AI startups have pulled in $192.7 billion so far in 2025, according to a report by Bloomberg. But while AI continues to dominate venture capital investing, investors haven’t lost sight of other frontiers. The space industry just had its biggest […] The post Space startup funding hits record $3.5B as investors look beyond SpaceX and other giants first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
Campus, the edtech startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is taking a major step forward in its mission to redefine community college. The company has hired Jerome Pesenti, Meta’s former Vice President of AI, as its new head of […] The post Sam Altman–backed college startup Campus hires former Meta AI VP, acquires Sizzle AI first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
It’s Thursday, October 9, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From multibillion-dollar AI labs and defense tech breakthroughs to fresh Series A bets in fintech, biotech, and workflow automation, investors […] The post Top Startup and Tech Funding News – October 9, 2025 first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
Reflection AI, the New York startup co-founded by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, has raised $2 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $8 billion. Barely a year old, Reflection AI is already positioning itself […] The post Nvidia-backed Reflection AI raises $2B at $8B valuation to build superintelligent open-source AI models first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
It was mid-afternoon when users across the U.S. suddenly found they couldn’t log into Microsoft 365. The disruption wasn’t subtle — Downdetector recorded over 16,200 reports of issues around 2:33 p.m. ET on Thursday, according to a report from Reuters. […] The post Microsoft 365 hit by major outage, thousands report service disruptions first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
OpenAI’s latest app, Sora, has exploded out of the gate. In less than five days, the short-form AI video generator hit one million downloads, racing past the early growth pace of ChatGPT and claiming the top spot on Apple’s App […] The post Sora hits 1 million downloads in under 5 days, beating ChatGPT’s launch record first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
Freight brokerages keep global supply chains moving, but their back offices are often stuck in the past — overloaded with manual tasks, fragmented data, and outdated systems. Mentium, an Austin-based AI startup, wants to change that. The company has raised […] The post Mentium raises $3.2M in funding to bring AI digital workers to freight brokerages and logistics first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
In a CNBC interview, Jensen Huang called Cursor his favorite enterprise AI service — a watershed moment for the fast-rising MIT-founded startup that’s redefining software development. When NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks, the tech world listens. In an October 8 […] The post NVIDIA CEO endorses Cursor: ‘100% of our engineers now code with AI’ first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
It’s Wednesday, October 8, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news spanning the U.S. and around the world. From billion-dollar energy bets and reusable rockets to AI-powered legal tech and blockchain infrastructure, capital poured into […] The post Top Startup and Tech Funding News – October 8, 2025 first appeared on Tech Startups.| Tech Startups
OpenAI just secured its spot at the very top of the startup ladder. The company closed a $6.6 billion secondary share sale that values the AI giant at a staggering $500 billion, making it the most valuable privately held company on the planet, overtaking SpaceX’s $456 billion valuation. The transaction, first reported by Bloomberg, provides| 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
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
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
The DevOps talent gap has become one of the biggest choke points in software development. Hiring and keeping skilled engineers is tough, and the shortage is slowing product launches across the industry. Qovery, a Paris-born SaaS platform that promises to cut through that bottleneck by automating application deployment, just raised $13 million to scale its| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
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
It’s Wednesday, August 6, 2025, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news from around the globe. Despite a cautious market, the pace of venture activity shows no signs of slowing down. From AI-driven sales automation and agent-native payments to clean nuclear energy and aerospace manufacturing, today’s funding deals spotlight founders building| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
OpenAI is gearing up to release the long-awaited GPT‑5, the next chapter in its series of large language models—and the expectations are sky-high. This is the model that will either confirm OpenAI’s dominance or raise questions about whether the breakthroughs we saw with GPT‑4 can be replicated. The report comes four months after OpenAI said| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
A quiet experiment in the finance world just became a big headline. Endex.ai, a tech startup that’s been building an AI agent that lives inside Microsoft Excel, has raised $14 million in funding. The round was led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, signaling that even one of the most traditional tools in business—Excel—isn’t staying untouched| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Google is making its biggest move yet to stake a claim in higher education’s AI future. The company announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment on Wednesday to provide AI training and tools to U.S. colleges and nonprofits, a sweeping effort that already has more than 100 universities on board, including major public systems like Texas| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Rillet is doubling down on its bid to shake up an accounting software market long dominated by Oracle and Microsoft. The AI accounting startup has secured $70 million in a Series B round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and ICONIQ, with participation from Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, and FOG Ventures. The company didn’t share its new valuation,| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Fresh off an $8.3 billion raise that values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, OpenAI is reportedly in early talks over a stock sale that could push its valuation to an eye-watering $500 billion. The deal would give current and former employees a chance to cash out, according to a source who spoke to Reuters.| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Tuesday, August 5, 2025, and we’re a bit late hitting send today, but we’ve pulled together a sharp edition featuring 10 notable startup and tech funding stories from across the globe. From billion‑dollar health AI platforms to early‑stage plays in cybersecurity, fintech, and construction robotics, today’s rounds show just how diverse investor bets remain.| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
