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OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil LLM-Optimized Inference Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first Intelligence Processor: an accelerator architected around OpenAI’s vision for the future of LLM inference, and the first AI accelerator in a multi-generation compute platform the companies are building together to make advanced AI faster, more reliable, and more accessible to more people. Building the AI Stack In-House. OpenAI has taken delivery of its first custom AI chip, Jalapeño, from partners Broad
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest.) 1) Blueshoe: Founded by Casey O'Grady and Kai Yee Wan, Blueshoe is a full-stack law firm that helps people with everything from everyday legal issues to high-stakes litigation and trial. Know More At: blueshoe.com 2) Amika: Founded by Dylan Mikus and Jakub Cichon, Amika is an infrastructure to build your software factory. Know More At: amika.dev 3) Outpain
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest.) 1) CloudCruise: Founded by Adrian Ziegler and Felix Martin Eckert, CloudCruise is the developer platform for fast and reliable browser agents. Know More At: cloudcruise.com 2) Uplift AI: Founded by Hammad Malik and Zaid Qureshi, Uplift AI is building foundational Voice Models for regional languages. Know More At: upliftai.org 3) Linzumi: Founded by Sean Gr
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Y Combinator Launches of the Week
(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest.) 1) No Logo: Founded by Lev Glushkovskii and Dylan McFarland, No Logo is building the orchestration layer for creating viral consumer products. Know More At: nologo.com 2) Thomas: Founded by Human Thomas, Thomas is the first YC-backed AI founder: a virtual human who starts, runs, and grows his own companies on the internet. Know More At: madebythomas.ai 3)
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Mutiny Launches the Agent that Takes an Account from Cold to Closed
Mutiny, your AI agent for creating anything customer-facing, led by Nikhil Mathew and Jaleh Rezaei, has launched one agent that takes an account from cold to closed, running 3 important functions: accessing all your data and tools to automate workflows, creating breakthrough buying experiences that track engagement, and working out of the box for any rep, not just the AI experts. Product Vision. The company is building an AI-native platform that enables go-to-market teams to
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Mirendil Announces its Formal Launch with $200M in Seed Round
Mirendil, an AI research lab building self-accelerating systems that turn compute into scientific and engineering breakthroughs, led by Behnam Neyshabur, Harsh Mehta, Shayan Salehian, and Tara Rezaei, has announced its launch with $200 million seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, followed by an investment from NVIDIA, among others. Mirendil is building frontier AI systems designed to accelerate AI research and development through increasingly autonomou
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Mutiny Launches the Agent that Takes an Account from Cold to Closed
Mutiny, your AI agent for creating anything customer-facing, led by Nikhil Mathew and Jaleh Rezaei, has launched one agent that takes an account from cold to closed, running 3 important functions: accessing all your data and tools to automate workflows, creating breakthrough buying experiences that track engagement, and working out of the box for any rep, not just the AI experts. Product Vision. The company is building an AI-native platform that enables go-to-market teams to
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Mutiny Launches the Agent that Takes an Account from Cold to Closed
Mutiny, your AI agent for creating anything customer-facing, led by Nikhil Mathew and Jaleh Rezaei, has launched one agent that takes an account from cold to closed, running 3 important functions: accessing all your data and tools to automate workflows, creating breakthrough buying experiences that track engagement, and working out of the box for any rep, not just the AI experts. Product Vision. The company is building an AI-native platform that enables go-to-market teams to
Mirendil Announces its Formal Launch with $200M in Seed Round
Mirendil, an AI research lab building self-accelerating systems that turn compute into scientific and engineering breakthroughs, led by Behnam Neyshabur, Harsh Mehta, Shayan Salehian, and Tara Rezaei, has announced its launch with $200 million seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, followed by an investment from NVIDIA, among others. Mirendil is building frontier AI systems designed to accelerate AI research and development through increasingly autonomou
Sazabi Announces its Seed Round and Open Beta.
