Ethically trained AI startup Pleias releases new small reasoning models optimized for RAG with built-in citations

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Founders, apply for Startup Battlefield 200

Founders, the battlefield is open. And the bold are stepping forward. Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch…

British startup Isembard lands $9M to reshore manufacturing for critical industries

Geopolitical pressures are accelerating a demand in many countries and regions to reshore — that is,…

Datadog acquires AI-powered observability startup Metaplane

Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Metaplane, an AI-powered…

$42.1 million poured into startup offering energy-efficient solutions for costly and unwieldy operational data and AI workloads

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Exclusive: Kindred Capital backs AI agents startup Cakewalk in $7.5m seed round

AI agents startup Cakewalk has raised a $7.5m seed round led by Kindred Capital and San…

Ex-Meta engineer raises $14M for Lace AI, a revenue generation software startup

As an AI engineer at Meta, Boris Valkov helped build PyTorch, one of the world’s largest…

Crypto scams still targeting startup founders and investors

Secretly recorded footage of a scam in action reveals how phony investors conned a startup and…

Bezos-backed startup designed an EV that can change like a ‘Transformer’

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto has planted multiple concept versions of its EV on the streets of…

Bezos-backed EV startup pitched investors on ‘Transformer’-like customization

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto has planted multiple concept versions of its EV on the streets of…

Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere

Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that…

Trump EPA targets two-man geoengineering startup for ‘polluting the air’

Humans have found it hard to quit fossil fuels, which is why some argue that we’ll…

LatAm startups are winning big in Startup Battlefield

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This AI startup just raised $7.5m to fix commercial insurance for America’s 24m underprotected small businesses

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The clause that could save your startup in a cofounder split

For all sorts of reasons, and in all sorts of ways, some cofounder relationships flounder. One…

Startup funding hit records in Q1. But the outlook for 2025 is still awful.

Startups attracted $91.5 billion in venture capital funding in Q1, according to the latest report from…

Going East: How to take your startup overseas

Startups looking to expand into Asia–Pacific (APAC) markets are drawn to the region’s opportunities, growth potential…

General Catalyst backs AI agents startup Portia AI in seed round

General Catalyst has backed London-based AI agents startup Portia AI in a £4.4 million seed funding…

Battery startup Nyobolt raises $30m after warning it could run out of cash

Battery maker Nyobolt has raised $30m months after warning it could run out of cash if…

Marshmallow, the UK insurance startup for migrants, raises $90M at a $2B+ valuation

U.K. startup Marshmallow has blown up over the years by using innovations in data science to…

Hugging Face acquires French humanoid robot startup Pollen Robotics

Hugging Face, the French-American company that provides open-source tools to develop AI applications, has acquired French…

Inside Ithaca, the Berlusconi heir’s secretive startup investing firm

Milan-based Ithaca Investments doesn’t have a website. The investment firm’s digital footprint is so scarce that…