It’s Saturday, September 27, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories that shaped the week. From billion-dollar AI infrastructure bets and healthtech expansions to fintech, defense tech, and enterprise software plays, capital continued flowing across every stage and geography. This week’s coverage spans Monday, September 22, through Friday, September| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Applied Compute is barely four months old, but it’s already climbing into big-league territory. The AI startup, founded by three former OpenAI researchers, is in discussions for a fresh round of funding that could value the company at $500 million — a fivefold jump from where it stood in June. The talks, first reported by| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Human Interest is on track for another major milestone. The San Francisco startup, known for simplifying 401(k) plans for small and midsize businesses, is in talks to raise about $200 million, according to The Information. If the deal goes through, the funding would push its valuation to nearly $3 billion—more than double the $1.3 billion| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Meta has poured billions into artificial intelligence, but it may soon rely on Google to run one of its most critical businesses. According to The Information, Meta staffers have held talks with Google Cloud about using its Gemini models to sharpen the ad targeting that drives Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. "Meta Platforms staffers have had| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Momenta, one of China’s leading driverless technology startups, is raising fresh capital that could value the company at around $6 billion, according to people familiar with the talks. The number isn’t final and could shift as discussions progress, one of the people told CNBC. Bloomberg first reported the deal, noting the valuation was expected to| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
After years of uncertainty, TikTok now has a path forward in the U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a $14 billion deal that will reshape ownership of the app and secure its future in America. According to a report from CNBC, the agreement brings an end—at least for now—to the threat| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Thursday, September 25, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news shaping the day. From billion-dollar AI compute infrastructure to fintech, drones, regtech, and space debris cleanup, investors are spreading capital across both headline-grabbing rounds and gritty early-stage plays. Today’s highlights feature Nscale’s record-breaking $1.1 billion Series B — the| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Flox raises $25M Series B to make Nix accessible for enterprises, tackling software supply chain chaos with secure, reproducible developer environments and AI-ready infrastructure.| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Early this year, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shocked the tech world when its V3 model outperformed US giants’ AI models, including Meta’s Llama 3.1, OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 on third-party benchmarks, delivering top-tier results at a fraction of the cost. The upset, later dubbed the “DeepSeek moment,” was compared to a modern Sputnik| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Amazon is writing one of the biggest checks in its history to put an ugly fight behind it. The company agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it misled millions of people into signing up for Prime memberships and then made it unnecessarily difficult to cancel. The surprise deal came| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
OpenAI is spending big to secure the computing horsepower behind its next generation of models. The company has expanded its agreement with AI cloud provider CoreWeave by as much as $6.5 billion, pushing the total value of its deals to $22.4 billion, the company announced on Thursday. It’s the third time this year the two| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
A year ago, hardly anyone had heard of Nscale. Now, the London-based startup has pulled off one of Europe’s biggest AI infrastructure raises yet, securing $1.1 billion in Series B funding as it positions itself at the center of the continent’s AI race. The round was led by Aker, the Norwegian industrial investment giant, with| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Wednesday, September 24, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. It’s a lighter day on the fundraising front, but capital is still flowing across major sectors. From billion-dollar AI infrastructure plays to fintech, sports, and renewable energy, investors continued to spread capital across both late-stage| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