Sazabi, the AI-native observability platform for fast-moving engineering teams, led by Sherwood Callaway, has announced its $8 million seed round led by J2 Ventures, Village Global, and Y Combinator, with participation from Orange Collective and more than 60 angel investors from leading AI, developer tools, and infrastructure companies. Open Beta Launch. Alongside the funding announcement, Sazabi has launched its open beta, giving engineering teams immediate access to the pla
Patronus AI is Simulating the Entire World’s Intelligence and Unveiling its First Digital World Model for AI Agent Training and Simulation
Patronus AI, developing simulation research and infrastructure to accelerate progress toward human-aligned AGI, led by Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian, has announced its $50M Series B led by Greenfield Partners, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Datadog, Samsung, Gokul Rajaram, Factorial Capital, and a cohort of AI leaders across the labs and neolabs. The company is also releasing a preview of the first Digital World Model. Background. Sin
HealthLeap Partners with Houston Methodist for Systemwide Deployment of AI Nutrition Risk Platform
HealthLeap, a leading AI clinical screening startup, led by Josiah Meyer and Jemima Meyer, RD(SA), announced it has launched its AI-driven clinical screening platform across Houston Methodist’s system to help address this issue earlier and more consistently among at-risk inpatients. HealthLeap is the first and only validated AI-powered malnutrition screening tool with an EHR-integrated screening layer for hospitals. Developed by clinicians for clinicians, the platform continu
OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil LLM-Optimized Inference Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first Intelligence Processor: an accelerator architected around OpenAI’s vision for the future of LLM inference, and the first AI accelerator in a multi-generation compute platform the companies are building together to make advanced AI faster, more reliable, and more accessible to more people. Building the AI Stack In-House. OpenAI has taken delivery of its first custom AI chip, Jalapeño, from partners Broad
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How Taktile is Powering the Agentic Financial Institutions of the Future
Taktile, the agentic decision platform for financial institutions, led by Maik Taro Wehmeyer and Maximilian Eber, has announced its $110M Series C fundraise, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The Opportunity. Financial services are undergoing one of the most significant technological transformations in their history. Recent advances in AI have pushed model capabilities to a point where many of the decisions that drive banking and insurance operations can now
How Taktile is Powering the Agentic Financial Institutions of the Future
Taktile, the agentic decision platform for financial institutions, led by Maik Taro Wehmeyer and Maximilian Eber, has announced its $110M Series C fundraise, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The Opportunity. Financial services are undergoing one of the most significant technological transformations in their history. Recent advances in AI have pushed model capabilities to a point where many of the decisions that drive banking and insurance operations can now
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Causa Prima Exits Stealth with $10 Million to Build the First Agent-to-Agent AI Network for B2B Finance
Causa Prima, the agent-to-agent network for finance teams, led by Maex Ament, Henrik Gebbing, and Philip Stanislaus, has raised a $10M pre-seed round led by Creandum, with participation from Kfund and HelloWorld, Angel Invest, alongside angel investors from Qonto, Pennylane, SAP, ING, SoFi, LIDL, and DeepMind. On its network, the approvals, disputes, and payment terms that used to bounce between humans and inboxes are handled between AI agents. Building the Financial Network
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Waniwani Raises $8M Seed Round
Waniwani, the leading revenue and compliance infrastructure for the agentic distribution of financial services, led by Maxime Antoine, Robin Diligent, Raphaël Vullierme, and Luiza Gusmao, has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Seedcamp, with participation from Redstone, Plug & Play, Zone II Ventures, OPRTRs Club, and Kima Ventures alongside a group of prominent angel investors. Waniwani has already become the infrastructure of choice for global financial institutions na
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How Capsa AI is Building the AI Operating System for Private Capital
Capsa AI, building the AI intelligence layer private capital has been waiting for, led by Danyal Özdüzenciler and Callum Downie, has announced its $18M Series A, co-led by TX Ventures and Pivot Investment Partners, with participation from Bek Ventures and continued support from Outward VC, Antler, and Cornerstone VC, alongside angel investors, including Paul Forster, co-founder of Indeed. Building Institutional Intelligence For Private Capital. Capsa was founded to solve a
Jun 12
Gradient Labs Raises $26 Million to Build Specialist AI Agents for Finance
Gradient Labs, building AI for customer operations in finance, led by Dimitri Masin, Danai Antoniou, and 🚀 Neal Lathia, has announced an increased Series A of $26 million, led by new investors Octopus Ventures and CommerzVentures, with follow-on backing from Redpoint Ventures and Exceptional Capital. This funding will help build the foundation for autonomous banking that drastically improves the experience of bank operators and the customers they serve. Reimagining How Banks
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Corgi Reaches $2.6B Valuation With $106M Series B1 Three Weeks After $160M Unicorn Round
Corgi, business insurance at the speed of compute, led by Nico Laqua, Emily Yuan, and the team, has raised a $106 million Series B1 round, led by TCV with participation from Prime Capital, Zone 2 Ventures, Oliver Jung, Leblon Capital, Kindred Ventures, Quadri Ventures, First Order Fund, Vocal Ventures, Nordstar, GSBackers, Repeat Ventures, 8188 Capital, and other strategic investors. The new funding round values Corgi at $2.6 billion and will support the expansion of its ful
