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FundingDeepSeek reportedly nears $12 billion funding round backed by Tencent and CATL
DeepSeek is close to securing at least RMB 80 billion ($12 billion) in a new funding round, with Tencent and battery maker CATL…
FundingUS venture deal value reaches record $515.8B as exits fail to keep pace
Giant artificial intelligence rounds have pushed U.S. venture capital deal value about 44% past its previous annual record with a…
Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut
Sources say Firmus is slashing its price and may even shelve initial public offering altogetherGet our breaking news email, free…
FundingMecka Raises $60M Series B to Scale Robot Data and Deployment
Mecka, a company building data infrastructure for robot learning, announced on October 7, 2026, that it has raised a $60 million…
FundingNvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research
Nous Research Inc., the developer of the popular Hermes artificial intelligence agent, today announced that it has raised $90…
Anthropic will be ‘most ridiculous IPO’ of year, analyst says
Anthropic reportedly plans to list on the Nasdaq before Thanksgiving, and one bearish advisory firm suggests that investors sit…
Apollo, banks in talks to finance SpaceX’s $40 billion Nvidia GPU purchase
Since SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO in June, rates have sold off, and yields on its bonds have risen, along with other AI-related…
FundingMicrosoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is a $6,000 powerhouse
Microsoft’s tiny new desktop packs serious AI power for developers, but getting all that performance will require a very serious…
Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users
The developer of Hermes Agent raised a $90 million Series B.
FundingBarb Hyman, Founder and CEO of Sapia.ai – Interview Series
Barb Hyman, Founder and CEO of Sapia.ai is an experienced business leader whose career has spanned law, management consulting,…
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look
The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by…
Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next
The “father of the iPod” says the first generation of AI gadgets failed to solve real problems — and the next wave will need to…
Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
From Nvidia and Chime to Obvious Ventures and Anthropic, explore the entire roundtable agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.…
AI asset valuations pose global risk, but cyber threat biggest concern for central banks: RBI Governor
Elevated valuations of artificial intelligence-related assets pose a downside risk to the global economic outlook, but cyber…
Singapore’s Temasek warns of the ‘biggest risk’ facing markets right now
Unwinding of the artificial intelligence trade poses the biggest risk to markets, according to Singapore state-owned investment…
FundingReflection’s Beam model signals deepening split in global AI market
The U.S. startup holds an advantage in the open-weight market due to its funding and technology relationship with Nvidia.
FundingTelstra Launches Longest Aura Network Route Linking Perth and Sydney
Telstra launched the Perth-Sydney route of its Aura Network on October 7, 2026, the longest route in the operator’s national…
FundingAlgolia Acquires Velou to Strengthen Product Intelligence for AI Shopping
A retailer can have the right product in stock and still lose the sale because its catalog does not describe what the shopper…
FundingVinci reels in $250M for its engineering simulation platform
Vinci4D Inc. today announced that it has closed a $250 million funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation. Advent, Temasek and…
FundingS&P Global Expands ChatIQ AI Across Capital IQ Pro Research Workflows
S&P Global on October 6, 2026 announced the latest updates to S&P Capital IQ Pro, led by an expanded ChatIQ conversational AI…
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by…
FundingThree key insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of the Supermicro Open Storage Summit interview series
AI storage strategy is taking on a larger role as enterprises move from successful experiments to systems that must deliver…
FundingAI Agents Need Security Boundaries They Cannot Rewrite
It’s tempting to read the Hugging Face story as the moment AI agents went rogue. That isn’t quite what happened, and the details…
FundingAnaconda expands beyond Python with agent swarms and AI security testing
Artificial intelligence development firm Anaconda Inc. is enhancing its enterprise AI platform with tools to coordinate groups of…
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