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Stripe reportedly in talks to buy PayPal in potential $60B takeover deal

Stripe may be sizing up one of the biggest fintech deals ever. PayPal shares jumped nearly 7% Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that the privately held payments giant is in early discussions about buying the company in a transaction that could exceed […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 24, 2025

It’s Tuesday, February 24, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight sustained investor appetite for AI infrastructure, enterprise automation, next-gen semiconductors, and emerging space and crypto platforms. As enterprises move from experimentation […]

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Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax of coordinated ‘distillation attack’ on Claude

Anthropic says it has uncovered what it describes as a coordinated effort by three Chinese AI companies to siphon knowledge from its Claude model, escalating tensions between U.S. and Chinese labs at a moment when the race for AI dominance […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 23, 2025

It’s Monday, February 23, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight continued investor momentum behind AI automation, quantum networking, enterprise observability, and vertical software platforms modernizing legacy industries. From financial infrastructure and […]

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Giant raises $8 million to build storytelling platform for kids

Screen time has trained a generation to scroll. Giant wants children to create instead. The AI startup, which builds an interactive storytelling platform centered on young creators, said it has raised an $8 million seed round led by Matrix, Decasonic, […]

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Finland’s quantum computing startup IQM to go public via SPAC at $1.8B valuation

Finland’s push into the quantum spotlight is picking up speed. IQM, the Espoo-based quantum computing startup, said Monday it plans to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Real Asset Acquisition Corp., in a deal that values the company […]

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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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