Milan, Italy, 2nd October 2025, Chainwire| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Wednesday, October 1, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From nine-figure rounds in AI hardware and workflow platforms to early bets in healthcare, compliance, and asset tokenization, investors continued to spread capital across every stage of the startup spectrum. Today’s highlights feature Empower Semiconductor’s| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Field sales is one of the biggest revenue drivers for global companies, yet it has often been overlooked by advances in automation. Amsterdam-based Dashmote wants to change that. The startup has secured a $6 million Series A1 round co-led by Blossom Street Ventures and Rabobank to speed up development of its new generative AI agent| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
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Building games and interactive worlds has long been a privilege of large studios or highly skilled developers. For most creators, the process is either too slow, too expensive, or simply out of reach. That gap is what Moonlake AI is aiming to close. The San Francisco–based AI startup emerged from stealth today with $28 million| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Cerebras Systems just pulled in one of the biggest private funding rounds of the year. The Sunnyvale-based AI chip startup closed a $1.1 billion Series G at an $8.1 billion valuation, drawing in heavyweight backers and putting itself squarely on a collision course with Nvidia. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
OpenAI is stepping deeper into entertainment and social media with the launch of Sora 2, its latest AI model for generating video and audio, paired with a new social platform simply called Sora. Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, described it as the “ChatGPT for creativity” moment, saying the goal is to make it “really easy| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Legora, the Swedish startup building AI tools for lawyers, is closing in on a major funding round that could more than double its valuation in just a few months. The company is reportedly in advanced talks to raise over $100 million in fresh capital at a valuation of around $1.7 billion, with Bessemer Venture Partners| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
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Meta is stepping deeper into the chip race. The social media giant confirmed on Tuesday that it intends to acquire Rivos, a Santa Clara–based startup focused on RISC-V–based semiconductors, as part of its push to build custom silicon and reduce reliance on outside suppliers. Rivos, backed by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, has quickly emerged as| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
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