After years of closed AI, OpenAI has quietly rolled out its first openly accessible language models in more than five years: gpt‑oss‑120b and gpt‑oss‑20b. These models aren’t fully open source in the classic sense, but they do let anyone download the trained model weights and run them locally, fine‑tune them, or repurpose them—as long as you| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Clay’s rise in the AI sector has been fast — and investors are doubling down. The San Francisco-based startup has more than doubled its valuation to $3.1 billion after raising $100 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Google-parent Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, signaling strong industry backing for Clay’s approach to| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Palantir just crossed a milestone Wall Street didn’t expect until later this year. The AI software maker booked more than $1 billion in revenue for the first time in a single quarter, fueled by surging demand for its AI platforms and a wave of big-ticket contracts. Shares ticked up 3% in after-hours trading as the| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Reflection AI is barely a year old, but it’s already chasing one of the largest funding rounds in open‑source AI history. The New York startup, co‑founded by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, is in talks to raise more than $1 billion to develop large language models that can go toe‑to‑toe with| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Monday, August 4, 2025 — and we’re back with a fresh wave of startup and tech funding news from across the globe. Today’s funding pulse shows a strong investor appetite for generative AI, cybersecurity, data automation, and next-gen biotech. From billion-dollar AI labs to seed-stage pharma AI innovators, capital is flowing into platforms that| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Elon Musk isn't done fundraising just yet. Less than a month after his AI venture xAI raised $10 billion to supercharge Grok and build what he calls a “gigafactory of compute,” the company is reportedly eyeing another $12 billion in fresh capital. According to The Wall Street Journal, xAI is working with Valor Equity Partners,| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Just two weeks after reports said Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI was aiming to raise $4.3 billion in equity on top of a $5 billion debt deal, Morgan Stanley confirmed Tuesday that the company has secured $10 billion in total funding to expand Grok AI and build massive GPU infrastructure. Half of the haul came| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Israeli cybersecurity startup Cato Networks has raised $359 million in fresh funding, pushing its valuation past $4.8 billion, the company reported on Monday. The round, led by Vitruvian Partners and ION Crossover Partners, brings the company’s total raised to over $1 billion. Returning backers Lightspeed Venture Partners and Acrew Capital also joined the round, showing| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
On May 11, 2022, the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin collapsed overnight, losing more than 99% of its value and wiping out billions, leaving investors with nothing. It was a top-10 crypto project just weeks earlier, before its founder, Do Kwon, went into hiding. The price plunged from $120 to less than $1. The Luna Foundation Guard| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Friday, June 27, 2025, and the week ends on a strong note as global tech investors continue placing bold bets across AI, infrastructure, defense, and enterprise automation. While headlines were dominated by Thinking Machines Lab’s jaw-dropping $2 billion seed round, today’s broader tech funding activity underscores a clear trend: capital is flowing toward deep| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Meta isn’t slowing down in its effort to dominate AI. Just days after dropping $15 billion into Scale AI and hiring its CEO Alexandr Wang to lead a new “superintelligence” division, Meta has now lured away three top researchers from OpenAI. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai—who| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Just a few months after it sent shockwaves through the tech industry with its low-cost AI model, Chinese startup DeepSeek is now under scrutiny in Europe. German authorities are calling out the company over privacy concerns and pushing Google and Apple to remove its app from their platforms. Berlin’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, said| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
It’s Thursday, June 26, 2025, and the capital spigot hasn’t slowed one bit. From seed-stage breakthroughs to billion-dollar moonshots, today’s tech funding news shows investors are going all in on next-gen AI, automation, and industrial tech. Startups tackling some of the most complex problems—enterprise data pipelines, AI-native customer support, energy materials, and even voice-based risk| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Robotics startup RISE Robotics has hit a major milestone: raising more than $2.5 million in commitments from over 1,100 investors on Wefunder. The company’s mission? Replace the messy, outdated hydraulic systems found in heavy machinery with something cleaner and far more efficient—Beltdraulic™. Unlike traditional hydraulics that rely on high-pressure fluids and a maze of moving| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Founders spend months — sometimes years — chasing that perfect idea. The one they believe will change everything. And once they think they’ve found it, they hold it close to the chest. Too close. They don’t want to tell anyone. Someone might steal it. But according to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and former Y| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
CoreWeave is back at the table with fresh interest in acquiring bitcoin miner Core Scientific, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The cloud infrastructure company is reportedly in talks to purchase the bitcoin mining firm, nearly a year after Core Scientific turned down its initial $1.02 billion offer. The new discussions| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
For this deep dive, we spoke to David Spreng, Founder/CEO of Runway Growth Capital and Cole Morgan, Founder/CEO of Snap! Mobile. Give us some background on your firm: How did the firm start, what is your mission and how does the firm strive to meet its goals? Runway Growth Capital was founded in 2015 by| National Venture Capital Association - NVCA -
A leaked internal memo from Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has sparked a wave of attention across social media after it revealed just how far the company is leaning into artificial intelligence. Originally intended for employees, the memo laid out a blunt new reality: AI isn’t just a helpful tool at Shopify—it’s now the baseline. Teams| Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
