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OpenAI shuts down Sora video app months after launch, pivots to AI agents and enterprise tools ahead of potential IPO

OpenAI is pulling the plug on one of its most talked-about consumer products just months after its debut. On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, the company confirmed it will shut down its standalone Sora video app, along with the API and all […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 24, 2025

It’s Tuesday, March 24, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight investor appetite for AI infrastructure, smart mobility, and precision therapies. As capital concentrates around systems that automate physical environments, treat chronic […]

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Private Chinese startup mass-produces Mach 7 hypersonic missiles for $99,000

As tensions continue to escalate in the ongoing war involving Iran, a new development out of China is raising fresh concerns about how the conflict could evolve. A private Chinese aerospace company says it has begun mass-producing Mach 7 hypersonic […]

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BrainGrid raises $1M pre-Seed to help non-technical founders turn AI ideas into real software products

There’s a growing gap between what AI can generate and what founders can actually ship. Tools like Claude Code and Cursor can produce working code from a prompt. But once a project moves past a quick demo, things start to […]

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Miro acquires Reforge to solve AI’s biggest bottleneck: deciding what to build

The rush to adopt AI has created a strange new problem inside companies. Teams can build faster than ever. What slows them down now is figuring out what actually deserves to be built. Miro is making a bet on that […]

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NoTraffic raises $90M to turn traffic lights into AI-powered digital infrastructure across North America

Traffic lights haven’t changed much in decades. They still follow fixed timing patterns, reacting slowly to conditions that shift by the minute. That gap is starting to show as cities deal with heavier congestion, tighter budgets, and rising commuter expectations. […]

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Crunchyroll probes breach after hackers claim access to millions of user records, demand $5M

Crunchyroll is looking into what could become one of the largest security incidents for an anime platform in recent memory after hackers claimed they broke into its systems and extracted data tied to millions of users. The Sony-owned streaming service […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 23, 2025

It’s Monday, March 23, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds reflect accelerating investor momentum around human-centric AI, intelligent automation, and next-generation hardware. As startups race to define the future of knowledge work, […]

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Playnance launches democratic social gaming protocol with 1.3B GCOIN staked, 1M holders, and 2M daily transactions

Playnance is taking a direct swing at how gaming platforms make money—and who actually benefits. The Tel Aviv-based startup today launched what it calls a democratic social gaming protocol, built on the idea that players shouldn’t just fuel the system […]

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Microsoft-backed startup Lace raises $40M to build atomic-level chipmaking tech

A small team in Norway is taking aim at one of the hardest problems in computing: how to keep shrinking chips as today’s methods approach their limits. Lace Lithography, a Bergen-based startup backed by Microsoft, has raised $40 million to […]

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Interoperability as a Prerequisite for Scalable Digital Finance

Financial institutions continue to test distributed ledger systems across payments, settlement, and asset issuance. Many of these efforts begin as pilots within a single region or business unit, show promise, and then stall before reaching full production use. One of […]

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Air Street Capital closes $232M AI fund as solo VC model challenges traditional venture firms

A single investor just raised one of Europe’s largest AI-focused venture funds—and it’s forcing a rethink of how venture capital works. On Monday, Air Street Capital announced the close of its third fund at $232 million, making it the largest solo […]

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Former U.S. Ambassador Troy Fitrell Joins SAGINT to Lead Global Expansion of Tokenized Critical Minerals and Energy Infrastructure

The former top U.S. official for Africa policy joins SAGINT to scale a platform that turns supply chain compliance into tradeable digital assets across global minerals and energy markets A senior U.S. diplomat who spent three decades at the center […]

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China’s “Sputnik” Moment Escalates with DeepSeek V4, Heats Up The AI Arms Race

China’s DeepSeek recently hinted at a major new release of its model, which could potentially rival top American models while using significantly less computing resources.  The V4 model will focus on multimodal performance, meaning that it can handle not just […]

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Interloom raises $16.5M to give AI agents enterprise memory and automate real-world workflows

AI agents are starting to move into core business operations. There’s just one problem: they don’t remember how work actually gets done. That gap is what Interloom is going after. The Munich, Berlin, and London-based AI startup has raised $16.5 […]

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Elon Musk launches Terafab, a $25 billion Austin chip megafactory to power Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX AI and robotics ambitions

Elon Musk is going all-in on chips. On Saturday night in Austin, Musk unveiled Terafab, a planned $20 billion to $25 billion semiconductor complex that brings together Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI under one roof. The goal is simple and blunt: build […]

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Elon Musk Defrauded Twitter Investors During $44B Acquisition Battle, Jury Concludes

Elon Musk’s long-running battle over his $44 billion takeover of Twitter has taken a new turn—and this time, a jury has weighed in. A federal jury in San Francisco has found that Musk misled Twitter investors during his 2022 attempt to […]

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Super Micro co-founder arrested in $2.5B Nvidia AI chip smuggling case tied to China

Federal prosecutors have charged a co-founder of Super Micro Computer in a case that cuts to the heart of the global AI arms race. The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment accusing Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two […]

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OpenAI to launch desktop super app combining ChatGPT, browser, and Codex app

OpenAI is pulling its products into one place. The company plans to combine its web browser, ChatGPT app, and Codex coding app into a single desktop experience, first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The move points to a clear […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 19, 2025

It’s Thursday, March 19, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds spotlight investor urgency around AI agent infrastructure, privacy-first digital ecosystems, and the physical systems supporting electrification and compute scaling. From coding security […]

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Jeff Bezos in talks to raise $100B AI fund to automate global manufacturing

Jeff Bezos is back—and this time, he’s aiming straight at the factory floor. The Amazon founder is in early discussions to raise a staggering $100 billion for a new AI-focused fund that would acquire manufacturing companies and push them toward […]

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Cybersecurity startup Oasis Security raises $120M from Craft, Sequoia, Accel to tackle AI identity risks

Less than two years after coming out of stealth, Oasis Security is pulling in another massive round—this time as AI agents quietly reshape the rules of cybersecurity. The New York– and Tel Aviv–based cybersecurity startup has raised $120 million in […]

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OpenClaw takes China by storm, sparking a buying frenzy for used Macs

Less than a month since its launch, OpenClaw has exploded in popularity as autonomous AI agents move from hype to real-world power. Now its wave is sweeping across China—driving unexpected demand in the hardware market. Across Beijing, Shenzhen, and beyond, […]

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