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Exclusive: Runway launches $10M funExclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early-stage AI startupsd, Builders program to support early-stage AI startups

Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand; Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales

ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time.

Plus, as AI floods software…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation; plus, Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation

In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. A…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Conntour raises $7M to build an AI search engine for security video systems; plus, Lucid Bots raises $20M for its window-washing drones

Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.

Also, Lucid Bots ha…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Seattle's Brinc just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters; Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem

Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.

Also, Arinna bui…

3 weeks ago

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way; plus, Flighty gives you real-time alerts about airport disturbances

Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI; plus, the SEC dropped its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future

Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.

Also, after four years, and multiple subpoenas an…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

AI startups are eating the venture industry and the returns, so far, are good; plus, Delve accused of misleading customers

AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year — a record-high annual share.

Also, an an…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’; K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute

Fervo landed a large new loan with terms that strongly suggest the company's most turbulent days are behind it.

Also, K2's Gravitas is an ambitious p…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first-time creators

Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all wit…

4 weeks ago