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Venture Capital
Menlo Ventures Turns 50 and Announces $3B in Fresh Capital
Menlo Ventures, an early-stage VC firm, marked its 50th anniversary and announced $3 billion in new capital, the largest raise in Menlo’s history, to back the next generation of AI leaders, from infrastructure and frontier models to AI-native applications across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets. Two Funds to Go All In on AI. Menlo Ventures XVII focuses on Seed and Series A investments, backing founders at the earliest stages as they develop breakthrough technologi
Menlo Ventures Turns 50 and Announces $3B in Fresh Capital
Menlo Ventures, an early-stage VC firm, marked its 50th anniversary and announced $3 billion in new capital, the largest raise in Menlo’s history, to back the next generation of AI leaders, from infrastructure and frontier models to AI-native applications across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets. Two Funds to Go All In on AI. Menlo Ventures XVII focuses on Seed and Series A investments, backing founders at the earliest stages as they develop breakthrough technologi
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Seedcamp Announces $320 Million in New Funds
Seedcamp, partnering with Europe’s most exceptional tech founders from day one, led by Reshma Sohoni, Carlos Eduardo Espinal, and the team, has announced $320 million in new funds. Seedcamp was the first believer in Revolut, Wise, UiPath, Synthesia, and Fluidstack, back when those category-defining companies were just ideas. It has backed teams like BioOrbit, Sunrise Robotics, and Dust, building where software meets science and the physical world. Across every technology cycl
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Pitchdrive Closes Oversubscribed €60 Million Fund IV to Back Europe's AI-Native Founders
Pitchdrive, backing the boldest founders and build alongside them from day one, led by Boris Bogaert, Koen Christiaens, Wim Derkinderen, Jonas Dhaenens, Lorenz Bogaert, and the team, has announced the closing of its fourth fund at €60 million, strengthening its commitment to the Co-founder Capital model. Fund IV is fully privately backed, with no government or institutional money, unusual for a European fund of this size. Strong Investor Demand. The fund attracted significant
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Gigascale Capital is Backing Founders Rebuilding the Physical Economy with a New $250 Million Fund
Gigascale Capital, backing early-stage companies rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact, led by Mike Schroepfer and the team, has announced Gigascale Capital Fund I, a $250 million fund to back founders rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact. Climate Impact Starts in the Physical Economy. Most global emissions originate from the physical economy, the energy systems, factories, supply chains, and infrastructure that produce, transport, and consume energ
Jun 2
Convective Announces $85 Million Fund II for Disaster Resilience
Convective, investing in systems that keep the world running, led by Bill Clerico, Kat Mañalac, Mike Trapanese, Jay Ribakove, and Amy Brown, has announced $85 Million Fund II for Disaster Resilience. Fund II investments so far span supply chain, manufacturing, forestry, design, and grid resilience and include companies like Drafted, Edge, The Lumber Manufactory, and Voltair, and is backed by LPs like the Arbor Day Foundation, John & Patrick Collison, Pathstone, StepStone Grou
May 22
A* Announces Fund III
A*, guiding outliers from idea to IPO, led by Kevin Hartz, Bennett Siegel, Gautam Gupta, and the team, has announced A* III, a $450 million early-stage fund. A* was founded on a simple idea: becoming a founder’s first believer. Sector-agnostic but deeply specialized in seed investing, A* backs exceptional builders before consensus, traction, or even a product exists. The focus is driven not by market theses, but by conviction. As seed investing becomes increasingly crowded an
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Deep Tech
ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million
ElevationSpace, creating a new path back from space to earth, led by Ryohei Kobayashi and the team, has raised a total of US $40 million in its Series B round through a third-party allotment of shares. Through the largest funding round in the company’s history, the close of the funding round brings the total amount raised since its founding to US $63.5 million, demonstrating the growing attention and confidence in the space transportation and low-Earth orbit (LEO) utilization
ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million
ElevationSpace, creating a new path back from space to earth, led by Ryohei Kobayashi and the team, has raised a total of US $40 million in its Series B round through a third-party allotment of shares. Through the largest funding round in the company’s history, the close of the funding round brings the total amount raised since its founding to US $63.5 million, demonstrating the growing attention and confidence in the space transportation and low-Earth orbit (LEO) utilization
OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil LLM-Optimized Inference Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first Intelligence Processor: an accelerator architected around OpenAI’s vision for the future of LLM inference, and the first AI accelerator in a multi-generation compute platform the companies are building together to make advanced AI faster, more reliable, and more accessible to more people. Building the AI Stack In-House. OpenAI has taken delivery of its first custom AI chip, Jalapeño, from partners Broad
STARK Raises €500 Million for Defence Production and R&D
STARK, delivering the defence systems that Europe and NATO need now, led by Uwe Horstmann and the team, has announced a €500 million financing round to accelerate defence research, development, and manufacturing across Europe. The financing brings together investors from across the defence, technology, and institutional finance sectors, including Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, the NATO Innovation Fund, Project A, Air Street Capital, 201 Ventures, Advent, and Döpfner Capital.
