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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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