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…

This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships |

Oceans — to state the obvious — are big. That makes it hard for governments, shipping companies, and insurance providers to know exactly what’s happening…

From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing |

Shay Shwartz knows a lot about email phishing attacks. As a teenager, he made money as a hacker, but after getting caught at age 16,…

Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says |

Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that was founded by self-described college dropout Kennan Frost, has been acquired by competitor Recharge, the companies announced on…

This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it's aiming for more |

In Brief Posted: 10:46 AM PDT · April 15, 2026 Glydways, a San Francisco-based startup developing personal autonomous pods designed to operate on dedicated 2-meter-wide…

Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try |

The most advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence. Now can AI return the favor? Cognichip is building a deep learning model…

Mandiant’s founder just raised $190M for his autonomous AI agent security startup |

11:21 AM PDT · March 10, 2026 Kevin Mandia, who founded the cybersecurity startup Mandiant in 2004 and sold it to Google for $5.4 billion…

Mogul says it has tracked $1.5B in music royalties, raised $5M in funding |

Music rights and royalties are a complex world. There are multiple types of royalties, and artists need to make sure that their data is updated…