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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 18, 2026

19 June 2026 at 02:58

It’s Thursday, June 18, 2026, and the clearest signal from today’s funding tape is not that venture investors are spending widely. It is that they are concentrating capital around a narrow set of problems that look hard to commoditize: sovereign […]

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Meta strikes new 1.6-gigawatt AI computing deal with data center startup Crusoe

19 June 2026 at 02:18

The AI race has reached a point where success is measured in gigawatts. Meta has signed new agreements with AI infrastructure startup Crusoe that will give the company access to roughly 1.6 gigawatts of computing capacity across two data centers […]

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Playnance’s $GCOIN Token Lists on KoinBX as India Community Surpasses 130 Partners

18 June 2026 at 19:23

Playnance announced Thursday that its native token, $GCOIN, has been listed on KoinBX, giving users of the company’s blockchain-powered Web3 gaming ecosystem a new venue to trade the token. The listing comes as Playnance gains traction in India, where more […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 18, 2026

18 June 2026 at 17:07

It’s Thursday, June 18, 2026, and the AI boom has moved from theoretical to real, rewriting everything from your next phone bill to global power dynamics. What began as a race to build smarter chatbots is now reshaping corporate balance […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 17, 2026

18 June 2026 at 01:54

It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and venture capital is increasingly shifting away from consumer-facing AI applications toward the infrastructure layers that power them. Today’s funding activity was concentrated in AI deployment infrastructure, regulated financial systems, cybersecurity, enterprise automation, and biotech […]

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Jeff Bezos backs AI materials startup CuspAI in $400M round at $2.6 billion valuation

18 June 2026 at 01:17

CuspAI, a UK startup using artificial intelligence to discover new materials, is reportedly raising $400 million in funding at a $2.6 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The round includes participation from Jeff Bezos’ family office, Bezos Expeditions, and […]

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How Real-Time Data Tracks Currency Volatility

18 June 2026 at 00:34

Real-time data has become a key asset in modern finance. In cross-border operations, startups and fintech firms track not only payments and transactions but also currency markets that directly shape costs, revenue, and growth decisions. A sudden shift in a […]

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Z.ai’s open-source GLM-5.2 beats GPT-5.5 on coding benchmarks at one-sixth the cost

17 June 2026 at 20:49

The 753-billion-parameter model outperformed GPT-5.5 on several software engineering benchmarks, offers a 1-million-token context window, and is available under an unrestricted MIT license. Since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, the AI industry’s most capable models have largely come from a […]

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Allbirds rebrands as Smartbird, names Nvidia-linked AI executive as CEO after AI pivot

17 June 2026 at 19:51

What happens when a struggling shoe company decides it wants to become an AI infrastructure business? Investors are about to find out. Just two months after abandoning its footwear identity in favor of artificial intelligence, Allbirds announced Wednesday that it […]

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Odyssey raises $310 million at $1.45 billion valuation to build AI that simulates the real world

17 June 2026 at 17:48

Odyssey, a startup building what researchers call β€œworld models,” announced Wednesday that it has raised $310 million in Series B funding at a $1.45 billion valuation. The round was led by Natural Capital and included participation from Amazon, AMD Ventures, […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 17, 2026

17 June 2026 at 16:58

It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and today’sΒ biggest tech moves show that shift in real time: Washington is funding AI-driven chip materials, Europe is racing to build sovereign AI, G7 leaders are sitting down with frontier model CEOs, and companies from […]

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Anthropic, Google, Other Big Tech Companies Commit $915 Million to Pull Carbon Out of the Sky

17 June 2026 at 16:24

As AI data centers, factories, airlines, and heavy industries consume more energy, one question keeps resurfacing: How will the world remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere? A coalition backed by some of the biggest names […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 16, 2026

17 June 2026 at 02:25

It’s Tuesday, June 16, 2026, and venture capital investors are sending a clear message: the race to build the infrastructure behind the AI economy is far from over. Capital did not fan out evenly today. It clustered around three ideas: […]

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Rivian lays off hundreds of employees as EV maker pushes for profitability ahead of R2 SUV launch

16 June 2026 at 23:50

Rivian is cutting hundreds of jobs as the electric vehicle maker enters one of the most important chapters in its history. The layoffs, announced Tuesday, affect less than 2% of Rivian’s workforce and come just days after the company began […]

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Limitless Labs raises $20M to scale physical AI for precision manufacturing and CNC automation

16 June 2026 at 19:04

AI has transformed how people write code, create content, and analyze data. Manufacturing remains a different challenge. Factories still depend on experienced CNC programmers who spend years learning how to machine complex aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial parts. Much of […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 16, 2026

16 June 2026 at 17:50

It’s Tuesday, June 16, 2026, and today’s global tech agenda shows just how quickly the next phase of the industry is taking shape β€” from DeepSeek’s massive China AI funding round and Qualcomm’s chip ambitions to AI security, streaming consolidation, […]

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SpaceX to acquire Cursor in $60 billion deal, SEC filing shows

16 June 2026 at 16:33

SpaceX is acquiring Cursor, the world’s fastest-growing software startup, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, making a bold move beyond rockets, satellites, and AI models. According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 15, 2026

16 June 2026 at 02:07

It’s Monday, June 15, 2026, and venture capital is still backing AI, but the biggest conviction is no longer limited to the model layer. Investors are writing checks into control planes, identity, payments rails, industrial bottlenecks, and biotech infrastructure β€” […]

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Verda hits $100M revenue run rate as AI infrastructure Demand Fuels 10x Growth in 18 Months

15 June 2026 at 19:24

The rush to build AI applications has created a new behind-the-scenes race: securing enough computing power to train, run, and scale them. One company benefiting from that demand is Verda, the Helsinki-based AI infrastructure startup formerly known as DataCrunch. The […]

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