Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raises $15B ahead of a potential IPO
The round is the largest in a week of heavy AI startup financing and positions DeepSeek among Asia's most valuable private tech companies.
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Daytona raises $60M Series B at $1B valuation led by FirstMark to build cloud for AI agents
The Croatian-founded startup says AI agents need dedicated cloud infrastructure rather than general-purpose compute, and counts founders of Stripe, Perplexity a
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
OpenAI says it will stop training its AI models on the live internet, citing significant risks
The policy change follows internal disagreement over whether cutting frontier models off from the live web is workable.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Nvidia backs AI video startup Higgsfield in Series B extension as Huang visits Kazakhstan
The generative media company is expanding its August Series B with capital from Nvidia and TCV, extending Nvidia's reach into AI video tooling.
Tech in Asia · +13 outlets
Anduril employee tender offer values the defense tech startup at $90B
The secondary sale lets employees cash out at a valuation that keeps Anduril among the most highly valued private defense companies.
Startup Fortune · +14 outlets
Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber
A sale would consolidate grocery delivery, a segment where Instacart has faced pressure from larger platform competitors.
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Starlink service appears to be working normally again in Ukraine after reported throttling order
Elon Musk reportedly ordered SpaceX to throttle Ukraine's Starlink access, raising concerns about reliance on a single commercial provider in wartime.
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Legora raises $550M at an $8.8B valuation, lifting Europe's legal AI sector
The round marks one of Europe's largest of the year and coincides with a broader rebound in regional tech funding.
Tech.eu · +6 outlets
AI startup Flapping Airplanes raises $1B Series A, quadrupling its valuation to $6B
The year-old company's round ranks among the week's largest financings, which were led by Tenstorrent and other AI-related deals.
SSBCrack · +11 outlets
Anthropic presses ahead with a November IPO as AI listings face delays
Early backers in the AI lab are already sitting on large paper gains ahead of the offering.
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Warhound raises $200M at a $1.2B valuation with ARK and Franklin named as backers
The defense-focused startup says it is developing cloned military dogs, an unusual bet within the defense tech funding wave.
Cryptopolitan · +3 outlets
Pathos raises $237M at a $3B valuation and signs a Bristol Myers neuro partnership
The biotech financing pairs a large private round with a pharma collaboration in neuroscience.
Endpoints News · +3 outlets
Zetwerk lists in India after a $600M IPO, delivering up to 38x returns for early investors
The listing marks Peak XV's 30th portfolio company to go public and a major exit for Lightspeed, Kae and Accel.
Startup Fortune · +1 outlets
Blacksmith raises $66M at a $1B valuation for AI code testing
The round makes the code-testing startup India's latest entrant to the unicorn ranks amid rising demand for AI developer tooling.
Indian Startup News · +11 outlets
Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M federal award to build fusion-ready semiconductors
The grant supports development of high-temperature superconducting conductors for fusion power plants.
TechCrunch · +7 outlets
Jio Platforms' IPO crosses 1 crore applications, a record for India's capital markets
The offering surpassed the previous global record for number of IPO applications.
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Sequoia leads a $205M round in Whop after once rejecting the company
The financing marks a notable reversal for a startup focused on online community and digital product sales.
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Study finds Grok's AI recommends Republicans while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats in most races
The two models disagreed in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races tested, raising questions about political bias in assistants.
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