Vast Raises $500M for Haven Commercial Space Stations

Ekemini / ventureburn - Vast, a space startup out of California, just pulled in $500 million to speed up work on its Haven commercial space stations. That’s a huge step forward for private companiesThe post Vast Raises $500M for Haven Commercial Space Stations appeared first on …

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French quantum startup Pasqal to go public via SPAC at $2BN valuation

John Reynolds / tech - A French quantum computing startup co-founded by a Nobel Prize winner is going public via a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company), with a $2bn valuation. Pasqal is merging with SPAC vehicle Bleic...

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Alibaba Approves Qwen Lead Lin Junyang's Resignation; CTO Zhou Jingren Assumes Control, DeepMind's Zhou Hao Joins

pandaily - Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu approved the resignation of Qwen lead Lin Junyang on March 5, 2026, following his sudden departure announcement, with DeepMind's Zhou Hao joining to lead post-training efforts as the company restructures its AI team toward horiz…

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Fibionic Raises €3M To Advance Bionic Lightweight Technology

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Austrian deeptech startup fibionic has secured €3 million in seed funding in a round led by Redstone, alongside Euregio+, Caesar, and Leap435, with additional backing from angel investors. Lightweight materials are critical across sectors such as sports e…

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Alibaba’s Qwen Tech Lead Steps Down After Major Model Push

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Alibaba is dealing with the kind of AI headline no model team wants right after a release: a key technical leader behind Qwen says he’s stepping down. Junyang Lin posted a brief goodbye message on X and said he was leaving his role on the project without …

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UK government to launch new £40m AI research lab

Oscar Hornstein / uktech - The British government is launching a new UK AI research lab backed by up to £40m to host new breakthroughs. Part of its ambition to elevate and maintain the country’s position in global AI, the lab will see researchers invited to pitch ideas, secure proj…

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Photoncycle raises €15M to scale seasonal energy storage in Europe

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Norwegianenergy storage scale-up Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A fundingto address a key renewable energy challenge in Europe: enabling households tostore surplus summer solar power for...

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Bitcoin miner Core Scientific to sell bulk of BTC holdings in 2026 to fund AI pivot

Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - Core Scientific has already sold around $175 million in bitcoin as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-focused data centers.

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Antiverse Raises $9.3M Series A To Advance AI Antibody Platform

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-based Antiverse, a biotech startup developing AI-designed therapeutic antibodies for hard-to-target disease proteins, has raised $9.3 million in a Series A round led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Innovation Investment Capital, DOMiNO V…

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Bindbridge raises $3.8M for next-generation crop protection

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Cambridge-basedBindbridge has secured $3.8 million in early-stage funding from Speedinvest andNucleus Capital to advance next-generation crop protection aimed at improvingcrop resilience and agricultu...

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French synbio baCta snaps €7M: Can AI yeast crack the €1B astaxanthin market?

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Industrial biotech startup baCta has raised €7 million in seed funding to accelerate its vision of replacing petrochemical…

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Nvidia invests $2B in Lumentum lasers for next-gen AI factories

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - NVIDIA has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Lumentum Holdings to develop advanced optics technology for next-generation AI…

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Noxon Secures Seed Funding To Develop Muscle-Computer Interface

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Munich-based medtech startup Noxon has successfully closed its seed funding round led by High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital with participation from Auxxo and an additional institutional investor. The total size of the round was not disclosed…

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Outpost Bio raises $3.5M pre-seed for human microbiology models

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Outpost Bio, a companyfocused on decoding complex interactions in human biology, has raised a $3.5million pre-seed round co-led by Merantix Capital and Seedcamp, withparticipation from OpenSeed VC, De...

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Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week

BeauHD / slashdot - Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn how to play Doom in about a week. "While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world applicatio…

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ISPTech Raises €5.5M Seed To Improve In-Orbit Mobility

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - InSpacePropulsion Technologies (ISPTech), a German space technology company focused on fast and agile in-orbit manoeuvring, has raised €5.5 million to accelerate deployment of its non-toxic propulsion systems for operational missions. The funding round wa…

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Callosum Raises $10.25M in Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Callosum, a London, UK-based AI infrastructure company for AI models, raised $10.25M in funding. The round was led by Plural, with participation form Advanced Research, Invention Agency (ARIA), Charlie Songhurst (Meta), Stan Boland (FiveAI), John Lazar. T…

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Seraphim Space surpasses €84 million target with latest close of early-stage SpaceTech fund

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Seraphim Space, a London-based SpaceTech investment group, today announces the latest closing of its oversubscribed early-stage venture fund to support ventures at the Seed and Series A stage – exceeding its previous €84 million ($100 million) target. Inv…

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Google brings robotics software company Intrinsic in-house to accelerate physical AI

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Google LLC announced today that it’s bringing robotics software company Intrinsic Innovation LLC into its core operations to accelerate development of physical artificial intelligence as part of its push to extend AI beyond digital applications and into r…

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