Audio language model startup Gradium raises $70M to create more realistic voice AI systems
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Audio artificial intelligence startup Gradium is launching today after closing on an impressive $70 million seed funding round, just three months after it was founded. The startup is backed by investors that include FirstMark Capital and Eurazeo, which le…
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Retail operations automation startup Duvo raises $15M
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Automation startup Duvo says it’s ready to provide retail and e-commerce teams with an artificial intelligence agent workforce that handles their day-to-day operations after raising $15 million in seed funding. Today’s round was led by Index Ventures and …
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Bitstack Raises $15M To Build Europe’s Bitcoin Savings App
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based Bitcoin savings app Bitstack has secured $15 million in a Series A funding round led by 13books Capital, with continued support from existing investors including AG2R LA MONDIALE, Plug and Play Ventures, Serena, Stillmark and Y Combinator. Acc…
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Saporo Raises €7 Million To Tackle Identity-Based Cyber Attacks
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Lausanne cybersecurity startup Saporo, which helps companies see their IT environments the way attackers do, has raised €7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by TIN Capital, with G+D Ventures, CDP Venture Capital (through its Corporate Partner…
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AILOS Robotics gets €3.5M to scale gearbox manufacturing for Europe’s next-gen robots
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Brussels-based AILOS Robotics has raised €3.5 million in a seed round led by QBIC and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from Wallonie Entreprendre andfinance&invest.brussels, reinf...
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OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential.
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Bitcoin is sliding again as traders brace for a pivotal week of US data
Alex Daniel / qz - Important economic figures due in the next few days could help determine whether Bitcoin will stabilize or if it could still fall further
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Nvidia takes USD2b stake in chip software maker Synopsys
Paige McNamee / capitalbrief - Nvidia said on Monday that it has purchasedUSD2 billion ($3.05 billion) of Synopsys’ common stock as part of a strategic engineeringand design partnership.
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Payments Firm Sokin Valued at $300 Million After New Funding
PYMNTS / pymnts - Business payments company Sokin has raised $50 million in a new funding round. The Series B round brings Sokin’s valuation to $300 million, and will help accelerate the company’s expansion, bolster its financial infrastructure and enhance its product capa…
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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
Cecilia Kang, Tripp Mickle, Ryan Mac, David Yaffe-Bellany and Theodore Schleifer / nytimes - David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
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Gravis Robotics raises $23M to scale autonomous earthmoving tech
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Swiss-based earthmoving autonomy platform Gravis Roboticshas secured $23 million in fresh funding, co-led by IQ Capital and Zacua Ventures, with participation from Pear VC, Imad (CVC of Nesma & Pa...
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Quantum Systems passes €3 billion valuation with €180 million injection, backing Its NATO-deployed Platforms
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Munich’s Quantum Systems has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital in order to accelerate its AI, software, and hardware development across all domains – connected by the multi-domain mission softwa…
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Portuguese VC firm Índico Capital Partners has launched its €125 million Fund III, with the EIF as the main anchor investor
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Lisbon-based Índico Capital Partners has announced the launch of its sixth fund, called Indico VC Fund III. The goal is to raise €125 million to invest in early-stage tech startups in Portugal, Spain, and Italy. The fund has already secured a major first …
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Future Energy Ventures closes largest European energy tech VC fund at €235M
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Accelerating the global transition to cleaner energy amid growing concerns over energy security and decarbonization. Reliance on volatile…
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Gosta Labs Raises €7.5M To Scale AI Platform For Oncology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Helsinki-based healthtech company Gosta Labs has raised a €7.5 million seed round to scale its AI operating system for complex medical specialties. The round was led by Voima Ventures, with participation from COR Group, the Aho family, and both existing a…
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Neuracore Secures $3M To Power Next-gen Robots And Open Robotics Research
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Neuracore, a robot learning platform focused on rapid scaling and deployment, has closed a $3 million pre-seed round led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Clem Delangue, Co-founder & CEO of Hugging Face, and advisors from …
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Procure Ai Raises $13 Million to Expand Procurement Automation Solutions in Europe
PYMNTS / pymnts - Procure Ai has secured $13 million in a seed round to expand its engineering organization, strengthen its go-to-market teams and enter more European countries. Currently focused on Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the company aims to expand to the United…
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OpenAI Needs At Least $207 Billion By 2030 Just To Keep Losing Money, HSBC Estimates
msmash / slashdot - OpenAI will need to raise at least $207 billion in new funding by 2030 to sustain operations while continuing to lose money, according to a new analysis from HSBC that models the company's cloud computing commitments against projected revenue. The bank's …
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ElevenLabs and Revolut backer launches $15M solo GP fund
John Reynolds / tech - An angel investor in UK AI unicorn ElevenLabs and Revolut has launched a $15m solo GP fund to back pre-seed and seed stage founders building startups across AI, robotics, and defence.Carles Reina has ...
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Kovant wants to become the nerve center of enterprise agentic AI operations after pre-seed funding
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Swedish agentic operations startup Kovant, officially known as Kovan AB, today is launching its platform globally after closing on $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by J12 Ventures. The round also saw participation from Ampli, Green Ventures an…
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