Elon Musk’s Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are pushing forward with brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chinese serial entrepreneur Phoenix Peng is…
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Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought |
Zendesk is acquiring Forethought, a company that builds software to automate customer service interactions, the companies announced on Wednesday. The deal is expected to close…
EV startup Harbinger reveals a smaller work truck with electric and hybrid variants |
Los Angeles-based EV startup Harbinger has revealed its second vehicle: a smaller, medium-duty work truck. Called the HC Series Cab, the new truck will be…
Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation |
3:00 AM PDT · March 11, 2026 Thirty percent of European unicorns may have lost their billion-dollar status, but not Alan. The French health insurance…
Google wraps up $32B acquisition of cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz |
5:56 AM PDT · March 11, 2026 Google has officially acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in cash, a full year after the…
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…
Exclusive: Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech |
The iron-core transformer is the 140-year-old technology that props up both the electrical grid and AI companies. The devices are clunky but reliable, which explains…
AI network startup Eridu emerges from stealth with hefty $200M Series A |
Drew Perkins has been inventing computer network tech and building startups since the dawn of the internet age. Now he’s back as a co-founder and…
Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 2:26 PM PDT · March 8, 2026 ModRetro, the vintage gaming startup by Palmer Luckey, is in talks to raise funding at…
Sandberg, Clegg join Nscale board as this 'Stargate Norway' startup hits $14.6B valuation |
Amid growing demand for data centers that can deliver AI compute at scale, Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure company Nscale is now valued at $14.6 billion.…