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Cloudflare Wants to Build Napster for AI, Except This Time Everyone Gets Paid

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Cloudflare acquired Human Native, a startup that licenses web content to AI developers. A day later, they bought web framework Astro. The deals look unrelated until you see the pipeline: content creation to AI licensing, with Cloudflare taking a cut at ev…

#ai #startups #cloud #edge #opensource #genai #acquisitions #cloudflare #developertools #copyright

Cloudflare Wants to Build Napster for AI, Except This Time Everyone Gets Paid

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

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Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague

Keach Hagey / wsj - Barret Zoph, who was also chief technology officer, rejoined OpenAI, along with fellow co-founder Luke Metz.

#startups #business #governance #jobs #culture #law #technology #office

Leaders at Mira Murati’s startup believe Barret Zoph engaged in an incident of “serious misconduct.” The details are now coming to light. www.wired.com/story/thinki...

7 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Andy Cohen is missing such a great reality TV opportunity — following the hot mess of AI company personnel drama, which continues to escalate in insanity:

7 wks / bsky / @katie-drummond.bsky.social / katie-drummond.bsky.social

Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague

7 wks / wsj / Keach Hagey

Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination

7 wks / wired / Maxwell Zeff

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18100 / 4 stories in 7 wks


ClickHouse Raises $400 Million to Expand AI-Focused Data Infrastructure Platform

PYMNTS / pymnts - ClickHouse, a provider of data infrastructure for artificial intelligence systems, raised $400 million in a Series D funding round. The company will use the new capital to expand its offerings in real-time data analytics, data warehousing, observability, …

#ai #bigdata #startups #vc #analytics #datascience #opensource #enterprise #genai #acquisitions

ClickHouse Acquires Langfuse

7 wks / ycombinator

ClickHouse Raises $400 Million to Expand AI-Focused Data Infrastructure Platform

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation

7 wks / techcrunch / Marina Temkin

Database maker ClickHouse raises $400M, acquires AI observability startup Langfuse

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18085 / 4 stories in 7 wks


AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win

@MarketWatch / x - AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win https://t.co/PYes8cSyx5— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 16, 2026

#startups #innovation #space #stockmarket #business #aerospace #economy #technology #telecommunications #satellite

AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

AST SpaceMobile rises on deal giving it prime position for Golden Dome project

7 wks / sherwood / Matt Phillips

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:53 am / permalink 18054 / 2 stories in 7 wks


AI Video Startup Higgsfield Hits the Highs With $1.3B Valuation

eWEEK Staff / eweek - An $80 million Series A extension brings total Series A funding to more than $130 million and valuing the company at more than $1.3 billion.The post AI Video Startup Higgsfield Hits the Highs With $1.3B Valuation appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #startups #vc #automation #computervision #genai #business #media #technology #api

AI Video Startup Higgsfield Hits the Highs With $1.3B Valuation

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

AI Video Startup Higgsfield Raises $130 Mn in Series A, Reports $200 Mn ARR

7 wks / analyticsindiamag / Smruthi Nadig

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:51 am / permalink 18047 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Europe’s Largest Defense Fund for Startups Set for €500 Million

Christina Kyriasoglou / bloomberg - German investor Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH is on track to raise Europe’s largest-ever dedicated venture capital fund for defense startups, signing its first big backers for a fund targeting €500 million ($580 million).

#startups #cybersecurity #innovation #digitaltransformation #defensetech #privateequity #finance #deeptech #europe #eu

German growth investor DTCP raises €300m for new defence fund — which it hopes will be Europe’s largest

7 wks / sifted

With their new €500 million fund, Germany’s DTCP raises the bar for European defense and resilience capital

7 wks / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

DTCP expands into defence with €20M-per-deal Fund for security and dual-use startups

7 wks / tech / Cate Lawrence

Europe’s Largest Defense Fund for Startups Set for €500 Million

7 wks / bloomberg / Christina Kyriasoglou

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18018 / 4 stories in 7 wks


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase

tomshardware - OpenAI has signaled its intentions to become a major player in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) with a $252 million investment in Merge Labs.

