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Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183 billion valuation, also OpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig

AI firm Anthropic has raised a $13 billion Series F round that brings its post-money valuation up to $183 billion — funds the company says will be used to grow its enterprise adoption, deepen safety …

Published on 1 week ago

Klarna revives IPO plans, aims to raise $1.27B, also India’s Offgrid raises $15M to make lithium optional for battery storage

Swedish buy-now, pay-later startup Klarna and its shareholders are reviving its initial public offering, hoping to raise as much as $1.27 billion in a listing that would value the company at up to $1…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone

Reliance is launching a new subsidiary to drive India's AI ambitions, including a pending partnership with OpenAI.

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Microsoft and Uber alum raises $3M for YC-backed Munify, a neobank for the Egyptian diaspora

Khalid Ashmawy found it hard to send money home while studying in Europe. Now, he’s launched a startup to help other Egyptians with the same problem.

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Maisa AI gets $25M to fix enterprise AI’s 95% failure rate

Maisa AI is built on the premise that enterprise automation requires accountable AI agents, not opaque black boxes.

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No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation, also US manufacturing investment stumbles as clean tech cancellations pile up

Framer, a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users,has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change, also, Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls

Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate-friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions. In other ne…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Terraton wants to be the McDonald’s of biochar, also Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like the real thing

Terraton sees promise in biochar, but the technology has struggled to scale. The startup thinks a franchise model could be what unlocks biochar's potential. Also, Uncaged Innovations is working with …

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Robomart unveils new delivery robot to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats, also

Robomart's RM5 autonomous delivery robot can carry up to 50 pounds and deliver multiple customer orders at once.

Also, OpenAI has started hiring in India as it looks to expand its presence in the fas…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Eyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access and more tech news

Eyebot secured $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk.

Also, Pintarnya raised $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia. The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series …

Published on 2 weeks ago