Fal raises $1.3B at $16B valuation as AI inference demand surges
The five-year-old generative media inference startup doubled its valuation in a round led by Bessemer, reflecting strong investor appetite for AI compute infras
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Salesforce acquires AI startup Cresta for $2.7B
The deal would be one of Salesforce's largest recent acquisitions, extending its agentic AI push into customer service software.
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Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at $2B valuation from a16z and DFJ Growth
The ground station startup founded by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler is building satellite communications infrastructure to meet growing demand.
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Hypersonica raises €100M Series B to build hypersonic missiles for European defense
Lightspeed and General Catalyst backed the British-German defense startup as European missile defense spending accelerates.
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CrowdStrike to spend nearly $500M on AI security startups Fiddler AI and Dreadnode
The acquisitions target AI agent observability and automated security testing as demand for securing autonomous agents grows.
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Chinese startup DeepSeek's record $15.9B round lifts global venture funding to $59B in October
Crunchbase data shows October venture funding rose 45% year over year, driven largely by China's largest startup deal ever.
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Anthropic's compute economics worsen even as quarterly revenue hits $16.96B
Anthropic's amended S-1 shows 900% net revenue retention and $895B in compute commitments as margins deteriorate.
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Anthropic is developing FlashProve to verify AI model identity
The system would let anyone confirm that an AI response actually came from the model it claims to represent.
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Creandum closes $750M fund, its largest ever, to back AI startups
The European early-stage firm behind Lovable, Klarna and Black Forest Labs is expanding its AI investment capacity.
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Hiding inside Palantir’s skyrocketing quarter is a foreboding signal
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Data centers turn to repurposed jet engines as grid power waits stretch on
Years-long waits for grid access and new turbines are pushing data center builders toward less efficient, dirtier power sources.
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UK chip startup Fractile raises about $700M at $6.5B valuation
The raise underscores continued investor enthusiasm for AI chip challengers despite heavy capital requirements.
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FuriosaAI raises $620M Series D at $2.9B valuation for AI inference chips
The Korean chipmaker is scaling production to compete in the rapidly growing inference silicon market.
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Kalshi hits $40B valuation as capital flows into prediction markets
The startup's soaring valuation reflects growing investor interest in prediction markets and adjacent fintech infrastructure.
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Clinics On Cloud raises Rs 120 Cr Series A at Rs 600 Cr valuation
The healthcare infrastructure startup took outside funding after eight bootstrapped years, with Dubai-based Model42 leading.
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Tutor Intelligence raises $75M Series B to scale AI-powered industrial robots
The funding will expand robot production and AI training as automation demand grows across industrial settings.
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Traversal raises $120M Series B at $1B valuation to expand AI SRE
The round makes the site reliability automation company one of the newest AI infrastructure unicorns.
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Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M across new funds amid AI cybersecurity boom
Ted Schlein's cybersecurity-focused firm is raising a $360M flagship fund and a separate $130M vehicle.
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