#ai #startups #vc #innovation #digitalhealth #openai #aiethics #neuroscience #deeptech

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase

7 wks / tomshardware

Neuralink rival Merge Labs bags $252M, led by OpenAI, to link brains and computers

7 wks / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 18004 / 2 stories in 7 wks


German AI Startup Parloa Raises $350M Series D Valued At $3 Billion

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - German-founded Parloa, which builds AI voice agents for call centers, has raised $350 million in a Series D round, tripling its valuation to $3 billion in just seven months. The Series D round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participat…

#ai #startups #vc #saas #enterprise #voice #genai #business #europe #technology

Europe’s Parloa triples to $3B valuation on $350M raise, eyes SF and Madrid expansion

7 wks / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

German agentic AI start-up Parloa triples valuation to $3bn

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

German AI Startup Parloa Raises $350M Series D Valued At $3 Billion

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 17996 / 3 stories in 7 wks


Amsterdam’s Optics11 Raises €25M EIB Loan To Boost Europe’s Subsea And Energy Security

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €25 million venture debt agreement with Amsterdam-based Optics11, a DeepTech scale-up developing advanced fibre optic sensing solutions. The Dutch company will use the funding to advance research and develop…

#startups #innovation #banking #energy #business #finance #deeptech #europe #technology #eu

Amsterdam’s Optics11 Raises €25M EIB Loan To Boost Europe’s Subsea And Energy Security

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Amsterdam-based Optics11 secures €25 million EIB loan to strengthen Europe’s subsea and energy security

7 wks / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

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Dutch VC PureTerra launches €150M water tech fund, lands €10M from Invest-NL

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - As droughts intensify and regulations tighten, companies are discovering that access to clean, reusable water directly affects their…

#climate #startups #innovation #investment #privateequity #business #deeptech #environment #europe #regulation

PureTerra Ventures launches €150M WaterTech Fund II With €10M Support From Invest-NL

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Dutch VC PureTerra launches €150M water tech fund, lands €10M from Invest-NL

7 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Amsterdam’s PureTerra Ventures launches €150 million WaterTech Fund II with €10 million backing from Invest-NL

7 wks / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 17994 / 3 stories in 7 wks


Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Two co-founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, are heading back to OpenAI, alongside Sam Schoenholz, another former OpenAI staffer who had joined the startup.The post Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #startups #ml #openai #genai #business #deeptech #jobs #technology #research

Thinking Machines Exodus Deepens: The Founders Never Agreed on What to Build

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Murati's co-founders return to OpenAI

7 wks / therundown / Zach Mink

Thinking Machines Lab Loses Key Leaders as They Return to OpenAI

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I walk you through the seeming collapse of Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines, and why the AI bubble can’t survive the death of OpenAI. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-offline/id1730587238?i=10007453

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 17992 / 4 stories in 7 wks


Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion

Jagmeet Singh / techcrunch - Irina Ghose joins Anthropic as India managing director after 24 years at Microsoft.

#ai #startups #anthropic #microsoft #genai #business #jobs #india #asia #technology

Anthropic appoints Microsoft veteran Irina Ghose to lead India expansion

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Irina Ghose joins Anthropic as India managing director after 24 years at Microsoft.

7 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion

7 wks / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

Anthropic Appoints Ex-Microsoft Executive Irina Ghose To Lead India Ops

7 wks / inc42 / Palak Sharma

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 2:20 am / permalink 17991 / 4 stories in 7 wks


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U.S. agencies and security teams have raised alarms about “Coruna,” a powerful iOS exploit kit tied to spyware and crypto-theft campaigns. Google’s threat unit traced the toolkit’s activity while CISA ordered federal mitigations for the targeted iOS flaws, urging rapid patching as investigators hunt for origins and victims. More...


U.S.-Iran strikes roil markets and satellite imagery firms amid fresh attacks

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