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Intel agrees to acquire Tel Aviv-based quantum computing startup Classiq; Classiq has raised more than $200M in funding and has about 130 employees (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it?

This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding

Brazil's Big bank Itau agrees to buy AI startup NeoSpace for $589M

Former DOGE Staffers’ New Startup Claims It Hacked Anthropic

Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws critcism

California startups have raised a record $385B across seed to growth rounds so far in 2026, or 75%+ of all US startup funding; early and seed stage raised ~$62B (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)

Cathedral, a months-old cybersecurity startup founded by ex-DOGE staffers, says it breached Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours using AI agents (Washington Post)

A profile of former Google VP and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, whose startup Dazzle is building an AI assistant to help non-tech enthusiasts with mundane tasks (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

India's chip design startups near production with government support, but low volumes, high fab costs, and supply chain bottlenecks hinder commercialization (Ananta Agarwal/Nikkei Asia)

High-frequency trading firms such as Jane Street are investing in AI and chip startups and neoclouds, and building data centers to gain an edge in the AI era (Bloomberg)

OpenAI backs Korean startups with model masters program in Seoul - CHOSUNBIZ - Chosunbiz

Mistral turns itself into a full AI stack to take on OpenAI and Google - Startup Fortune

The curious case of Nebius, publicly traded AI infrastructure 'startup' (2024)

How much?? Chinese startup unveils copper-colored AI Max+ PRO 495 workstation with 192GB RAM selling for a cool $6,800 — TOPC TXA2 can take 4 SSDs and drives 4 8K monitors

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it - TechCrunch

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

Stolen AI Architecture integrated into healthcare startup and defense contractor

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers

A new startup wants to fix the military’s working-dog shortage with cloning and gene editing

Plucky Chinese startup claims to beat Nvidia DGX Spark, Mac Mini on Qwen — says its '256 TOPS beats 1000 TOPS in prefill', running 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC on 40w

Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels

Startup equips genetically enhanced dogs with Palmer Luckey’s military tech

A startup called Warhound is genetically engineering dogs for the military

Palmer Luckey Made a Genetically Modified Military Dog Startup

a16z rebrands a16z Crypto as a16z Frontier and expands the fund's scope to back startups developing AI, robotics, and other emerging technologies (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)

Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions

The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say

Sources: Datadog offered to buy Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Upwind Security for ~$4B; Upwind is finalizing a $300M funding round at a ~$3.8B valuation (The Information)

Exclusive: Physical AI Startup Tractian Becomes a Unicorn

Datadog Offered to Buy Security Startup ‘Upwind’ For Nearly $4 Billion

In the Bay Area’s Hot Real Estate Market, an AI Startup Claims An Edge

Business discoverability in the new world of AI commerce is still in its early stages. One startup thinks it has an answer.…

Exclusive: Physical AI Startup Tractian Becomes a Unicorn

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts.…

Ex-OpenAI science head launches startup with $215 million - Bloomberg News - TradingView

Ex-OpenAI Science Head Kevin Weil Launches Startup With $215 Million - Bloomberg.com

Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants

EuroHPC AI Factories: free supercomputing access for EU AI startups – calls open

Pressure to back promising AI startups is upending the VC investment process, with investors willing to buy into the same round at rapidly escalating valuations (Bloomberg)

The $15B 'viral' AI startup changing how American doctors treat patients

Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation

The $15 billion ad-powered AI startup your doctor may already be using

This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Its Latest Model Is Scary Good

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith hits $1B valuation

Stockholm-based legal AI startup Legora raised a $550M Series E at an $8.8B post-money valuation, up from $5.55B after raising a $550M Series D in March (Rosie Harris-Davison/City A.M.)

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith raised a $66M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation, up from $550M after raising a $45M Series B in August (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

Coherence Neuro, which is developing AI models and brain implants to help combat brain tumors, raised a $45M seed from the OpenAI Startup Fund and Founders Fund (Emily Mullin/Wired)

How AI Startups Compete With OpenAI, Google And Workday - Forbes

OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer - WIRED

OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer

OpenAI says its own AI agents weakened the system built to flag misbehavior - Startup Fortune

OpenAI Acquires Biotech Startup as AI Race Expands Into Drug Development - TodayPress.tv

Pigment, a French startup that makes AI-powered software to help businesses forecast finances, spin up slide decks, and more, raised $250M at a $2.3B valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business - TechCrunch

OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business

OpenAI Buys AI Biotech Startup To Help Scientists Develop Drugs Faster - Benzinga

ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4 Turbo to chase OpenAI in voice agents - Startup Fortune

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Startup Launches Financing Platform for Neoclouds, Others Seeking Funds for GPUs