Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops |

9:35 AM PDT · September 18, 2026 Chinese AI startup Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in…

India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content |

Pocket FM, an Indian audio storytelling platform, has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as it increasingly turns…

India's Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content |

Pocket FM, an Indian audio storytelling platform, has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as it increasingly turns…

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…

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…

Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante |

10:24 PM PDT · May 13, 2026 While AI is now being applied to everything from healthcare to customer support, no single use case has…

ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media |

ComfyUI, a startup that helps creators control image, video, and audio outputs from diffusion models with a node-based workflow, has raised a $30 million funding…

Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq |

1:50 PM PDT · March 11, 2026 In a sea of massive valuations for early-stage AI startups, today we have a bit of rare news:…

Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M |

In Brief Posted: 4:45 PM PST · February 24, 2026 MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500…

ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequoia at an $11 billion valuation |

7:33 AM PST · February 4, 2026 Voice AI company ElevenLabs said today it raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia…