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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – April 1, 2025

It’s Wednesday, April 1, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds underscore a sharp shift toward infrastructure powering the AI era—from nuclear-backed energy systems and grid-scale storage to next-gen semiconductors and orbital data […]

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PickMyBrain raises $2.1M to turn experts into AI ‘Digital Brains’ and monetize knowledge at scale

A new wave of AI startups is chasing a simple idea: people don’t want more content, they want better answers. PickMyBrain is betting that the best answers still come from real experts—and it just raised $2.1 million to prove it. […]

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Franklin Templeton to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital in crypto expansion push

Wall Street’s push into crypto just picked up more momentum. Franklin Templeton said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire 250 Digital, a cryptocurrency investment unit spun out of CoinFund, marking its latest step deeper into digital assets. The move lands […]

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Human API launches mobile app to let AI agents hire humans for paid tasks

A new kind of job market is starting to take shape, and it runs on prompts instead of postings. Human API just released a mobile app that lets AI agents assign work directly to people—and pay them for it. The […]

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OpenAI raises record $122B at $852B valuation as IPO buzz intensifies

OpenAI just did something few companies in history have pulled off—and now the pressure is real. The company said Tuesday it has closed a staggering $122 billion funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $852 billion. The raise tops the […]

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Iran threatens attacks on Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Google as war escalates into tech sector

The war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran is no longer confined to military targets. It is now brushing up against the backbone of the global tech industry. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a direct warning to […]

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Aether Holdings Partners With OORT To Create Human-Verified Datasets For Fintech AI

Fintech research and media platform Aether Holdings has teamed up with the decentralized data infrastructure startup OORT to create a new entity to address the chronic shortage of high-quality, verifiable training data for financial AI models. TechStartups has learned that the new […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 31, 2025

It’s Tuesday, March 31, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight a surge in capital flowing into AI infrastructure, autonomous defense systems, fintech rails, and next-generation healthcare. From massive late-stage bets to […]

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REAL partners with RedStone to power data infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets

REAL is making a push to bring more trust into one of crypto’s most talked-about segments: tokenized real-world assets. The blockchain infrastructure firm has partnered with RedStone to power a critical piece of its stack—data. The deal centers on delivering […]

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LAPSUS$ claims massive breach of AI hiring startup Mercor, says 4TB of data taken via Tailscale VPN

A cybercrime group with a track record of hitting some of tech’s biggest names says it has struck again—this time going after one of the fastest-growing companies in the AI talent pipeline. Posts circulating across X and Reddit point to […]

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Oracle layoffs: 30,000 jobs cut in 6 a.m. email blitz as AI spending drains cash

Oracle just pulled off one of the largest layoffs in tech this year—cutting up to 30,000 jobs in a single early-morning email as its massive AI spending spree starts to bite. In a move that stunned employees across multiple continents, […]

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CoreWeave secures $8.5B loan as AI cloud demand surges, months after Nvidia’s $2B bet

The race to build the backbone of artificial intelligence just picked up speed—and CoreWeave is right at the center of it. The company has locked in $8.5 billion in new financing through a delayed-draw term loan facility, giving it fresh […]

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9fin raises $170M at $1.3B valuation to bring AI to $145T global debt markets

Debt markets move trillions every day, yet much of the work still runs on scattered documents, inbox threads, and spreadsheets. That gap has created an opening—and 9fin just raised fresh capital to go after it. The London- and New York-based […]

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Nvidia invests $2B in Marvell to power custom AI chips and expand its AI infrastructure ecosystem

Nvidia just made another decisive move in the race to control the future of AI infrastructure. The chip giant is investing $2 billion in Marvell Technology, tightening its grip on a market that is quickly shifting toward custom-built silicon and […]

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Playnance brings 2.5M+ live sports events on-chain via SOFTSWISS deal, targeting $150B betting market

Playnance is making a bold push into one of the largest entertainment markets on the planet—and it’s doing it on-chain. The Web3 infrastructure company has teamed up with SOFTSWISS Sportsbook to bring more than 2.5 million live sports and esports […]

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Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code source code via a map file in npm registry, revealing hidden “Capybara” models and AI pet

In what feels like the most on-brand slip of the year, Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, accidentally pushed its full Claude Code CLI source into the public npm registry—again. The latest incident, tied to version 2.1.88, left behind a […]

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Autonomous ship startup Saronic raises $1.75B at $9.25B valuation to scale AI-powered naval fleet for U.S. military

As the war between the U.S. and Iran intensifies, the race to modernize naval warfare is accelerating—and one startup is suddenly at the center of it. Saronic, an Austin-based defense tech startup building autonomous surface vessels, has raised $1.75 billion […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 30, 2025

It’s Monday, March 30, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight a clear shift toward infrastructure-first investing, with capital pouring into AI chips, space-based computing, cloud efficiency, and identity security. From orbiting […]

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Blackstone closes $6.3B life sciences fund, the largest ever, signaling big bets on next-gen drugs

Blackstone just closed one of the largest bets ever on the future of medicine. The firm has closed a $6.3 billion life sciences fund, its largest ever, locking in fresh capital at a time when biotech funding has been uneven […]

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Starcloud raises $170M at $1.1B valuation to launch orbital AI data centers, as demand for compute outpaces Earth’s limits

Starcloud has raised a $170 million in Series A funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, hitting unicorn status just 17 months after its Y Combinator demo day. The Redmond-based orbital AI infrastructure startup is moving fast in a race that’s […]

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South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400M at $2.34B valuation to challenge Nvidia in AI inference chips, eyes U.S. expansion

Samsung-backed Rebellions just pulled in $400 million, and it’s not chasing hype. The South Korean AI chip startup is going after a specific piece of the AI stack that’s starting to matter more than training: inference. With a $2.34 billion […]

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Mistral raises $830M in funding to build and scale Nvidia-powered AI data centers in Europe

Europe’s push to loosen its dependence on U.S. tech giants just picked up serious momentum. Mistral AI has secured $830 million in its first-ever debt financing, according to the Financial Times, marking a turning point for one of Europe’s most […]

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FBI Director Kash Patel’s email hacked: Iran-linked Handala hackers claim responsibility, DOJ confirms

A group tied by Western researchers to Iranian cyber units says it broke into the personal email of FBI Director Kash Patel—and U.S. officials say the breach appears real. On Friday, the group calling itself Handala published photos and documents […]

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SoftBank secures $40B loan to double down on OpenAI as AI race heats up

SoftBank Group just made one of its boldest moves in years, locking in a $40 billion bridge loan as it leans harder into artificial intelligence—and into OpenAI at the center of it all. The financing, announced Friday, ranks among the […]

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