open source AI is booming, according toHugging FaceCEOClem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub…
Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits |
A number of companies, betting on various architectural approaches, are trying to build the first commercially viable quantum computer capable of significantly outperforming current systems.…
Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups |
12:26 PM PDT · July 9, 2026 Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in early-stage startups. As the founder and managing partner…
Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 11:42 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20…
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users |
The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells TechCrunch.…
Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund |
Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Indian IT services giant Infosys, will no longer serve as a general partner at Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm he…
Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B |
In Brief Posted: 3:41 PM PDT · July 8, 2026 Lovable, a Swedish vibe-coding startup, is in talks to raise $300 million at a valuation…