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Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M for war training models

Scout AI, a defense startup founded in 2024, has raised a $100 million Series A funding round to develop its…

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Senior smartwatch startup Patronus raises €11M to boost daily use

Patronus raised €11 million in new funding, led by 3TS Capital Partners, to scale its emergency smartwatch platform and develop…

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Scholly founder sues Sallie Mae, alleging wrongful firing and student data sale

Christopher Gray, founder of Scholly, has filed a lawsuit against Sallie Mae and a whistleblower complaint with the SEC, alleging…

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Redpine raises €6.8M for licensed AI agent data API

Redpine, a Stockholm-based startup, raised €6.8 million in a seed round led by NordicNinja to build a headless API platform…

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Turn Webinars Into Your Top Lead Gen Channel in 5 Phases

B2B marketers face three recurring webinar challenges: heavy workload with unclear ROI, insufficient qualified leads, and difficulty proving value to…

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Venture Capital Shifts from Software to Deep Tech

Venture capital is shifting from software to deep tech, driven by structural economic changes and the proven success of companies…

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India’s Snabbit raises $56M as on-demand home services surge

Snabbit, an Indian on-demand home services startup, raised $56 million in Series D funding at a $350 million valuation, nearly…

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Scholly Founder Sues Acquirer Sallie Mae After Deal

Chris Gray, founder of scholarship search app Scholly, is suing Sallie Mae for wrongful termination, alleging the company sold personal…

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Paid Social’s True Impact on PPC: A Measurement Guide

Paid social campaigns often provide hidden value by influencing other marketing channels like PPC, which standard platform metrics fail to…

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Freepik Rebrands as Magnific, Bootstrapped AI Platform Hits $230M ARR

Freepik has rebranded as Magnific, unifying its portfolio of creative tools (including stock assets and AI upscaling) under one platform…

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Marloo raises $10M to build AI OS for financial advisers

Marloo, an AI platform for financial advisers, raised a $10 million seed round led by Blackbird Ventures (which now holds…

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Vinted hits €8B valuation in €880M share sale

Vinted, the Lithuanian peer-to-peer marketplace, achieved an "€8 billion valuation" through an "€880 million secondary share sale" led by EQT…

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Drizzle on Top: Premium Dog Food Brand Targets the 1%

Golden Child, a new pet food brand from Atomic Labs, launched by Hims & Hers co-founder Hillary Coles, was inspired…

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Sereact raises $110M to scale adaptable AI for any robot

Sereact raised a $110 million Series B, led by Headline, to advance its software-defined robotics intelligence platform, more than quadrupling…

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Atech secures pre-seed funding from Sequoia, a16z, and Lovable

Atech, a Copenhagen-based startup, has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from investors including Nordic Makers, Emblem, Lovable, and the Sequoia…

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Acko Digital Insurer Nears India IPO

Acko has appointed Kotak Mahindra Capital, ICICI Securities, and Morgan Stanley as lead managers for its IPO, aiming to raise…

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Investors back Skye’s AI iPhone home screen app before launch

Skye is an "agentic homescreen" iPhone app in private testing that uses iOS widgets for ambient intelligence, offering personalized insights…

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DeepMind’s David Silver raises $1.1B for AI that learns without human data

Ineffable Intelligence, a new British AI lab founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion at a…

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Sequoia and Nvidia Back AI Startup at $5.1B Valuation

David Silver left Google DeepMind to found Ineffable Intelligence, an AI startup with no product, revenue, or roadmap, yet secured…

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China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

China’s NDRC has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, ordering a full unwinding of the deal…

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