YC-backed Bujeti launches AI “teammates” to take manual work off African finance teams – Disrupt Africa
Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has made Brain, an agentic AI platform for finance teams, publicly available following a two-week private…
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In 2015, Joe Montana put $100,000 into coding start-up GitLab; 6 years later, it went public at about $11 billion valuation
Joe Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl wins. In 2015, he made a very different kind…
Funding Alert: Tech Startups That Raked in Moolah This Month
The Tech Panda takes a look at recent funding events in the tech ecosystem, seeking to know where the cash…
AI coding startup ByteAsk raises $1 million from YC, Entrepreneur First – The Economic Times
AI coding startup ByteAsk has raised $1 million in a round led by Y Combinator and Entrepreneur First, with participation…
Y Combinator insurance tech alum Angle Health hits $2.7B valuation | TechCrunch
These days, it’s rare to hear of a startup founded in 2019, or one not focused on AI agents, raising…
After a Family Health Crisis, Bill Ackman Takes a Startup Approach to Brain Research
Bill Ackman is putting $400 million into a new New York brain research institute. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty…
The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs | TechCrunch
Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings…
Mundo announces $24 million USD to help tackle AI’s “next frontier” | BetaKit
US investors back startup’s plan to provide the data and tools for understanding sensory information. Vancouver-based Mundo AI has…
London’s HITAI acquires YC-backed fitness gaming studio Quell to boost its sports motion-tracking platform | EU-Startups
HITAI, a London-based movement intelligence platform for sports, has acquired the technology and IP of Quell, a UK-based fitness gaming…
Convictional to shut down, return investor money, after AI-era pivot falls short | BetaKit
Former B2B e-commerce startup says it couldn’t find enough customers for its Slack alternative. Kitchener-Waterloo-based technology company Convictional is…
AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year | TechCrunch
As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code.…
Y Combinator turned a sports arena into AI’s biggest pep rally
The CEOs walked out of the light-up tunnel like they were preparing to wrestle. A cameraman walked ahead of them,…
Kitematic founders nab $65 million USD to help devs run open-source AI locally with Ollama
The open-source AI developer tool has grown to nearly nine million users. Canadian-founded, Palo Alto-based software startup Ollama has…
Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices | TechCrunch
Unlike AI gadgets like Rabbit or Humane, companies building dedicated gadgets for recording and transcribing meetings have actually seen some…
AI HR startup secures $60 million to challenge legacy HCM software
Warp, an AI-native human resources technology startup, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total…
AI HR startup secures $60 million to challenge legacy HCM software
Warp, an AI-native human resources technology startup, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total…
Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product | TechCrunch
Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup Corgi became embroiled in yet another controversy earlier this week when Papermark, maker of open…
US FinTech deal activity grew 33% YoY in Q1 2026 driven by surge in deals under $100m
Key US FinTech investment stats in Q1 2026: US FinTech deal activity grew 33% YoY Deals under $100m surged 29%…