Archive snapshot · Startups
Wed, Oct 28, 8:02 PM ET
Upwind raises $400M Series C at $3.8B valuation after rejecting Datadog buyout offer
The cloud security startup quadrupled revenue and chose an independent round at the same price Datadog had offered to acquire it.
TechCrunch · +13 outlets
Physical Intelligence in talks to raise at least $1B at up to $20B valuation
The robotics foundation-model lab would roughly double its prior valuation in a round that underscores investor appetite for general-purpose robot AI.
Howl.Link · +13 outlets
Cognition weighs new funding at $70B to $80B valuation
The AI coding startup behind Devin would see a steep valuation jump as enterprise demand for coding agents grows.
Business Insider · +3 outlets
FuriosaAI quadruples valuation to $2.9B in Nvidia chase
The South Korean AI chip startup's new round reflects rising investor interest in alternatives to Nvidia's dominance.
Bloomberg · +1 outlets
Anthropic acquires one-person stealth biotech startup Mithril Medicine
The acquisition of a single-founder drug discovery company shows frontier labs pushing into life sciences.
OfficeChai · +4 outlets
Microsoft discloses Azure revenue of $33.2B for the first time
The disclosure lets investors gauge how close Azure is to AWS, the market's biggest cloud provider.
TechCrunch · +3 outlets
Microsoft reports $92.3B quarterly revenue, its 10th straight record
The company said AI demand continued to lift results across its cloud and software businesses.
TechCrunch · +2 outlets
Microsoft recorded $10B in revenue from OpenAI commercial arrangements
The figure highlights how financially intertwined Microsoft and OpenAI remain despite their shifting partnership.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows
Alphabet reported 25% year-over-year revenue growth to $127.6B alongside the ad format expansion.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Bedrock Robotics hits $4.1B valuation with $600M raise
The construction robotics company opened a new San Francisco office alongside the financing.
Bisnow · +8 outlets
Hacker stole personnel data on over 40,000 Homeland Security employees
The stolen PII on CBP and ICE agents has since been published online.
TechCrunch · +11 outlets
Disruptive raises $10B fund for big bets on at least 10 companies
The firm, known for backing Groq and ElevenLabs, is amassing one of the largest venture vehicles of the cycle.
TechCrunch · +2 outlets
Nvidia backs India's Simplismart in $14M Series B at $100M valuation
The Bengaluru AI inference startup says its platform cuts GPU costs for running models.
AI Insider · +13 outlets
Anthropic IPO could hand VCs billions while Amazon gains far more
Note conversions reveal the scale of Amazon's ownership stake in the frontier lab ahead of a listing.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Guidewire to buy Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash
The deal aims to bring AI agents into insurance underwriting, analysis and pricing work.
TechCrunch · +6 outlets
Hyphenate raises $45M to build AI agents for corporate finance
The startup is pitching autonomous agents that handle accounting and CFO-office workflows.
n24.com.tr · +10 outlets
Intel to acquire quantum software startup Classiq
The move signals Intel's push to expand its quantum computing software stack.
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Infisical raises $40M Series B at $600M valuation to secure AI agent credentials
The startup targets secrets management for the growing population of autonomous AI agents.
Wowtale · +1 outlets

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