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European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraine’s war zones

With a fundraising target of €25 million, Darkstar’s goal is to help startups bring battle-tested products to military customers both in Ukraine and …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why this LA-based VC firm was an early investor in Slate Auto

Slate Auto, which came out of stealth mode earlier this year with a surprising – and surprisingly affordable – customizable electric truck, has raise…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

UAE proptech Huspy raises $59M to scale in Europe

If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

Competitors to Darragh Buckley's Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to "own" a bank, someone has been trying to stop him.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lovable on track to raise $150M at $2B valuation

Lovable released its vibe coder in late November. Within six month, the startup hit $50 million in ARR, CEO Anton Osika said.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Former SpaceX manager alleges harassment, retaliation, and security violations in lawsuit

SpaceX is facing another lawsuit alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

Lucid sold 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a new record for the EV maker. Still, the company must ramp up production of its Gravity SUV to mee…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli quantum startup Qedma just raised $26 million, with IBM joining in

Qedma specializes in error mitigation software. Its main piece of software, QESEM, standing for Quantum Error Suppression and Error Mitigation, analy…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

Genesis AI, which aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with $105M in seed funding.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago