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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 10, 2025

It’s Tuesday, March 10, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight growing investor intensity around next-generation AI infrastructure, autonomous security, and foundational tools for enterprise resilience. From hyperscale AI compute and legal […]

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Meta acquires Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network for AI agents where bots chat, code, and gossip about humans

Meta has quietly snapped up a strange and fascinating corner of the internet. The company confirmed Tuesday it acquired Moltbook, a tiny social network built for artificial intelligence agents rather than people. The deal brings Moltbook’s founders into Meta’s AI research […]

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Datto founder’s startup Slide raises $70M to reinvent backup and disaster recovery for MSPs

A year after quietly entering the market, Slide is making a statement. The startup, founded by Datto creator Austin McChord, has secured $70 million in Series B funding as it sets out to reshape backup and disaster recovery for managed […]

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Meta’s former AI chief Yann LeCun’s startup AMI raises $1.03B to challenge the limits of large language models

The AI industry is crowded with bold promises. Yann LeCun has spent years arguing that many of them are headed in the wrong direction. Now the longtime artificial intelligence pioneer is putting his own theory to the test. Advanced Machine Intelligence […]

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Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines secures Nvidia investment, 1 gigawatt of AI compute

Silicon Valley’s race for artificial intelligence infrastructure is getting another heavyweight contender. Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, has secured a multi-year partnership with Nvidia that includes a significant investment and […]

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OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure AI agents as the next security battleground emerges

OpenAI is moving deeper into the security layer of artificial intelligence. The company said Monday it has acquired the cybersecurity startup Promptfoo, a developer platform for testing and safeguarding AI systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Promptfoo’s team will […]

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Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia returns with AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, raises $190M in funding

Kevin Mandia helped shape modern cybersecurity. Four years after selling his company, Mandiant, to Google for $5.4 billion, he’s building again. This time, the focus is on artificial intelligence. Mandia’s new AI cybersecurity startup, Armadin, revealed on Tuesday that it has […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 9, 2025

It’s Monday, March 9, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and venture funding news. Today’s rounds spotlight intensifying investor focus on AI infrastructure, autonomous enterprise agents, mental health platforms, and space-based national security systems. As the race for […]

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The Rise of Blockchain-Native Reward Systems in Competitive Digital Markets

Blockchain technology is everywhere these days. It’s no longer a niche tool used by the tech-savvy; now it’s being adopted by businesses far and wide to engage customers and reward repeat loyalty. Unlike traditional points programs, blockchain reward systems use […]

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BIOCAPTIVA, a University of Edinburgh spinout, raises £1.58M and launches magnetic bead tech to speed up liquid biopsy cancer testing

Cancer researchers have spent years pursuing a simple goal: extracting cleaner genetic material from blood samples to detect disease earlier and study tumors with greater precision. A young biotech startup from Scotland says it may have found a way to […]

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Anthropic sues Trump administration after being labeled U.S. national security threat and blacklisted from federal AI work.

A legal battle is unfolding between one of the world’s leading AI startups and the U.S. government. Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the company was blacklisted and labeled a threat to U.S. national security, a designation […]

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Microsoft taps Anthropic’s Claude to power Copilot Cowork autonomous AI agents in a blow to OpenAI

Microsoft is widening the circle of AI models inside its flagship productivity tools. The company said Monday that its Copilot service will begin using technology from Anthropic, bringing the startup’s Claude models into Microsoft’s enterprise software stack. The move signals […]

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Nvidia-backed Nscale raises $2B at $14.6B valuation to expand global AI data centers

The race to build the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence is heating up, and one young company just secured another massive vote of confidence. AI data center startup Nscale announced Monday that it has raised $2 billion in new funding, valuing the […]

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This Week in AI: The Biggest AI News, Breakthroughs, and Power Moves

From OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 breakthrough to Pentagon AI tensions and a $25B revenue milestone, here are the developments shaping the global AI race. Happy weekend! Welcome to This Week in AI, your weekly briefing on the biggest developments shaping artificial intelligence. […]

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SoftBank seeks $40B loan to fund massive OpenAI bet after ChatGPT maker hits $730B valuation

SoftBank is preparing one of the biggest financing moves in its history as the Japanese tech conglomerate looks to deepen its bet on OpenAI. The Japanese conglomerate is reportedly seeking a loan of up to $40 billion to help finance […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 5, 2025

It’s Thursday, March 5, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and venture funding news. Today’s rounds spotlight surging investor momentum across AI infrastructure, neurotech, space systems, and encrypted data orchestration. As capital concentrates around next-generation platforms in biotech, […]

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Amazon launches ‘Connect Health,’ an agentic AI platform to automate healthcare admin tasks

Hospitals and clinics are drowning in paperwork. Doctors spend hours documenting visits. Call center staff juggle scheduling, insurance verification, and medical histories across several systems. The result is familiar across healthcare: long wait times, burned-out staff, and frustrated patients. Amazon’s […]

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Can Robot Vacuum Cameras Be Hacked? How to Protect Your Privacy

Smart devices have become a regular part of life in many U.S. homes, from smart speakers and thermostats to automated floor cleaners. As newer cleaning robots increasingly rely on built-in cameras to navigate more efficiently, questions about privacy and data […]

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Senior care startup Sage raises $65M to bring AI-powered monitoring to nursing homes

America’s senior care system is heading into a demographic squeeze. By the end of the decade, tens of millions more Americans will be over retirement age, and nursing homes and assisted living centers are already struggling to staff enough caregivers. […]

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Icon, the AI ad startup, shuts down after spending $12M on the Icon.com domain

Icon, the AI advertising startup that spent $12 million to acquire the premium domain Icon.com, appears to have quietly shut down, leaving behind a trail of user complaints, a locked website, and a cautionary story about the limits of AI […]

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Anthropic reopens Pentagon talks after U.S. moves to ban Claude AI tools

Anthropic is back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense, scrambling to salvage a relationship that only days ago looked finished. The talks restarted after a dramatic breakdown last week that triggered a chain reaction across Washington […]

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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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