AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round TechCrunch By:Dominic-Madori Davis 19 June 2026 at 01:20 Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the βinference gold rush" marches on.
General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation TechCrunch By:Rebecca Bellan 18 June 2026 at 19:20 The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medalβs dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 17 June 2026 at 21:43 World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking TechCrunch By:Ivan Mehta 17 June 2026 at 20:54 Clair Health will track inflammation and bloating markers, energy levels, and cycle phase classification to give insights into cycle irregularities and perimenopause, as well as hormonal fluctuations, and how to navigate those changes.