A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI |

Four years ago, a startup lab launched that wasn’t quite an incubator, accelerator program, or venture firm. UP.Labs, as it was called then, built startups…

Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into superhot-rock geothermal |

5:02 PM PDT · September 17, 2026 Geothermal startup Mazama Energy raised $135 million in an oversubscribed Series B, the startup said Thursday. The fresh…

Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal |

5:02 PM PDT · September 17, 2026 Geothermal startup Mazama Energy raised $135 million in an oversubscribed Series B, the startup said Thursday. The fresh…

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 5:24 PM PDT · August 26, 2026 Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed to…

How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours |

Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicolas Kopp seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at…

Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B |

From the collection Build Mode 4:32 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 43 min Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business.…

Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks |

Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last raise and would double its…

Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything |

Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufacturers have shown growing interest in startups that…

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory |

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, your request triggers a data relay race. Information leaves memory, passes through a CPU for preprocessing, travels to…

How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI

Slapping “AI” on yourstartup’spitch deck isbasically tablestakes right now. When a founderraised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Investfor an eSportsgamificationloyalty startup without those two…