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Global venture funding surged in July, reaching an unprecedented $65 billion and marking a 100% year-over-year increase, driven by a record 14 billion-dollar rounds.
Google's legendary chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving the search giant to launch an AI startup focused on scientific discovery, a move poised to ignite a highly competitive venture capital race.
Anthropic’s $10 billion agreement with Volta signals a shift from relying on general-purpose cloud providers toward dedicated, high-performance infrastructure to sustain its scaling requirements.
Kairos, a new platform designed to unify prediction market trading, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding from a16z crypto, signaling continued venture interest in the evolving web3 financial infrastructure.
The impending release of $101 billion in SpaceX shares represents a massive test of public market liquidity and a critical moment of reckoning for late-stage venture backers.
Sequoia Capital is leading a $1 billion investment in Valar Atomics at a $6 billion valuation, underscoring how the massive energy requirements of AI are forcing top-tier venture firms into capital-intensive infrastructure plays.
SpaceX’s inaugural quarterly report as a public company sets a new benchmark for capital-intensive ventures, beating revenue estimates and testing the market's appetite for long-horizon space infrastructure.
India is moving to introduce a business model for its widely adopted Unified Payments Interface, shifting from a zero-fee structure and potentially reshaping the economics for fintechs in the massive market.
As US power grids strain under the weight of artificial intelligence data centers, utilities are forcing developers to secure massive bank guarantees, shifting the financial risk of the compute boom back to Wall Street.
With a massive $1.7 billion round, Travis Kalanick's physical AI startup Atoms secures backing from a16z and his former company Uber, signaling a major bet on industrial automation.
Menlo Ventures is channeling its new $3 billion capital pool predominantly into artificial intelligence, signaling a strategic pivot towards larger, more concentrated investments in the sector. This move reflects a broader industry trend where established firms are doubling down
Railway, a San Francisco-based cloud platform, has closed a $100 million Series B round to scale its AI-native infrastructure, positioning itself as a direct competitor to established hyperscalers like AWS.
African payments infrastructure firm Flutterwave maintains a $3.2 billion valuation, signaling resilience as it integrates Ripple's blockchain technology for cross-border settlement.
SpaceX's venture backers are seeking direct answers from Elon Musk regarding the speculative merger with Tesla, a move that could profoundly reshape their investment liquidation pathways and the private company's valuation.
Mariana Minerals has secured a $1.5 billion valuation in a funding round backed by Khosla Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, signaling a major venture capital push into the physical supply chains powering the artificial intelligence boom.
AI deployment startup June has emerged from stealth with a massive $20 million pre-seed round backed by Marc Benioff, highlighting intense investor appetite for enterprise integration tools.
Major AI developers and their financial backers are lobbying Washington with divergent visions for AI regulation, setting the stage for a policy battle that will shape market access and investment opportunities in the sector.
As global venture capitalists search for yields in India's zero-fee digital payments ecosystem, NPCI chief Dilip Asbe suggests AI and new commercial frameworks could unlock profitability.
Indian quick-commerce firm Zepto has turned to private investors for capital after delaying its initial public offering, unable to secure its target valuation in public markets.
A classic $2 million seed round is no longer the default. New data shows early-stage venture capital is clustering into $5 million to $10 million 'mega-seeds' for deep tech, space, and biotech.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is showing fresh signs of a public market debut within two to three years, setting the stage for a significant liquidity event in the capital-intensive fusion energy sector.
A new academic study reveals how the venture capital model's pressure for hyper-growth and lax due diligence structurally incentivize founder fraud.
Apple CEO Tim Cook indicated that advanced Siri AI capabilities could become a paid feature, potentially bundled with iCloud+ subscriptions. This move signals a significant shift in how major platforms might monetize AI compute directly to consumers, impacting future AI service v
Fintech brokerage Clear Street is debuting a secondary trading platform starting with Databricks, highlighting the growing institutionalization of pre-IPO liquidity.