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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 4, 2025

It’s Wednesday, March 4, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds reflect accelerating investor momentum behind autonomous systems, industrial robotics, AI governance, and fintech infrastructure for emerging markets. As capital concentrates around applied […]

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Nvidia may be done investing in OpenAI as IPO looms, Huang says $30B bet ‘might be the last’

NVIDIA’s relationship with OpenAI has been one of the defining partnerships of the AI boom. Billions of dollars have flowed into building the computing backbone that powers large language models. Now, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the chipmaker may already […]

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Walmart-backed fintech startup PhonePe targets $9B–$10.5B IPO in India as investors question its path to monetization

Walmart-backed fintech startup PhonePe is preparing for a public debut that could rank among the largest listings in India’s fintech sector. The digital payments giant is targeting an IPO valuation between $9 billion and $10.5 billion, according to two people […]

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Apple unveils $599 MacBook Neo powered by iPhone chip to challenge Chromebooks and Windows PCs

Apple just took a sharp turn in its laptop strategy. The company on Wednesday unveiled the MacBook Neo, a new entry-level laptop starting at $599, marking one of the lowest price points Apple has ever offered for a Mac. The […]

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OpenAI is developing alternative to GitHub as AI boom pushes into code hosting, setting up clash with Microsoft

OpenAI is quietly moving into territory long dominated by its biggest partner. The company behind ChatGPT is working on a new code-hosting platform intended to serve as an alternative to GitHub, according to a report from The Information on Tuesday. […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 3, 2025

It’s Tuesday, March 3, 2026, and we’re tracking today’s most consequential startup and tech funding moves. The latest rounds spotlight a decisive pivot toward scalable infrastructure for AI systems, digital governance, and enterprise automation. From optical interconnects and T-cell engagers […]

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Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to fix the silent failures breaking enterprise SecOps

Security teams rarely fear the alarms that go off. The real worry is the alert that never comes. That blind spot is what Fig Security wants to fix. The New York and Tel Aviv–based security startup has emerged from stealth […]

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JetStream raises $34M seed to bring real-time governance and visibility to enterprise AI

JetStream has entered the AI governance race with fresh capital and a familiar cast of cybersecurity veterans. The San Francisco AI startup announced a $34 million seed round led by Redpoint Ventures, with backing from CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund and a […]

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Drone strikes hit Amazon’s AWS data centers in UAE, trigger widespread app and banking outages

A wave of outages swept across the United Arab Emirates this week after drone strikes damaged key Amazon Web Services infrastructure, knocking major apps, banks, and fintech platforms offline and exposing how tightly the region’s digital economy is tied to […]

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Nvidia-backed Ayar Labs raises $500M to speed AI chips with light-based interconnects

A quiet but critical battle is unfolding inside the data centers, fueling the AI boom. The latest signal came Tuesday, when Ayar Labs, a silicon photonics startup backed by Nvidia and AMD, announced it had raised $500 million in a […]

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Sam Altman walks back OpenAI–Pentagon deal amid surveillance backlash, says ‘shouldn’t have rushed’

Sam Altman is hitting the brakes on OpenAI’s latest Pentagon deal. In a candid post Monday, the OpenAI CEO said the company “shouldn’t have rushed” its recent agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense, acknowledging the rollout sparked concerns about surveillance […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 2, 2025

It’s Monday, March 2, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight the accelerating convergence of AI infrastructure, defense technology, fintech orchestration, and wearable biosensing. As capital flows into platforms that unify data, […]

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects AI copyright case: No human, no copyright

The U.S. Supreme Court just sidestepped one of the biggest legal questions hanging over generative AI. On Monday, the justices declined to hear a closely watched case that asked whether artwork created entirely by artificial intelligence can qualify for copyright […]

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Akave raises $6.65M in funding to break big cloud’s grip on AI data storage

Akave thinks the real choke point in AI isn’t models. It’s data. The Austin-based AI infrastructure startup has raised $6.65 million and is entering the cloud storage market with Akave Cloud, a decentralized, S3-compatible platform built for AI and analytics […]

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Nvidia invests $4B in Lumentum and Coherent to accelerate silicon photonics for AI infrastructure

Nvidia is opening its wallet again, this time to secure a key piece of the AI infrastructure stack that most people rarely see: photonics. The chip giant said Monday it will invest a combined $4 billion across two U.S. photonics […]

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