AI inference startup Fal raises $1.3B at $16B valuation, doubling its valuation
Bessemer led the round for the five-year-old generative media inference startup as demand for AI inference capacity surges.
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Anthropic posts $17B quarterly revenue with $895B in compute commitments
Anthropic's amended S-1 shows audited Q3 revenue of $16.96B, up from $11.56B in Q2, as the company still grapples with compute economics.
Saastr · +7 outlets
Salesforce acquires AI startup Cresta for $2.7 billion
The deal continues Salesforce's AI acquisition spree even amid a broader market selloff.
The Information · +9 outlets
Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at $2B valuation from a16z and DFJ Growth
The ground station startup founded by a former Disney Channel star will expand satellite infrastructure.
TechCrunch · +13 outlets
Global venture funding hits $59B in October on record $15.9B DeepSeek round
Crunchbase data shows October funding jumped 45% year over year, driven largely by China's largest-ever startup deal.
Crunchbase · +1 outlets
Autonomous SRE startup Traversal raises $120M Series B at $1B valuation
The startup uses AI to find the root cause of production outages, and the round makes it a unicorn.
Securities.io · +6 outlets
India's EloElo raises $80M from NBCUniversal for microdrama market
The company's StoryTV app has more than 33 million monthly active users, per Sensor Tower.
TechCrunch · +7 outlets
CrowdStrike to pay nearly $500M for AI security startups Fiddler AI and Dreadnode
The acquisitions target the emerging market for securing AI agents and AI security testing.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
Anthropic's Claude Code product leader Cat Wu leaves ahead of IPO
Cat Wu, one of the public faces of Claude Code, has departed the AI startup.
news.lavx.hu · +5 outlets
Robot-by-the-hour startup Tutor Intelligence raises $75M Series B
The funding will scale the company's AI-powered industrial robot workforce and training.
Wowtale · +14 outlets
Defence startup Hypersonica raises €100M Series B for hypersonic missiles
The British-German company develops ultra-high-speed long-range missiles for European defence.
Tech.eu · +9 outlets
Peppermint Robotics raises Rs 100 Cr in pre-Series B led by Pi Ventures, Crane
The Indian robotics startup will expand industrial automation with the funding.
Entrackr · +5 outlets
FuriosaAI raises $620M Series D at $2.9B valuation to scale AI inference chips
The Korean AI chip startup will expand its inference chip business.
Bharat Fast · +5 outlets
Intel acquires quantum software startup Classiq
The deal deepens Intel's ambitions in quantum computing.
Stocktwits · +14 outlets
Southeast Asia startup funding surges to $3.68B in October, up 1,665%
The monthly funding total is a dramatic jump from September.
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Creandum raises $750M for largest-ever fund to back AI
The European early-stage VC, a backer of Lovable and Black Forest Labs, closed Fund VIII.
Sifted · +2 outlets
Jewellery startup Giva raises $100M led by Multiples PE
The Indian jewellery brand attracted a large round amid growing consumer startup investment.
Livemint · +1 outlets
AI startup Trajectory raises $45M Series A led by Sequoia at $300M valuation
The one-year-old startup aims to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets