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Berlin Startup Peec Doubles Revenue to $10M in Months, Sources Say

Berlin-based Peec AI has reached $10 million in annualized revenue, doubling its growth since raising a $21 million Series A…

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Nuclear Startup Deep Fission Is Going Public Again – Questions Remain

Deep Fission, a startup developing subterranean nuclear reactors for AI data centers, is planning a $157 million Nasdaq IPO after…

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How VCs and Founders Inflate ‘ARR’ to Crown AI Startups

Scott Stevenson, CEO of legal AI startup Spellbook, publicly accused AI startups of inflating revenue by misusing annual recurring revenue…

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Fresha joins unicorn club after $80M KKR-led funding round

Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking platform, achieved unicorn status with a valuation over $1 billion after raising $80…

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Starship Delayed, German Firm May Boost Canada’s Launch Plans

SpaceX's Starship launch attempt was delayed due to a ground system issue, but the company plans to try again Friday…

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SpaceX files for IPO, but valuation math demands faith

SpaceX's S-1 filing reveals a $28 trillion total addressable market, ties executive compensation to establishing a Mars colony, and targets…

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Audio app Huxe by ex-NotebookLM devs shuts down

Huxe, a podcast-generation app built by former NotebookLM developers, is shutting down and being removed from app stores, with user…

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Why Marketing Leaders Struggle to Explain Search Performance

Marketing leaders often struggle to translate search data (clicks, rankings) into concrete business outcomes, creating a disconnect with the C-suite…

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Austrian startup REPS secures $23.6M to generate electricity from road traffic

Austrian startup REPS raised $23.6 million to scale its Road Energy Production System, which captures energy from heavy trucks braking…

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Convective Capital raises $85M for disaster resilience

Convective Capital, led by Bill Clerico, has closed an $85 million fund to expand investments in "firetech" and broader physical-world…

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Hark lands $700M Series A for secretive universal AI interface

Hark, a secretive AI lab, raised a $700 million Series A funding round at a $6 billion valuation, backed by…

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NVIDIA NVentures invests in quantum startup Alice & Bob

Alice & Bob, a quantum hardware startup specializing in fault-tolerant cat-qubit technology, has secured investment from Nvidia's venture arm NVentures…

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DeepSeek Founder Sets Sights on AGI as $10B Funding Round Advances

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has told potential backers that the company’s first-ever external funding round, valued at $10 billion, will…

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Young startup disrupts fragrance industry frozen for 50 years

Patina, a fragrance startup, raised $2 million in seed funding from Betaworks and True Ventures to disrupt the scent industry…

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Pivot raises $40M Series B for AI procurement OS targeting enterprises

Pivot, a procurement-software startup, raised $40 million in Series B funding (totaling $70 million since 2023) to accelerate expansion, led…

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Imperagen secures £5M for quantum and AI enzyme engineering

Imperagen, a biotech startup spun out of the University of Manchester, raised £5 million in seed funding to transform enzyme…

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CVE Lite CLI: Open-Source Dependency Vulnerability Scanner

CVE Lite CLI, now an OWASP Incubator Project, shifts dependency vulnerability scanning from late-stage CI pipelines to the developer's terminal,…

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Brett Adcock’s AI startup Hark lands $700M at $6B valuation

Brett Adcock’s AI startup Hark raised over $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion valuation, led by…

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Europe Launches Go-to-Market Accelerator for AI Startups

AcceleratorX is a new European program for seed-stage AI startups that provides direct access to over 2,000 marketing professionals across…

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Maka Kids redefines screen time with a well-being focused streaming app

Maka Kids is a new streaming app for children ages zero to six that prioritizes child well-being over engagement, avoiding…

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