China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta |

6:20 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has…

Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say |

1:24 PM PDT · October 5, 2026 Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation,…

i2Cool Secures Tens of Millions of Yuan in Series B Funding from TopoScend Capital

The proceeds will support the development of standardized nanoparticle production lines, continued advancement of core technologies, recruitment of key talent, and commercial expansion across priority…

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt |

Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after years of legal battles and clashes with investors, refuses to give…

Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year's mark |

Defense tech company Anduril is said to be raising a new round of capital that may push its valuation up by a whopping $40 billion…

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation |

Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to be cheaper and faster to deploy than…

No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling  |

It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking…

Apaluma Announces $5.55 Million Seed Funding to Scale Unified Government Data Platform

/PRNewswire/ — Apaluma, which transforms fragmented regulatory records into a unified ecosystem, today announced the closing of its $5.55 million seed funding round led by…

Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse |

Physical badges used to be all you needed for identity management at a company. But with humans now working alongside machines and AI agents in…

OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

A group of rank-and-file OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a super PAC pushing for stricter regulations on frontier AI labs. Guardrails Alliance,…