Phantom Neuro grabs $19M to help amputees put their phantom limbs to use

The science fiction trope of humans superpowered by computer and bionic implants is fast becoming a…

Fusion power has a fuel problem; Hexium has a laser-powered solution

Fusion startups have a tough row to hoe. Their mission? To create a new kind of…

Former Tesla supply chain leaders create Atomic, an AI inventory solution

Tesla famously struggled to scale up production of the Model 3 sedan in 2018 — so…

Here’s how Pacific Fusion plans to build a fusion power plant

Pacific Fusion made a splash in October when it emerged from stealth with a $900 million…

Deel’s CEO is now in Dubai, complicating Rippling’s lawsuit

Rippling’s efforts to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz have been significantly complicated by the fact that…

Conifer locks down $20M seed round for its ‘drop-in’ electric hub motor

A handful of engineers who worked at Lucid Motors and on Apple’s electric car project have…

Exclusive: ElevenLabs, OpenAI and DeepMind angels back startup that makes films with AI

Wonder, a London-based creative studio that uses AI to make films for entertainment and advertising, has…

Why Nest co-founder Matt Rogers is still bullish on HVAC

Back in 2010, when Matt Rogers founded Nest with Tony Fadell, home heating and cooling wasn’t…

Inventex founder, an engineer for Coinbase at 14, wants to revolutionize patent applications

Daniel Ruskin started his career when he was a mere 14 years old as an engineer…

Artisan, the ‘stop hiring humans’ AI agent startup, raises $25M — and is still hiring humans 

It’s been a tough but exciting year for 23-year-old Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of AI…

Tired of doing laundry? These startups want to help.

Doing laundry can be a chore. It takes time and is tedious. Few of us like…

XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power

Plenty of materials — from sulfur and sodium to manganese and organic molecules — have tried…

Los Angeles-based Rain raised a $75M Series B in another good sign for fintech

Rain, a startup offering an employer-integrated earned wage access (EWA) app coupled with financial-wellness features like…

Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund

Ballistic Ventures, the VC firm co-founded by Ted Schlein (known for his years at Kleiner Perkins),…

Thatch raises $40M to give employees more control of their health care choices

Thatch, a startup that aims to transform the health insurance experience for employers and employees alike,…

Khosla’s Keith Rabois leads $11.5M Series A for startup Roam, calls it ‘the future of the housing market’

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mortgage interest rates dropped to historic lows — as low as 2.5%.…

Actively AI raises $22.5M to offer sales ‘superintelligence,’ says AI SDRs failed

AI sales rep startups are a very crowded market these days. If you’re driving into San…

Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate

Sometimes, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup,…

If you can make this AI bot fall in love, you could win thousands of dollars

Ever wondered if you could get an AI bot to fall in love with you? Now…

Gridware’s boxes literally listen to power lines to find outages

Tim Barat loved being a lineman at an electric company in Australia, where he grew up,…

Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion

Seattle-based Temporal has made its name over the last several years in the world of microservices…

Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections

A number of startups are racing to make vehicle inspections faster, easier, and cheaper. Self Inspection,…