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Lily Mae Lazarus

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Forget robots on assembly lines. Foundational Industries wants AI to run the entire factory

The startup says software-native factories can leapfrog China’s highly automated manufacturing base rather than trying to replicate it.

30.07.2026 20

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A new medical AI study found the same flaw in OpenEvidence, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Doximity

The findings suggest healthcare AI's next challenge isn't adoption or funding—it's proving the technology can avoid dangerous omissions at the point...

29.07.2026 2

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Innovaccer’s CEO walked away from Disney and NASA to fix healthcare’s data mess. Now the startup has crossed $200 million in ARR

The company connects hospitals’ electronic health records and insurance claims systems, positioning itself as the infrastructure layer beneath the...

23.07.2026 2

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Candid Health raises $120 million to take on America’s $280 billion medical billing mess

The healthcare infrastructure startup tripled its valuation in 18 months as revenue grew nearly 200 percent.

22.07.2026 20

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SkyPilot, from Databricks’ cofounder, raises $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute

Backed by Lux Capital, SkyPilot helps customers use GPUs wherever they're available.

21.07.2026 5

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The FDA’s peptide vote could create telehealth’s next multibillion-dollar market

As regulators weigh whether pharmacies can legally compound wellness peptides, companies are preparing for a repeat of the GLP-1 boom—only this time...

20.07.2026 20

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The VC betting $5.4 billion that Suno’s copyright wars won’t matter

Menlo's Amy Wu Martin says the AI music startup's real business isn't hit songs—it's a new habit of making music just for yourself.

17.07.2026 2

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Exclusive: Marc Lore says Wonder is gearing up for an IPO after raising $650 million at a $9 billion valuation

Wonder, which owns Grubhub and Blue Apron, is betting robotics, AI, and a nationwide expansion can reshape restaurant delivery before going public.

16.07.2026 6

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Meet the AI employee that convinced Sequoia to invest $45 million in Sable

Startup Sable says its AI agent acts like a sales engineer and onboarding specialist, helping companies like Notion and Decagon automate customer...

16.07.2026 20

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He sold his last company to Palantir. Now he’s betting $32 million that robots can fix construction’s labor crisis

Monumental founder Salar al Khafaji is bringing his fleet of autonomous bricklaying robots to the U.S. this year, backed by a new Khosla Ventures-led...

15.07.2026 2

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Valarian raises $50 million to help governments and enterprises escape America’s cloud grip

An ex-Palantir exec co-founded the London startup building the software layer between governments and their AI.

13.07.2026 20

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AI unicorn Mercor acquires Deeptune after founder Brendan Foody backed the startup

The acquisition comes as Mercor says it reached $2 billion in annual recurring revenue despite a high-profile cybersecurity breach in March.

09.07.2026 6

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Christina Qi left behind a hedge fund trading $7 billion a day for a farm in Utah. Her new startup just raised $97 million to rival Bloomberg

Databento serves everyone from student traders to the world's largest hedge funds—and counts Nvidia and OpenAI as customers.

09.07.2026 5

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Exclusive: Fi is bringing Starlink satellite technology to dog collars

Fi is launching the first pet tracker powered by SpaceX's direct-to-cell satellites, bringing satellite connectivity to consumer pet tech.

08.07.2026 4

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The $1.2 billion startup that wants to become Amazon Prime for savings

Super.com raised $65 million after betting that understanding financially stretched Americans was its biggest competitive advantage.

07.07.2026 10

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David Senra, your favorite billionaire’s favorite podcaster, has turned down every acquisition offer. Here’s why

The Founders host says investors inevitably want influence. His answer has been to build a multimillion-dollar media business entirely on his own...

06.07.2026 20

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How David Senra built the podcast the world’s most powerful CEOs can’t stop listening to

Founders counts Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell as fans—and its ‘unmanageable’ creator turned down $50 million so he could build a media empire his way.

