World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names |

In Brief Posted: 10:43 AM PDT · June 17, 2026 Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and…

Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple |

In Brief Posted: 8:35 AM PDT · June 16, 2026 African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the company…

Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware |

Lovable, the AI-powered app-building platform, has backed a Danish hardware startup, Atech, that wants to introduce “vibe coding” to the process of creating hardware. Lovable…

Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: 'I was duped and feel silly' |

Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a vision. But some…

Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed

Anthropic has come out against a proposed Illinois law backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability if their systems are used to…

Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs |

Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With…

Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz |

Artificial intelligence is moving quickly into drug discovery as pharmaceutical and biotech companies look for ways to cut years off R&D timelines and increase the…

Israel’s famed VC Jon Medved, diagnosed with ALS, backed the tech that will improve his life  |

Years ago, when venture capitalist Jon Medved took an interest in backing various health tech startups, he had no idea that one day, he would…

CLASSIC VACATIONS® SETS SIGHTS ON GLOBAL GROWTH IN 2026, EMPOWERING MORE ADVISORS AND SUPPLIER PARTNERS — ALL BACKED BY PERSONAL SUPPORT

Classic aims to expand its advisor-first approach globally, giving advisors everything they need to succeed – world-class service, unsurpassed product curation, authentic experiences, and deep,…

Groww, backed by Satya Nadella, set to become first Indian startup to go public after U.S.-to-India move |

Groww, India’s largest retail brokerage firm, is set to test the country’s public markets with a multi-billion-dollar IPO. The listing comes comes just over a…