In Brief Posted: 10:16 AM PDT · August 3, 2026 Valar Atomics confirmed the whisperings that it was raising a giant round led by Sequoia…
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How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot
Last week, US regulators banned a wide variety of Chinese-made robots from being imported to the United States because of concerns about national security. Saurabh…
Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers |
5:00 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding from investors including First…
Synthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A |
In Brief Posted: 10:50 AM PDT · July 30, 2026 Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile. Just five months after emerging…
When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? |
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is the best-funded fusion power startup, having raised $4 billion from investors over the last seven years, including the $1 billion…
Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M |
9:09 AM PDT · July 30, 2026 Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI…
Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners |
Martha Stewart is entering the AI software era in the most Martha Stewart way possible: She has joined the co-founding team at Hint, an app…
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight |
In Brief Posted: 2:29 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million…
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea |
Runlayer, a startup that offers a secure Model Context Protocol gateway — a standard for letting AI models and agents securely pull in outside data…
Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale |
9:11 AM PDT · July 24, 2026 World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token…