Podcast Episodes

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation; plus, Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act

The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.

Also, Databricks has remade its ima…

3 months, 1 week ago

Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant, plus, AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

Also, travel agency Fora ann…

3 months, 1 week ago

Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’; plus, Lululemon backs nylon recycling startup Syntetica

While everyone in AI is chasing "superintelligence." Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.

Also, S…

3 months, 1 week ago

Rime picks up $24M Series A to help enterprises field customer calls; plus, the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models

Rime is handling over 100 million calls each month across multiple companies

Also, Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forwar…

3 months, 1 week ago

Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation; plus, Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids

The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.

Also, kid-friendly …

3 months, 1 week ago

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ an AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise, plus, Oratomic to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits

Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuf…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round; plus, popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M

AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11 billion valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.

Plus, B…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Venus Aerospace raises $90M Series B to build a new kind of rocket engine; plus, Blue Origin reportedly raising $10B at $130B valuation

Build a new kind of rocket engine, and the world will beat a path to your door.

Also, Blue Origin is raising $10 billion at a $130 billion pre-money …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bidbus pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car; Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom

Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage mobility fund Ibex Investors.…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups; plus, Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation

Station F, the Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel in 2017, is gearing up for a new edition of its selective accelerati…

3 months, 3 weeks ago