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FundingRune Raises $40M to Turn Stranded Solar Power Into AI Compute
Rune has raised $40 million in Series A funding as the energy infrastructure startup looks to address one of artificial…
FundingRethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI
This article is brought to you by VicOne.Robot safety has traditionally asked: Can a machine remain safe when something goes…
OpenAI investors have approached the company about a new funding round
OpenAI is gearing up for what is widely expected to be a blockbuster IPO next year, after it confidentially filed its prospectus…
FundingHang Ten Systems Closes Second $53M Seed Round Led by Temasek-Backed Xora
Hang Ten Systems, the enterprise AI services company co-founded by former Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka, announced on…
FundingFactory raises $200M for its self-improving software development platform
Factory, a startup using artificial intelligence agents to speed up software projects, today announced that it has raised $200…
FundingAI agent certification startup AIUC raises $40M to begin auditing frontier models
Artificial intelligence agent certification startup Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company today announced it has raised…
FundingProfound raises $180M to boost brands’ visibility in AI services
Marketing technology startup Profound today announced that it has raised $180 million in funding at a $1.8 billion valuation.…
FundingG5 Labs Emerges From Stealth With $14M to Make Natural Language the New Source Code
G5 Labs, an MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) spinout, has emerged from stealth with $14…
FundingProfound Lands $180M In Series D Funding, Reaching $1.8B Valuation
Profound announced on September 15, 2026, that it has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, co-led by…
AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round
Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million…
BMO Invests in Radical Ventures’ Breakouts Fund to Help Scale Next Generation of AI Talent and Drive Economic Growth
BMO is supporting innovative artificial intelligence companies on a path to becoming the next generation of global technology…
FundingRadical Ventures Secures Over US$1B at First Close of Late-Stage AI Fund
Radical Ventures announced on September 15, 2026 the first close of the Radical Breakouts Fund, a new late-stage strategy that…
FundingStartup Evvy raises $40M to accelerate precision diagnostics and medicine for women’s health
Evvy, an artificial intelligence startup that’s looking to enhance women’s healthcare, said today it has closed on $40 million in…
FundingStartup Keewano launches agent-focused database and pulls in $12M in funding
Database startup Keewano today launched KeewanoDB, an event-oriented database designed to give artificial intelligence agents…
Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents
Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit…
FundingWhat Is Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)?
Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards trains a model from outcomes that can be checked automatically, such as a correct…
FundingChina issues first AI-plus-brain-computer interface medical-device standard
China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved YY/T 2029–2026, a medical-device industry standard covering EEG…
FundingNuance Labs bags $50M in funding to fix the awkwardness of AI avatars
Nuance Labs, a Seattle-based startup that’s trying to make artificial intelligence models better at face-to-face conversations,…
FundingProcurement automation startup Aron launches with $8M in funding
Aron Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to ease the work of procurement teams, launched today with $8 million in…
Samsung backs Nvidia AI chip rival in $230 million funding round as GPU alternatives boom
Dutch startup Euclyd raised the funding in a round co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the Scaleup Europe Fund and…
FundingTrump “not happy” with Google’s Finland AI plan, urges tech giant to “rethink”
US President Donald Trump urged Google to rethink its USD 15 billion AI investment in Finland, criticising domestic permitting…
FundingEx-Apple Researchers’ Nuance Labs Lands $50M Series A Backed by Nvidia
Nuance Labs, a Seattle AI research lab founded by former Apple PhD researchers, announced a $50 million Series A on September 14,…
FundingSimon Edwards, CEO and Founder of SE Labs – Interview Series
Simon Edwards, CEO and Founder of SE Labs, is a cybersecurity testing expert with more than three decades of experience spanning…
FundingChina Foreign Ministry Rebukes Amodei Essay as ‘Fear-Mongering’
China’s Foreign Ministry on September 14, 2026 rejected weekend calls by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other US technology…
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