Archive snapshot · Startups
Sun, Sep 27, 8:02 PM ET
IIT Madras and Unicorn India Ventures reach Rs 450 crore first close of deep-tech fund
The IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I, unveiled in Bengaluru in the presence of Nirmala Sitharaman, has already deployed Rs 55 crore across four deep-tech startups a
The Hindu · +14 outlets
Cognition tops $1B annualized revenue as Devin adoption doubles
The AI coding startup doubled its run rate in about four months, a notable milestone for agentic developer tools.
Startup Fortune · +4 outlets
Nubank in early talks to buy UK challenger bank Monzo at up to £10B
A deal would mark one of the largest acquisitions of a European neobank by a Latin American fintech.
Sifted · +12 outlets
Nscale raises $3.36B and plans a $35B New York IPO
The British data center startup is scaling AI infrastructure buildout while preparing for a large US listing with Latham and Milbank advising.
Wowtale · +3 outlets
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to meet Trump for first one-on-one dinner
The meeting underscores the growing policy ties between frontier AI labs and the US administration.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
ElevenLabs reaches $22B valuation as rivals offer similar voice tech for free
The voice AI company's valuation keeps climbing even as competition from free alternatives intensifies.
Startup Fortune
Corgi valued at $5B after four funding rounds in five months
The rapid round cadence reflects intense investor appetite for AI-native startups despite questions raised by its viral dating post.
Forbes · +1 outlets
Cyera hits $2B valuation; Chamelio raises $26M for legal AI; Adlib buys Paperbox
Axios' deals roundup tracks continued funding and consolidation across cybersecurity and legal AI startups.
Axios
Kevin Durant's early $100K Hugging Face bet may be worth over $60M after Nvidia deal
Nvidia's $12.9 billion licensing deal with the AI startup could sharply revalue the athlete's eight-year-old angel investment.
ascendants.in · +2 outlets
TypeSafe AI seeks $1B in funding as Jev model gains traction
The reported raise would be among the largest for an AI safety-focused model developer.
Crypto Briefing · +1 outlets
Lightspeed targets $250M India fund focused on early-stage AI
The new vehicle signals continued LP appetite for India-focused AI investing.
Retail News Asia · +8 outlets
UK PM's former Ukrainian digital minister launches Army of Robots defense tech venture
Mykhailo Fedorov announced the initiative at IT Arena in Lviv, inviting applicants for a CTO role as Ukraine pushes unmanned warfare.
Tech.eu · +11 outlets
Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart via Gemini and AI Mode in India
The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for October.
TechCrunch · +5 outlets
Numeral raises $100M Series C for AI sales tax tool
The round shows continued investor interest in AI applied to back-office tax and compliance work.
hoodline.com · +14 outlets
Insurers say AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Blue Cross Blue Shield attributes an additional $942M in spending over two years to hospital AI tools.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Precision Neuroscience raises $250M Series D for minimally invasive brain chip
The round adds capital to the competition among brain-computer interface startups.
Wowtale · +4 outlets
ByteDance's Anew Labs emerges with $1.5B valuation in AI drug discovery
The new entity's valuation raises questions about how AI is applied to pharmaceutical R&D.
NAI500 · +1 outlets
Micro1 reportedly hits $4B valuation in AI training-data market
The reported valuation underscores rising demand for human-labeled model training data.
Wowtale · +1 outlets

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