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Nvidia in talks to invest up to $30B in OpenAI at $730B valuation

NVIDIA is weighing a blockbuster move that could deepen its ties with the most closely watched company in artificial intelligence. The chip giant is in discussions to invest as much as $30 billion in OpenAI as part of a funding […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 19, 2025

It’s Thursday, February 19, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight deepening investor conviction in AI-native infrastructure, spatial computing, and vertical SaaS platforms for regulated industries. With capital flowing into chip design, […]

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Frist Cressey Ventures raises $425M for Fund IV, pushes total assets toward $1B to fuel AI healthcare startups

When a former U.S. Senate Majority Leader closes a $425 million venture fund in one of the most scrutinized sectors in America, investors pay attention. Frist Cressey Ventures, co-founded by former Senator Bill Frist, MD, has closed an oversubscribed $425 […]

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Saudi-owned Scopely takes majority stake in Turkey’s Loom Games in $1B deal

Saudi-owned mobile gaming giant Scopely is doubling down on its global expansion strategy with a majority investment in Istanbul-based Loom Games, a deal that values the Turkish studio at more than $1 billion. The transaction turns Loom into Türkiye’s seventh […]

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei refuse to hold hands at India AI Summit as rivalry heats up

A moment meant to signal unity instead spotlighted one of Silicon Valley’s fiercest rivalries. For a brief moment on stage in New Delhi, the state of the AI race was on display. At the India AI Impact Summit in New […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 18, 2025

It’s Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds spotlight intensifying investor focus on spatial AI, fusion energy, AI chip co-design, and fintech infrastructure for workplace savings. As capital continues to […]

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Venice emerges from stealth with $33M to reinvent privileged access management for the AI era

Most major breaches still trace back to a simple failure: someone had access they shouldn’t have had. A stolen credential. An over-permissioned admin account. A machine identity was left open long after a project ended. Security teams have spent decades trying […]

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Humain invests $3B in Elon Musk’s xAI, becomes SpaceX shareholder

Saudi Arabia just wrote one of the biggest AI checks of the year. Humain, the kingdom’s state-backed artificial intelligence company, said Wednesday it invested $3 billion in xAI as part of the company’s Series E round — just before SpaceX moved […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 17, 2025

It’s Tuesday, February 17, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds underscore investor urgency in scaling foundational AI infrastructure, commercial space platforms, and industrial decarbonization systems. As the tech stack reorganizes around AI-native […]

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6: Near-Opus intelligence at lower cost, now default for Pro and Team users

Anthropic is moving fast. Just 12 days after introducing Claude Opus 4.6, its most powerful model, the company is back with another release — and this one may matter more for everyday users. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now live in […]

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Render raises $100M at $1.5B valuation as AI boom fuels cloud infrastructure shift

The AI coding surge is minting new winners in cloud infrastructure — and Render just joined the unicorn club. The San Francisco AI cloud startup said Tuesday it has raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, doubling down on […]

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Certivo raises $4M seed funding to bring AI-native compliance automation to global supply chains

Compliance rarely makes headlines. It sits in shared drives, buried in supplier emails and spreadsheets, surfacing only when something goes wrong. Certivo believes that the model no longer works. The New York–based startup has raised $4 million in seed funding […]

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