Podcast Episodes

Hauler Hero collects $16M for its AI waste management software

Hauler Hero has seen its customer base, revenue, and head count double since the company raised its seed round in 2024.

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Anthropic closes in on $20B round; plus, Harvey reportedly raising at $11B valuation just months after it hit $8B

Anthropic raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but intense competition between frontier labs and the ongoing cost of compute ha…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Gather AI, maker of ‘curious’ warehouse drones, lands $40M led by Keith Block’s firm

Gather AI has closed funding from former Salesforce CEO's firm Smith Point Capital. Its warehouse AI system doesn't just scan. It seeks out specific …

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.

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3 weeks ago

Fundamental raises a Series A with a new take on big data analysis; plus, Stripe alumni raised a Series A for Duna

Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by en…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Peak XV says internal disagreement led to partner exits as it doubles down on AI

Peak XV says internal disagreement led to partner exits as it doubles down on AI

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips; plus, Apeiron Labs gets $29M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots

The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Gradient’s heat pumps get new smarts to enable old-building retrofits

Gradient's heat pumps fit in windows, minimizing installation times. Now, it is introducing software to make those units more intelligent.

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps

Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants

Carbon Robotics' Large Plant Model will allow farmers to kill new types of weeds without having to retrain the machines.

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3 weeks, 3 days ago