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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 26, 2025

It’s Thursday, February 26, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds spotlight strategic bets on AI-native infrastructure, robotics intelligence, cyber risk automation, and orchestration layers for post-GPU compute. As investor attention shifts toward […]

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Block lays off 4,000 employees as Jack Dorsey bets on AI-powered leaner teams; stock jumps 24%

Block is making one of the boldest workforce moves of the AI era. The payments company said Thursday it will cut more than 4,000 employees, nearly half its workforce, as CEO Jack Dorsey pushes the company toward smaller teams supported […]

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What’s Driving the Online Bingo Boom

Online bingo has experienced a remarkable surge in popularity over the past decade, becoming one of the most widely enjoyed digital leisure activities for adults. What was once a game associated primarily with community halls and social clubs has transformed […]

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Google launches Nano Banana 2, a faster AI image generator powered by Gemini

Google is doubling down on AI image creation. On Thursday, the company introduced Nano Banana 2, the latest version of its widely used image generator, signaling a push to make high-quality visuals faster and easier to produce across Gemini. The […]

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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales predicts Bitcoin could fall below $10K by 2050

Bitcoin hit an all-time high of about $126,198 on October 6, 2025. Since then, the cryptocurrency has swung sharply through late 2025 and early 2026, and was trading at $66,783.03 at the time of writing. Volatility, however, is nothing new […]

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FlyFocus raises €4.5M to scale drone production as Europe pushes for tech sovereignty

Polish defense startup builds UAVs using NATO-aligned supply chains and secures first institutional funding Europe’s race for secure defense supply chains is picking up speed. A growing number of governments are looking for alternatives to foreign drone components, and a […]

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C3 AI lays off 26% of workforce as losses widen and stock plunges 17%

C3 AI is under pressure after a bruising earnings report sent its stock tumbling and forced the company into a major reset. Shares of the enterprise AI software firm fell 17% Thursday, hitting a new low after the company posted […]

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Form Energy lands $1B Google deal for 100-hour iron-air battery, eyes IPO

Google’s race to secure clean, reliable electricity for its data centers just delivered one of the clearest signals yet about where long-duration storage is headed. Form Energy, the Weirton, West Virginia-based iron-air battery startup, has landed a $1 billion commitment […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 25, 2025

It’s Wednesday, February 25, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds underscore investor commitment to next-gen AI infrastructure, embodied robotics, enterprise software acceleration, and spatial computing. As platforms push further into intelligent automation […]

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Astelia raises with $35M to help security teams pinpoint real threats with agentic AI

Security teams are drowning in alerts. Every day brings another wave of vulnerabilities, many of which never turn into real-world risk. Astelia thinks the problem isn’t visibility. It’s a signal. The New York–based cybersecurity startup announced $35 million in combined […]

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Forget the Next Big Startup. This β€˜Boring’ Business Model Is Quietly Making College Students Rich

While much of the startup world, including us at TechStartups, keeps a close eye on startups raising billions, college students are quietly getting rich off a business model most tech founders would laugh at. No app, no pitch deck, no […]

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Rowspace emerges from stealth with $50M led by Sequoia to tame messy data for investment firms using AI

Rowspace is stepping out of stealth with fresh capital and a clear pitch to Wall Street: your firm’s most valuable asset isn’t another model. It’s the judgment buried in decades of internal data. The San Francisco AI startup announced $50 […]

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Pentagon gives Anthropic Friday deadline to lift Claude military limits or face Defense Production Act

The Pentagon has given Anthropic a stark choice: loosen the guardrails on its Claude AI models for broader military use by Friday evening or risk federal intervention under the Defense Production Act. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the message directly […]

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SolveAI emerges from stealth with $50M to help enterprises build IT-compliant software without coding

SolveAI, a London-based AI startup founded by former Palantir engineer Steve Basher, is stepping out of stealth with $50 million in fresh funding and an ambitious pitch: give everyday enterprise employees the ability to build production-ready software simply by talking […]

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Cursor upgrades AI coding agents as $29.3B startup battles Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft

Cursor is moving fast to maintain its early lead in AI coding. On Tuesday, the startup rolled out a major update to its artificial intelligence agents, aiming to stay ahead of mounting pressure from heavyweights like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft. […]

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Stripe reportedly in talks to buy PayPal in potential $60B takeover deal

Stripe may be sizing up one of the biggest fintech deals ever.Β PayPal shares jumped nearly 7% Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that the privately held payments giant is in early discussions about buying the company in a transaction that could exceed […]

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