05.07.2026 30

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Eli Lilly just placed a $40 million bet on the next injectable boom

The GLP-1 maker’s latest AI investment targets drug discovery and the future of consumer medicine.

01.07.2026 40

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Why BlackRock, Nvidia, and Temasek are betting billions on quantum computing

Geopolitical competition and meaningful exits are convincing Wall Street the technology may finally be nearing its moment.

29.06.2026 30

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Exclusive: A former Apple engineer thinks AI infrastructure is built for the wrong future. Investors just gave him $80 million to fix it

Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia, Sail Research is betting the coming explosion of AI agents will force enterprises to rethink the economics of...

25.06.2026 10

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Exclusive: Vinod Khosla wanted ‘every available dollar’ of Runlayer’s funding round. It just raised $30 million to govern the agent workforce

The startup already counts Instacart, Gusto, Opendoor, and a Fortune 500 bank among its customers.

24.06.2026 20

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Exclusive: A founder who went from pressure washing to Wharton just raised $40 million to put AI to work for plumbers, electricians, and HVAC crews

Sequoia and a16z are betting Probook will be the AI operating system powering home services.

23.06.2026 30

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Exclusive: Upscale AI wants to be the next Cisco—and it just raised another $190 million

The AI networking startup has now raised $500 million in under 18 months as investors bet the next infrastructure giant will emerge from the race to...

22.06.2026 10

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Exclusive: The AI company powering public safety operations for the 2026 World Cup just raised $250 million

Peregrine was built by former Stanford gymnasts and a Palantir veteran, and has nearly tripled its valuation in just 15 months.

22.06.2026 70

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Meet the SpaceX insiders Elon Musk trusts to run his $1.25 trillion empire

SpaceX is bigger and more complex than ever. Here's the inner circle Elon Musk relies on to run it.

20.06.2026 40

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Exclusive: A 21-year-old Stanford grad just raised $11 million to put a hormone lab on your wrist

As Oura and WHOOP expand into women's health, startup Clair Health has raised $11 million to build a wearable designed from the ground up to...

17.06.2026 10

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SpaceX’ surging stock paid for the $60 billion Cursor acquisition in just a few hours of trading—and it reveals Elon Musk’s new power

SpaceX's stock appreciated by the entire $60 billon price of Cursor in just a matter of hours on its first day of trading, showing the power of Elon...

16.06.2026 10

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Exclusive: Voice AI startup Bland raises $50 million after being rejected by 180 investors

Isaiah Granet turned a Y Combinator rejection streak into a nine-figure funding story by betting that AI won't replace the phone—it will answer it.

16.06.2026 10

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Exclusive: How college photo-sharing app Swsh became an AI-powered fan data business backed by Scooter Braun

The startup has raised a $4 million seed round to help artists and brands turn fan-generated photos into marketing data.

16.06.2026 10

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Exclusive: The researchers who built AI-generated DNA just raised $50 million to reinvent biology

Radical Numerics is betting that the future of bio-defense and AI drug discovery lies in understanding entire biological systems—not individual...

15.06.2026 20

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SpaceX’s first employee, Tom Mueller, thinks the historic IPO is just the beginning

Tom Mueller, CEO of Impulse Space, says investors are buying a vertically integrated vision for space-based computing, AI, and the next industrial...

12.06.2026 10

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Abridge wants to be the operating system for medicine—and NVIDIA and Eli Lilly are helping build it

The $5.3 billion ambient AI startup is expanding from clinical notes into billing, drug trials, and real-time insurance claims.

11.06.2026 10

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AI drug discovery leaders warn U.S. health funding cuts risk falling behind global rivals

Executives from Lila Sciences and NVIDIA told Fortune that the convergence of AI and biology could redefine global competitiveness for decades.

10.06.2026 10

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Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf says economic warfare is the ‘new normal’ for military conflicts—and the U.S. needs to get serious

The defense tech CEO told Fortune that America's biggest vulnerability may not be on the battlefield—but in its factories and supply chains.

