Kleiner Perkins and Peak XV back $50M round for voice AI startup Vapi — TFN
Vapi raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Peak XV, bringing total funding to $72 million The…
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E-commerce fintech firm Parker files bankruptcy after raising over $200M — TFN
YC-backed Parker filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on May 7, leaving hundreds of small business customers stranded overnight The company…
Japan medical startups need more than tech to break into US: VC executive
Startups ‘Commitment to success is crucial,’ Kicker Ventures managing partner says SoftBank’s Pepper robot greets patients at a hospital in Tokyo. ©…
Ex-Nvidia architect’s AI coding startup Blitzy raises $200M led by Northzone at $1.4B valuation — TFN
Blitzy, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup that uses AI to autonomously complete large-scale software development projects for major enterprises, has raised…
Nvidia and Atlassian back legal AI startup Legora’s $600M Series D at a $5.6B valuation — TFN
Legora has added $50 million to its Series D round, bringing the total to $600 million and valuing the company…
China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus: report — TFN
China has stopped Meta from buying Manus, an agentic AI startup, for $2 billion and told both sides to cancel…
Coding startup Cognition AI eyes $25B valuation after Windsurf acquisition: report — TFN
Cognition AI is in early discussions to raise funding at a valuation of around $25 billion, which is more than…
OpenAI in talks to fund DeployCo with $1.5B to make AI easier for companies to use: report — TFN
OpenAI is close to forming a $10 billion joint venture with several private equity firms, FT reports. This new venture,…
London’s talent lures OpenAI to the UK. But energy costs keep sovereign AI at bay — TFN
OpenAI is giving the UK mixed signals. Ink had barely dried on its pause during Stargate UK’s data centre project with Nvidia…
BlackRock and JPMorgan back Bezos’ AI lab in a $10B raise at $38B valuation: report — TFN
Jeff Bezos is close to finishing a $10 billion funding round for his AI lab, Project Prometheus, which would value…
Amazon invests another $5 bn in Anthropic
As Amazon invests billions of dollars in Anthropic, the AI startup commits to spending heavily on the tech titan’s AWS…
Amazon invests another $5 bn in Anthropic
As Amazon invests billions of dollars in Anthropic, the AI startup commits to spending heavily on the tech titan’s AWS…
Coral raises $12.5M from Lightspeed and Z47 to automate healthcare admin — TFN
Coral, a New York-based company, has raised $12.5 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed and Z47. The company aims…
Sequoia Capital raises $7B expansion fund to back AI startups — TFN
Sequoia Capital, founded in Menlo Park in 1972 with $56 billion in assets under management, has raised around $7 billion…
CoreWeave secures $6B cloud deal and $1B equity from Jane Street — TFN
Global trading firm Jane Street has agreed to spend around $6 billion on AI cloud services from CoreWeave, while also…
Collide Capital closes $95M fund to back early-stage fintech and supply chain startups — TFN
Collide Capital has closed its oversubscribed $95 million Fund II, bringing its total assets under management to more than $170…
AI marketing startup Profound hits unicorn status with $96M from Lightspeed, Sequoia — TFN
More consumers are using AI tools rather than search engines, creating a challenge for marketing teams. They can’t just track…
Turkish fintech CEO indicted in US on fraud, visa charges – Türkiye News
ISTANBUL A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted a Turkish national who serves as the founder and chief executive of…