Cognition

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AI & Tech

Modal Labs Valuation Hits $15.75B in $750M Funding Push

Modal Labs is finalizing a $750 million funding round that values the AI inference provider at $15.75 billion, marking a…

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Cognition’s Valuation Doubles as Revenue and Multiples Hold

Cognition secured over $2 billion in Series E funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, doubling its valuation to $48…

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Ollie Bets Privacy Will Win the AI Assistant Race

Ollie differentiates itself in the competitive AI assistant market by prioritizing strict data privacy and SOC 2 compliance, operating on…

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AIR Raises $50M to Vet AI Agent Skills and Add-ons

AI security startup AIR has exited stealth mode with a $50 million seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital and…

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SpaceX sought Cognition deal days after $60B Cursor buy

SpaceX's acquisition approach for AI coding startup Cognition was rejected, with CEO Scott Wu publicly denying any sale talks, though…

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Slack adds collaborative vibe-coding channels

Slack Code introduces project-focused code channels with user tabs, code diff comparison, and HTML previews, letting teams collaborate with AI…

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Cognition CEO denies SpaceX acquisition report

SpaceX reportedly attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition, but Cognition CEO Scott Wu denied the report, stating the company…

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Software factories return: How they work in the AI era

The software factory concept, originally popularized around 2008, has been revived by AI-generated code, automating the entire development lifecycle and…

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How AI Personality Became Cognition’s Competitive Advantage

AI startup Cognition has acquired Poke, a conversational AI assistant known for its human-like texting style, for a "low nine…

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Khosla Ventures targets record $5.5bn fundraising

Khosla Ventures is raising $5.5 billion across new funds, its largest fundraising effort ever, with $1 billion for seed-stage startups,…

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Xbox VP Departs 3 Months After Joining Asha Sharma’s Team

Jared Palmer, Xbox VP of engineering appointed in May to overhaul developer tools, has left after three months to lead…

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Sequoia backs Sable’s $45M bet on AI-led product demos

Sable has raised $45 million from Sequoia Capital and 8VC to develop Aidan, an AI "employee" that conducts live product…

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Prime Intellect raises $130M to help enterprises build AI agents

Prime Intellect, a startup providing computing power and software for building AI agents, raised $130 million in Series A funding…

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Artificial Intelligence

Together AI neocloud raises $800M, hits $8.3B valuation

Together AI raised $800 million in Series C funding at an $8.3 billion valuation, led by Aramco Ventures with participation…

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Mach Industries valuation jumps 4x to $1.8 billion in one year

Mach Industries, a defense tech startup founded by 22-year-old Ethan Thornton, raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8…

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Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 boosts honesty 4x, Mythos next

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, a major AI model upgrade with significantly improved honesty and self-correction, being roughly four times…

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AI coding startup Cognition secures $1B at $25B valuation

Cognition, the creator of the autonomous AI software engineer Devin, raised over $1 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation,…

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SpaceX backer 137 Ventures secures $700M for two growth funds

137 Ventures has raised over $700 million across two new growth-stage funds to invest in startups with significant market impact.…

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Artificial Intelligence

Zendesk Makes Biggest Acquisition in 20 Years with Forethought

Zendesk has acquired Forethought, its largest purchase in two decades, to accelerate its push into "agentic" AI customer service where…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cursor Hits $2B Annual Revenue Milestone

Cursor, an AI coding assistant, has reached a $2 billion annualized revenue run rate, doubling its revenue in a single…

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