OpenAI reportedly working on $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO
The round would make OpenAI the most highly valued private company ever if it exceeds a $1 trillion valuation.
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Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation to take on Harvey in legal AI
The Swedish legal AI startup's Series E, led by Atreides, comes just six months after its previous round and intensifies competition with rival Harvey.
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raises $15B ahead of potential IPO
The raise signals continued investor appetite for Chinese AI model developers despite US export restrictions.
WSJ · +10 outlets
Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation
The Series A for a one-year-old research lab reflects the extreme valuations being awarded to early-stage AI companies.
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Blacksmith raises $66M Series C at $1B valuation for AI code testing
The Sequoia-led round makes Blacksmith a unicorn two months after its previous funding, as AI-written code drives demand for testing tools.
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Datadog reportedly bid nearly $4B for cloud security startup Upwind
The reported offer would be a large security acquisition as Datadog looks to bolster defenses for AI workloads.
TradingView · +6 outlets
Warhound raises $200M to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement
The Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey venture emerges from stealth to breed and equip dogs with Anduril technology.
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Rivian acquires world model startup to accelerate self-driving development
Third Dimension's simulation technology could combine with Rivian's driving data to build autonomous driving simulators.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
AI frenzy sees VCs backing the same startup at different valuations
Splitting AI funding rounds into tranches lets investors book different paper valuations for the same company.
Bloomberg.com · +7 outlets
Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence exits stealth with $30M pre-seed
The round, backed by Yann LeCun and Mistral's Arthur Mensch, is one of Europe's largest pre-seed raises to date.
Tech.eu · +4 outlets
Mave raises $28M Series A, total funding $34M, for agentic security operations
The Israeli startup automates threat investigations as AI-driven attacks increase enterprise security workloads.
Unite.AI · +8 outlets
Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman says its AI beats doctors on hard cases in medical superintelligence push
A Science study found the diagnostic system outperformed generalist doctors, though gains largely came from underlying AI models.
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Arc browser to sunset December 22 as The Browser Company focuses on Dia
Arc won a devoted following but never became the mass-market Chrome alternative its makers envisioned.
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Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching ConnectWise
Microsoft attributes the breach to a China-aligned group that used AI agents to rapidly compromise thousands of customers.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets
Estonian startup Blackwall becomes a unicorn with €100M investment
The investment values the Estonian company at over $1 billion, adding to Europe's growing unicorn roster.
ERR · +1 outlets
Physical AI startup Tractian becomes a unicorn
The Atlanta-based industrial monitoring company joins the unicorn ranks amid rising interest in physical AI.
The Information · +3 outlets
a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier as blockchain investing cools
The Chris Dixon-led digital asset unit is broadening its investment scope beyond crypto.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets
Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to all 30,000 employees
The ride-hailing giant is expanding an enterprise AI agent deployment from a small pilot to company-wide use.
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