Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise |

In Brief Posted: 11:33 AM PDT · April 29, 2026 Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has…

Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage |

Series, a social networking app, announced that it raised a $5.1 million pre-seed round, with investors including Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Pear VC, Reddit CEO…

Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges |

AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four…

Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report |

AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to nab its third funding round since launching just seven months ago, according to Bloomberg. This…

Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO |

3:44 PM PDT · April 15, 2026 Nuclear startup X-energy began its investor roadshow Wednesday as it works toward its IPO, setting its target price…

Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1B, again |

In Brief Posted: 4:59 PM PDT · March 27, 2026 Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old San Francisco robotics startup, is in discussions to raise about $1…

Arc expands into electric commercial and defense boats with $50M raise |

Los Angeles startup Arc Boat Company wants to expand its nascent commercial business and even sell electric propulsion systems to defense contractors, in an attempt…

SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links |

Travis Brashears, Cameron Ramos, and Serena Grown-Haeberli began collaborating at SpaceX, developing optical communications links that keep thousands of Starlink internet satellites in constant contact.…

Exclusive: AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

2:48 PM PST · February 11, 2026 Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is talking to VCs about a new round at…

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…