Startup

Sources: Adam Neumann's real estate startup Flow raised more than $100M from investors including a16z in a round that more than doubles its valuation to ~$2.5B (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-25 Startup

Infinite Reality, a metaverse startup that claims it is valued at $15.5B, faces questions about the legitimacy of its funding, investor identities, and more (www.forbes.com)
2025-4-25 Startup

A look at the collapse of Stenn, an invoice financing startup that got major banks to unwittingly fund millions in suspect payments and was last valued at $900M (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-24 Startup

Several VCs say they fear Trump's tariffs could slow down tech investments, further decelerate the market for IPOs, and put some tech startups out of business (www.wired.com)
2025-4-23 Trump IPO Startup

Space Investor Sees Opportunities in Defense-Related Startups and AI-Driven Systems (science.slashdot.org)
2025-4-21 Startup AI

Famed AI Researcher Launches Controversial Startup to Replace All Human Workers Everywhere (hardware.slashdot.org)
2025-4-21 Startup AI

Sales data: AI evaluation startups have modest revenue; Weights & Biases hit $50M ARR by Dec. 2024, but only 2% of that was from its AI evaluation product Weave (www.theinformation.com)
2025-4-20 Startup AI

API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M (www.axios.com)
2025-4-19 Startup

Former YC President Geoff Ralston launches Safe AI Fund, or SAIF, providing initial funding of $100K with a $10M cap to startups that “enhance AI safety” (techcrunch.com)
2025-4-18 Startup AI

Goodfire, which works on decoding the inner workings of AI models, raised $50M led by Menlo; source: Anthropic invested $1M, its first startup investment (www.theinformation.com)
2025-4-18 Startup AI

In Q1 2025, AI and ML startups raised $73.1B, accounting for 57.9% of global VC funding, with OpenAI's recent round led by SoftBank contributing $40B (pitchbook.com)
2025-4-17 Startup AI

Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders (techcrunch.com)
2025-4-17 India Startup

Infinite Reality, which recently bought Napster, acquires AI customer support startup Touchcast for $500M in cash and stock, valuing Infinite Reality at $15.5B (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-16 Startup AI

Data orchestration startup Hammerspace, which counts Nvidia, Meta, Tesla, Palantir, and the DOD as clients, raised $100M, sources say at a $500M+ valuation (techcrunch.com)
2025-4-16 Startup Tesla Nvidia

Inside San Francisco-based live-in startup accelerator HF0, whose alumni include OpenSea's founders; HF0's latest fund is $100M, up from its previous $16M fund (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-16 Startup San Francisco

Experts say Chinese investors would be wary of backing AI startups building foundation models; PitchBook: in Q1, AI/ML VC funding in China fell 30% YoY to $1.2B (restofworld.org)
2025-4-16 China Startup AI

A look at India's efforts to catch up in the AI race, as the government reviews 67 bids from startups and research labs seeking funding for domestic AI models (www.ft.com)
2025-4-16 India Startup AI

PitchBook: US startups raised $91.5B in Q1 2025, up 116% YoY, while the number of deals fell 25% YoY to 3,003, as more money went into fewer very large rounds (www.theinformation.com)
2025-4-16 Startup

The valuation of Kavak, a Mexico City-based online used car dealer and LATAM's most valuable startup, was cut by $6.5B to $2.2B in a $127M equity round in March (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-16 Mexico Startup Equity

AI safety and security startup Virtue AI raised $30M in seed and Series A funding and says its customers include several frontier labs, Uber, and Glean (www.axios.com)
2025-4-16 Uber Startup AI

UK data-based car insurance startup Marshmallow raised $90M, roughly split 50-50 in equity and debt, at a $2B+ valuation, up from $1.25B in September 2021 (techcrunch.com)
2025-4-15 Startup Insurance Equity

US satellite startup Astranis and Taiwanese telco Chunghwa plan to launch a dedicated MicroGEO satellite by the end of 2025, with full bandwidth as soon as 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-15 Taiwan Startup

Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics says it plans to go public in the US via blank-check company Ares Acquisition Corp II, valuing Kodiak at $2.5B (www.reuters.com)
2025-4-15 Startup Robot

Hugging Face acquires French startup Pollen Robotics, which makes the bug-eyed, two-armed, humanoid robot called Reachy 2, and plans to sell the robot (www.wired.com)
2025-4-15 France Startup Robot

Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the lowest amount since 2020, as several consider moving their headquarters to the US in search of capital (t.co)
2025-4-14 Startup

A look at Bitcoin Commons, a coworking hub in Austin where ex-staffers of companies like Apple are building crypto startups, as Trump rolls back regulations (www.cnbc.com)
2025-4-13 Trump Bitcoin Startup Apple

Asia's startup funding fell 40% YoY to ~$13B in Q1 2025, the lowest funding for a quarter since $12.3B in Q4 2014; AI startup funding fell 50% YoY to just $1.8B (news.crunchbase.com)
2025-4-12 Asia Startup AI 4Q

Autonomous ships could set sail before flying cars lift off: This US startup is bringing robot ships to life (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-12 Startup Robot

Amazon CEO Urges 'Startup' Mentality in Shareholder Letter (slashdot.org)
2025-4-10 Amazon Startup

In his annual shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company has to operate like the “world's largest startup” to stay competitive in AI (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-10 Amazon Startup AI

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