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Medly AI grabs $8M to build an AI tutor for exam prep
London‑based Medly AI raised $8 million in seed funding to expand its AI‑powered tutoring platform, targeting millions of students worldwide.
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AI Cloud Firm Nscale Plans US IPO, May Raise as Much as $3 Billion
London‑based Nscale is preparing a US IPO that could raise up to $3 billion, joining a wave of AI data‑center companies tapping public markets.
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Callosum Raises $100 Million to Make AI Tasks Cheaper
AI startup Callosum secured $100 million in early financing to match AI tasks with the right models and chips, aiming to reduce costs for enterprises.
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NLPatent Rebrands to Clerq to Meet Growing Demand for Patent Automation
Canadian IP software startup NLPatent has rebranded as Clerq, adding agentic AI features to its platform to help legal teams handle the surge in patent applications driven by generative AI.
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
Micro1’s rapid growth to a $500M gross run rate reflects the surging demand for AI training data from top labs and corporations.
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Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth
AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, led by Iconiq, after doubling its ARR in the past three months.
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Questflow Unveils Brand Evolution as AI Finance Agent, Advancing “Financial Intelligence for All”
Singapore‑based Questflow announced a brand repositioning that frames it as a platform for AI‑powered finance agents, aiming to democratise expert investment strategies through a new “Financial Codex.”
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Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform
AI startup Cursor, now part of SpaceX, unveiled Origin, a new code‑hosting platform designed to compete with GitHub amid widespread outages and performance issues.
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River AI's $1.1B Raise: Inside the Bet to Rebuild the AI Stack
River AI closed a $1.1 billion round, led by General Catalyst and AMP, with strategic investment from NVIDIA and AMD, positioning itself as a major player in open‑weight model customization.
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Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, a startup that provides a single access point for multiple AI models, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Shein eyes Hong Kong market debut on August 28, source says
Fast‑fashion retailer Shein plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on August 28, after earlier attempts to go public in New York and London.
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OpenAI‑backed Thrive Holdings Raises $2 B to Bring AI to the Enterprise
Thrive Holdings, a private‑equity‑style AI firm backed by OpenAI, secured $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation to expand its AI‑powered services for businesses.
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General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, founded by xAI co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, secured $1.1 billion in a seed/Series A round to build a new AI stack focused on personal, trainable agents.
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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI‑focused hedge fund has poured $400 million into Source Foundry, a Stanford‑originated chip startup, bringing its total investment to $500 million amid a broader push to accelerate semiconductor manufacturing.
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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce
Three former Spotify engineers launch Malachyte, a startup that applies Spotify’s Vector AI to personalize online shopping in real time.
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Reimagine Robotics launches AI robots that learn on the job
Former DeepMind engineers unveil Reimagine Robotics, a company building robots that can be trained by workers on the fly, reducing the need for specialist programmers.
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AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?
WindBorne Systems raised $37 million in a Series B round to use AI‑driven weather balloons for more accurate, cost‑effective forecasts.
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Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups
Robinhood will launch a publicly traded fund that allows retail investors to back Y Combinator startups, expanding access to venture capital.
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HappyRobot lands $150M Series C to scale agentic AI for enterprise operations
European AI startup HappyRobot raises $150 million to expand its agentic AI platform beyond logistics into insurance, energy, telecoms and more.
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A Marc Benioff‑backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
The new company June raises $20 million to help enterprises deploy AI by automating complex workflows and reducing reliance on forward‑deployed engineers.