08.06.2026 10

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Why Lightspeed and Wiz’s Assaf Rappaport bet $37 million on an AI-powered cyberattacker

After frontier AI models exposed thousands of previously unknown vulnerabilities, startup A is building autonomous defenses designed for an era of...

08.06.2026 10

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Anduril’s Trae Stephens says defense tech is headed for a shakeout

The Anduril co-founder warns that sky-high valuations, too much venture capital, and unrealistic expectations could drive much of the industry into...

05.06.2026 10

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Exclusive: Investors bet $40 million on Honeycomb’s no-inspection home insurance AI

The startup’s automated underwriting engine ingests hundreds of data points per property to price its policies.

04.06.2026 10

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Town’s AI assistants learn your life—Andreessen Horowitz and Forerunner just backed the vision with $55 million

The startup, founded by former Plaid and Google executives, is building personalized AI agents that evolve from helpful copilots into autonomous...

03.06.2026 10

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Ankur Jain says Bilt is building the ‘Shopify for housing’—and the company’s card is only the beginning

Bilt claims to process over $100 billion in housing spend annually as it expands into mortgages, AI concierge services, and neighborhood commerce.

29.05.2026 10

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Exclusive: The next wave of AI drive-thrus is here—and a16z and Arc think it finally works

Founded by former Square and Cash App engineers, the startup is training restaurant-specific AI models to survive screaming kids, changing orders, and...

26.05.2026 70

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How Metropolis built a $5 billion AI infrastructure company out of America’s parking problem

CEO Alex Israel says the company’s “recognition economy” thesis could reshape physical infrastructure, blending computer vision, biometrics, and...

20.05.2026 50

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DeepSeek and China’s AI boom are increasingly powered by state money

Government-linked investors in China went from backing fewer than 10 AI deals annually before 2018 to more than 140 in 2025, reshaping who controls...

19.05.2026 40

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The AI boom is pulling Europe’s hottest startups to the U.S.—whether they planned to move or not

Creadum partner Carl Fritjofsson says European AI startups are increasingly pulled toward U.S. customers and investors, despite Europe’s deep bench...

18.05.2026 10

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‘The Butterfly Trust’: How Deutsche Bank maintained Jeffrey Epstein as a client until he was arrested

The bank said it fired Epstein as a client in 2018. In reality, it kept his accounts open until after he was jailed in 2019.

17.05.2026 20

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Exclusive: ‘We’re spending millions to stop threats that cost thousands’: Startup Furientis aims to revolutionize defense

The novel defense startup just raised a $5 million pre-seed round.

14.05.2026 10

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Exclusive: Martha Stewart’s new AI startup wants to manage your home before things break

Hint, cofounded by Stewart and backed by Slow Ventures, uses AI to track maintenance, insurance, utility costs, and repairs—turning the home into...

13.05.2026 20

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Exclusive: Index Ventures backs Frame’s $50 million bet that employees are still cybersecurity’s weakest link

The startup uses AI-generated simulations to train employees against the fast-growing wave of deepfake and impersonation attacks targeting...

11.05.2026 40

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Exclusive: Nova Intelligence raises $31.5 million to bring agentic AI to SAP’s $89 billion migration wave

A DeepMind engineer saw an opening in SAP's aging code. Investors are calling it a $40 million bet

05.05.2026 70

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Exclusive: AI grocery startup Vori raises $22 million to help independent retailers compete with Walmart and Amazon

With $500 million already processed through its platform, Vori is scaling fast as it targets underserved grocery operators.

05.05.2026 30

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Exclusive: Vanta hits $300 million ARR as ‘shadow AI’ explodes across corporate America

As companies struggle to control unsanctioned AI tools, the unicorn security startup has tripled revenue in two years and now serves 16,000 customers.

29.04.2026 20

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