Northwood Space Introduces High-Throughput Infrastructure for Modern Space Missions - Prism
Northwood Space, taking space missions further faster, led by Bridgit Mendler, Griffin Cleverly, Shaurya Luthra, and the team, has introduced high-throughput infrastructure for modern space missions - Prism. Expanding Space Data Infrastructure. Space communications infrastructure was built for an era when satellite traffic was limited, mission requirements were narrow, and data volumes were relatively small. Today's space economy operates under very different conditions. Grow
Sophia Space Pairs with Apex for Orbital Computing Demo, Announces $22 Million in Total Funding
Sophia Space, building orbital compute and data centers, led by Rob DeMillo, Dr. Leon Alkalai, Brian Monnin, and Jim Chase, announced a strategic collaboration with satellite bus manufacturer Apex, while finalizing the closing of a $7 million financing round, bringing its total funding to $22 million, in a pair of moves designed to carry orbital edge computing from concept to operational reality. The round was led by EverGreen, the NVIDIA Alumni Investment Network, alongside
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NeuralTrust Raises $20 Million to Secure the Growing Swarm of AI Agents in the Enterprise
NeuralTrust, the platform for AI & agent security, led by Joan Vendrell and Victor García, has announced a $20 million seed round led by Alstin Capital, with participation from VentureFriends, Seaya, Kibo Ventures, Banc Sabadell, EA Ventures Plug and Play Fund, and Finaves, the venture capital fund of IESE Business School. NeuralTrust is also backed by public funding from the European Innovation Council and Spain's State Research Agency (AEI). The round will fund engineering,
NeuralTrust Raises $20 Million to Secure the Growing Swarm of AI Agents in the Enterprise
NeuralTrust, the platform for AI & agent security, led by Joan Vendrell and Victor García, has announced a $20 million seed round led by Alstin Capital, with participation from VentureFriends, Seaya, Kibo Ventures, Banc Sabadell, EA Ventures Plug and Play Fund, and Finaves, the venture capital fund of IESE Business School. NeuralTrust is also backed by public funding from the European Innovation Council and Spain's State Research Agency (AEI). The round will fund engineering,
Ent Emerges from Stealth to Bring Prevention Back to Cybersecurity
Ent, the intent-aware security platform powering the AI-native enterprise, extending endpoint security into a real-time layer of prevention across human and AI-driven work, Elias(Lou)Manousos and Brandon Dixon, has emerged from stealth with $100 million in seed financing led by Decibel, with participation from Sequoia, Crosspoint Capital Partners, Craft Ventures, Shield Capital, Felicis, and In-Q-Tel (IQT). Preventing Cyber Threats Before They Become Incidents. Ent is pioneer
NewCore Emerges from Stealth to Rebuild Workforce Identity for the Agentic Era
NewCore, the security-first identity platform built for humans and AI agents, led by Zohar Alon, Amihai Neiderman, and Erez Yarkoni, has emerged from stealth and has raised $66 million from Cyberstarts, Index Ventures, and Evolution Equity Partners. It is led by a founding team of cybersecurity and enterprise-IT veterans whose prior exits include Check Point's acquisition of Dome9. Identity has emerged as the primary attack surface within modern enterprises. Many of the large
Cyera is Building The Trust Layer for Enterprise AI
Cyera, the AI security platform, led by Yotam Segev, Tamar Bar-Ilan, Yonatan Itai, and the team, has announced its Series G: $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Cyberstarts and Temasek, in addition to all existing investors, including Accel, AT&T Ventures, Blackstone, Coatue, Spark Capital, among others. Building The Trust Layer For AI. Cyera was founded to help enterprises understand what sensitive data they hav
Didit is Building the Infrastructure for Identity and Fraud
Didit, identity and fraud, rebuilt as infrastructure, led by twin brothers Alberto Rosas and Alejandro Rosas, has raised $6 million, bringing the total raised to $7.5 million. This round was backed by Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Orange Collective, SaaSholic, Founders Future, Phosphor Capital, Rebel Fund, Lobster Capital, alongside angels like Tomer London (co-founder of Gusto) and Taro Fukuyama (founder of Fond), and other amazing VCs and angels who joined the round, operator
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