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Bezos backs CuspAI as startup hunts for new chip materials with Nvidia
Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions invested in British AI‑materials startup CuspAI, which partners with Nvidia to discover new semiconductor and clean‑energy materials.
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Moonshot AI IPO push follows Kimi, Alibaba AI releases that shook bitcoin
Moonshot is seeking shareholder approval for a Hong Kong IPO after its Kimi K3 model drives demand and revenue, while Alibaba’s Qwen3.8 also goes open‑weight.
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RedBear AI Completes Hundreds of Millions of Yuan Series A+ Financing, Expands from B2B Services to B2C Applications Based on AI "Memory Science"
RedBear AI has closed a Series A+ round of hundreds of millions of RMB, pushing its valuation to nearly 3 billion RMB and expanding its focus from B2B to B2C AI‑memory‑driven applications.
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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks announced a new funding round that values the company at $188 billion, marking a continued surge in enterprise AI investment.
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Singularity lands $80M at $400M valuation to build cheap drone interceptors
Air defense startup Singularity Defense Corp. raises $80 million in new funding at a $400 million valuation to mass‑produce low‑cost interceptors that can knock down cheap drones and missiles.
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DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO
The Chinese LLM developer is preparing for a 2027 IPO and a $1.5 billion funding round at a $71 billion valuation, following a $7 billion round last month.
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AI‑powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
Fora announced a $60 million Series D round that values the company at $1 billion, funding its AI assistant Via to help travel agents automate administrative tasks.
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Emergent emerges as the latest AI unicorn after raising $130M in funding
Vibe coding startup Emergent Labs closed a Series C round that values the company at $1.5 billion, making it one of the fastest‑growing AI unicorns.
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OpenAI vs Anthropic: A Head‑to‑Head Momentum Showdown
OpenAI surges to the top with a 67.20 momentum score while Anthropic climbs to #6 at 42.00, sparking a mixed‑tone battle of safety tools versus regulatory strategy.
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A SpaceX vet raised $65M to pull wire harnesses out of the Cold War era
Senra, founded by former SpaceX engineer Jordan Black, announced a $65 million Series B round to modernize wire‑harness manufacturing for aerospace and defense customers.
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Thinking Machines Lab raises $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation
Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines, secured a $2 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Nvidia, Cisco, and others.
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Lyzr Secures $100M After Using Its Own AI Agent to Handle Fundraising Outreach
The AI‑agent platform Lyzr raised $100 million in Series B funding by automating investor outreach, generating $400 million in interest and demonstrating the power of self‑servicing AI.
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AI-Powered Entrepreneurs Set to Launch Record Number of New Businesses
Artificial intelligence is expected to spark a record surge of new U.S. startups, according to a Bloomberg analysis.
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Introducing Grok 4.5
SpaceXAI unveiled Grok 4.5, a new mixture‑of‑experts LLM trained on trillions of real‑world coding tokens. It targets complex software‑engineering, autonomous‑agent workflows and broader enterprise knowledge tasks, priced at $2 / M input and $6 / M output tokens.
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Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
The startup that gives companies a full‑stack AI agent platform has secured a $130 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, led by Radical Ventures and backed by Nvidia Ventures, Intel Capital, and others.
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Tesla launches startup challenge to scale Giga Berlin battery cells
Tesla is opening its Gigafactory Berlin to outside startups through a new “Cell Giga Challenge,” inviting them to pilot technologies inside its live battery cell production line.
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AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
Norm, an AI‑native law firm, secured $120 million in Series C funding, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.
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Tesla Robotaxi Arrives in Miami: Florida’s Rain Is the Hardest Test Yet for Camera‑Only FSD
Tesla launched its Cybercab robotaxi service in Miami on July 3, 2026, testing the camera‑only Full Self‑Driving system in tropical weather and under federal scrutiny for safety in adverse conditions.
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Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent
Even Realities raised $150 million in a pre‑Series B round, valuing the smart‑glasses startup at $1 billion and signaling growing investor interest in display‑first AR devices.
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Patronus AI Closes $50M in Funding to Stress-Test AI Agents in Simulated Digital Environments
San Francisco‑based AI startup Patronus AI raises $50 million in a Series B to fund its digital‑world simulation platform that evaluates AI agents in complex, realistic scenarios.