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Novee, which utilizes proprietary AI models to perform automated penetration testing, emerges from stealth with a $43M Series A and an $8.5M seed (www.axios.com)
2026-1-15 AI

Tel Aviv- and Boston-based IO River, which lets users manage multiple CDN and edge networks, raised a $20M Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era (www.axios.com)
2026-1-15

WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI Insurance

Onebrief, which makes AI-powered military workflow software, raised a $200M Series D, nearly doubling its valuation from $1.1B to $2.1B in about half of a year (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Austin-based webAI, which is building AI models that run locally on devices, raised “high double-digit” millions in a Series A at a $2.5B pre-money valuation (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is establishing a new “top-level” initiative called Meta Compute to build “tens of gigawatts” of AI infrastructure during this decade (www.axios.com)
2026-1-13 AI Zuckerberg

Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg (www.axios.com)
2026-1-13 Republican Zuckerberg

OpenAI and kids safety group Common Sense Media partner to consolidate competing measures for a California ballot initiative meant to protect kids from chatbots (www.axios.com)
2026-1-10 chatbot California

a16z raises over $15B across five new funds, including $6.75B for its fifth growth fund and $3B for unspecified “other venture strategies” (www.axios.com)
2026-1-10

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, which lets users import medical records and other data from health apps into ChatGPT, initially available to a small group (www.axios.com)
2026-1-8

London-based e-commerce logistics platform Swap raised a $100M Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq, after raising a $40M Series B in March 2025 (www.axios.com)
2026-1-8 London Logistics

Internal memo: Meta names CJ Mahoney, former Microsoft legal executive and deputy US Trade Representative during Trump's first term, as its chief legal officer (www.axios.com)
2026-1-7 Trump Microsoft

OpenAI says 40M+ Americans turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, per an analysis of anonymized interactions, seeing it as an “ally” for health care (www.axios.com)
2026-1-5 U.S.

A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets (www.axios.com)
2026-1-4 Trump

Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation (www.axios.com)
2025-12-28 Nvidia

Kargo, which uses cameras and sensors to inspect pallets in a warehouse and provide accurate inventory data, raised a $42M Series B led by Avenir (www.axios.com)
2025-12-23

Sources: Erebor, Palmer Luckey's digital bank, raised $350M led by Lux Capital at a $4.35B post-money valuation; it secured FDIC approval last week (www.axios.com)
2025-12-23

DataLane, which is using AI to build an identity graph to map local businesses across the US, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Amplify Partners (www.axios.com)
2025-12-21 AI

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the RAISE Act into law; the AI safety bill's text was modified earlier to more closely resemble California's SB 53 (www.axios.com)
2025-12-20 AI New York California

Neural Concept, whose 3D product design software uses deep learning to help cut development times, raised a $100M Series C, bringing its total funding to $130M (www.axios.com)
2025-12-20 Deep Learning

Boston-based Neurable, which builds an OS for brain-computer interfaces, raised a $35M Series A led by Spectrum Moonshot Fund, bringing its total raised to $65M (www.axios.com)
2025-12-20

Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20% (www.axios.com)
2025-12-19 Oracle Silver

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr tells a Senate committee the FCC “is not an independent agency”; the agency removed “independent agency” from its site as he testified (www.axios.com)
2025-12-18 Senate

Adaptive Security, which uses AI to simulate social engineering attacks and help companies prevent them, raised an $81M Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures (www.axios.com)
2025-12-17 AI

Event software company Cvent acquires video content platform Goldcast; source: Cvent paid just under $300M to acquire Goldcast, which had raised around $38M (www.axios.com)
2025-12-17

Sequence, which builds AI agents to automate B2B companies' revenue operations, raised a $20M Series A led by 645 Ventures, bringing its total funding to ~$40M (www.axios.com)
2025-12-17 AI

Source: Dragoneer raised $4.3B for its seventh VC fund and now has over $30B in AUM; it raised $3.8B for its sixth private fund in 2022 (www.axios.com)
2025-12-16

Prime Security, which develops AI agents that help with security design during software development, raised a $20M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (www.axios.com)
2025-12-14 AI

Outset, which develops AI agents that help Microsoft and other companies conduct customer research and surveys, raised a $30M Series B led by Radical Ventures (www.axios.com)
2025-12-14 Microsoft AI

Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump (www.axios.com)
2025-12-13 Trump AI Republican Bannon

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