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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 11, 2025

It’s Wednesday, March 11, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight accelerating investment in AI-native infrastructure, robotics intelligence, developer tooling, and enterprise automation. As companies race to scale foundational systems for the […]

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Foreign hacker breaches FBI server containing Jeffrey Epstein Files, documents reveal

A foreign hacker broke into an FBI server connected to the Jeffrey Epstein case after a misconfigured system at the bureau’s New York Field Office left sensitive files exposed, according to a source familiar with the incident and Justice Department […]

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Replit raises $400M at $9B valuation as AI coding platform surges to over 40M users

Replit just landed one of the biggest funding rounds in developer tooling this year. The AI coding platform has raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation, tripling its value in roughly six months and drawing fresh attention to a […]

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Stake raises $8M in funding, acquires UMoveFree to help renters earn cash back on rent

Renters rarely get a break when hunting for a place to live. Prices keep climbing, deals stay hidden, and the process often feels stacked against the people paying the bills. Dallas-based fintech startup Stake thinks it can change that equation. […]

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Quince raises $500M at $10.1B valuation as AI-powered retail startup surpasses $1B in revenue

Quince has secured another major vote of confidence from investors. The San Francisco online retail startup said Wednesday it raised $500 million in Series E funding, pushing its post-money valuation to $10.1 billion and cementing its place among the most […]

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Anduril acquires ExoAnalytic to expand missile tracking network as space becomes the next warfighting domain

Space is no longer treated as a quiet backdrop for satellites and research missions. Military planners now view it as a strategic front, and defense tech startups are moving quickly to secure a role there. Defense technology company Anduril Industries […]

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Nvidia plans to launch ‘NemoClaw,’ an open-source platform for AI agents that can plan and act

NVIDIA is preparing a new move in the race to build smarter AI systems. The chip giant is reportedly working on an open-source platform for artificial intelligence agents called “NemoClaw,” a system meant to let software perform tasks, make decisions, […]

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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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