Upwind raises $400M Series C at $3.8B valuation, rejecting Datadog acquisition offer
The cloud security startup said revenue quadrupled in 2026 and chose to raise at the same price Datadog had offered to buy it for.
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FuriosaAI quadruples valuation to $2.9B in new funding round as it chases Nvidia
The South Korean AI chip startup's fourfold jump in valuation underscores investor appetite for Nvidia alternatives in AI inference silicon.
Bloomberg.com · +4 outlets
AI coding startup Cognition weighs new round at $70B to $80B valuation
The reported valuation would mark a steep jump for the maker of the Devin coding agent amid intense investor demand for AI software tools.
Business Insider · +4 outlets
Physical Intelligence in talks to raise about $1B at $20B valuation
The reported round would roughly double the valuation of the US robotics AI lab as funding pours into foundation models for robots.
Yahoo Finance · +7 outlets
Nvidia-backed Simplismart raises $14M Series B at $100M valuation
The Bengaluru AI inference startup, which aims to cut GPU costs, said revenue jumped 14-fold ahead of the round.
NeoTeo · +12 outlets
Microsoft discloses Azure revenue of $33.2B as quarterly sales hit record $92.3B
For the first time Microsoft revealed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars, showing how close it is to AWS.
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Cognizant in talks to invest in India's Sarvam AI at $3.5B to $4B valuation
The sovereign AI startup is seeking about $300 million as large IT services firms position themselves around domestic models.
ET Enterprise AI · +2 outlets
Cognizant eyes stake in Sarvam AI as sovereign AI startup seeks $300M at $3.5B to $4B valuation
The reported talks show large IT services firms looking to anchor India-focused AI model developers.
Business Upturn · +2 outlets
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows
The announcement came with Alphabet's third-quarter results, which showed revenue up 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.
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Anthropic acquires one-person biotech stealth startup run by pseudonymous poster
The unusual tuck-in deal highlights how frontier AI labs are acquiring small teams to build out scientific capabilities.
Endpoints News · +2 outlets
Disruptive raises $10B fund to make large bets on at least 10 companies
The firm, an investor in Groq and ElevenLabs, is amassing one of the largest growth funds aimed at concentrated positions.
TechCrunch · +11 outlets
Lovable offers employees $80M share sale at $13.3B valuation
The employee cash-out gives staff liquidity in the fast-growing AI coding company without a new primary round.
Sifted · +1 outlets
Trump DOE loans $5B to nuclear plants that will power data centers
Constellation Energy will get government loans to modernize reactors, with most new capacity already committed to Google, Amazon and Meta.
TechCrunch · +10 outlets
Financial AI startup Casap raises $56M Series B to help banks fight card fraud
The funding targets a rise in customer-driven card fraud that banks are struggling to contain with existing controls.
Dealroom · +3 outlets
Braid raises €34.13M Series A to help brands launch their own mobile connectivity
The profitable Dutch company also announced a rebrand from Next Communications as it builds branded mobile offerings for enterprises.
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VCs set for billions from Anthropic IPO as Amazon stands to gain far more
Note conversions reveal the scale of Amazon's ownership in the AI lab ahead of a planned listing.
TechCrunch · +5 outlets
Nscale seeks $30B IPO as investors push back
The AI data center company faces investor skepticism over its proposed listing valuation.
Startup Fortune · +1 outlets
Microsoft recorded $10B in revenue from OpenAI in the September quarter
The figure, including revenue-sharing payments, underscores the financial interdependence of the two companies.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets