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Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger

David Curry / eweek - Six of xAI’s 12 co-founders have left as Musk reshapes the Grok maker after SpaceX’s xAI deal, raising fresh questions about stability.The post Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #startups #aiethics #genai #business #aerospace #layoffs #xai #elonmusk #grokai

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha.

22 days / techcrunch / Tim Fernholz

Realfood.gov includes a Grok search box

22 days / ycombinator

Takeaways from Elon Musks xAI all-hands meeting

22 days / mashable

Elon Musk paints exodus of xAI co-founders as 'evolution'

22 days / theregister / Richard Speed

Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger

22 days / eweek / David Curry

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Anthropic raises $30 billion, now valued at $380 billion

Jon Keegan / sherwood - The company announced that it has a $14 billion annual revenue run-rate, and business subscriptions to Claude Code have quadrupled since the start of the year.


Heat: rivals, safety exits and skepticism flare after fundraising

Senior Anthropic Safety Researcher Quits to Write Poetry Instead of Working on AI

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Elon Musk Accuses Anthropic AI of Being 'Misanthropic' After $30B Funding Round

21 days / decrypt / Vismaya V

OK, so Anthropic's AI built a C compiler. That don't impress me much

21 days / theregister / Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Anthropic hits a $380B valuation as it heightens competition with OpenAI

22 days / go

$30bn raised from a *telethon* of investors. This is insane. Never seen anything like it in my life. Anthropic is scraping every barrel dry, and guess what? This barely covers the $21 billion in orders it has with Broadcom, let alone the projected $12bn i

22 days / bsky / @edzitron.com


Inside: Claude Code sales surge, $14B annualized revenue run-rate

Anthropic raises $30bn led by GIC, Coatue at $380bn valuation

22 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Anthropic closes $30B round after annualized revenue tops $14B

22 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Anthropic Closes $30 Billion Round, Doubling Its Valuation to $380 Billion

22 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Quoting Anthropic

22 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Anthropic raises $30 billion, now valued at $380 billion

22 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan


Local impact: Anthropic vows to cover datacenter electricity costs

Anthropic Pledges to Cover Datacenter Electricity Grid Upgrade Costs

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic has vowed to pay for electricity price hikes from its data centers. Its plan is short on details

22 days / fastcompany / Kristin Toussaint


On the ground: massive $30B Series G reshapes AI valuations

Anthropic secures $30B in Series G funding round

22 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Anthropic Valuation Hits $380 Billion as Enterprise AI Demand Explodes

22 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Round

22 days / nytimes / Cade Metz

Anthropic raises another $30B in Series G, with a new value of $380B

22 days / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Anthropic Raises $30 Billion at $380 Billion Valuation, Eyes IPO This Year

22 days / slashdot / msmash

Anthropic closes $30 billion funding round as cash keeps flowing into top AI startups

22 days / cnbc

Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation

22 days / ycombinator

Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19093 / 19 stories in 22 days


Manufact raises $6.3M to help developers connect AI agents with Model Context Protocol

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Manufact Inc., formerly mcp-use, an infrastructure platform developing the next generation of artificial intelligence agents built on Model Context Protocol, today announced it raised $6.3 million in seed funding led by Peak XV. Liquid 2 Ventures, Ritual …

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #automation #ml #opensource #enterprise #api #developertools

Teradata unpacks the platform demands of always-on AI agents

22 days / siliconangle / Chad Wilson

Manufact raises $6.3M to help developers connect AI agents with Model Context Protocol

22 days / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Planoai 0.4.6

22 days / reddit / /u/AdditionalWeb107

Manufact Raises $6.3M in Seed Funding

22 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Exclusive: MCP infra startup Manufact scoops $6.3M to power ChatGPT and AI agents

22 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

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Human brain-based AI startup raises £6m

Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Stanhope AI, a startup developing artificial intelligence technology that aims to mimic the processes of the human brain, has raised $8m (£5.8m). The company, which previously secured a £2.3m investment back in 2024, is working on its Real World Model pro…

#ai #startups #innovation #ml #business #neuroscience #deeptech #technology #research

World models startup Stanhope AI raises $8m round led by Frontline Ventures

22 days / sifted

Can Stanhope AI’s brain-like models finally make drones smart?

22 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Human brain-based AI startup raises £6m

22 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Stanhope AI, co-founded by Irish woman Rosalyn Moran, raises $8m

22 days / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Stanhope AI Raises $8M in Seed Funding

23 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

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Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with $14M round

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Electric Twin, an AIplatform developing synthetic audience models designed to simulate real-worldhuman thinking and behaviour, has raised $14 million in funding. The totalincludes a $10 million round ...

#ai #startups #analytics #enterprise #digitalmarketing #genai #business #uk #technology #advertising

Electric Twin Raises $14M Funding To Grow Its AI Audience Platform

22 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

UK government adviser and military commander land €12 million to scale Electric Twin’s synthetic audience platform

22 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

AI startup building ‘synthetic audiences’ to model human thought raises £10m

22 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Electric Twin Raises $14M in Pre-Seed and Seed Funding

23 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with $14M round

23 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Marc Andreessen backs $10m raise for ‘synthetic audience’ startup Electric Twin

23 days / sifted

Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 19054 / 6 stories in 23 days


Paris-based Rivage raises €2.6M to modernise payroll for accounting firms

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Paris-based Rivage has secured €2.6 million in pre-seed funding to fast-track the rollout of its payroll software across…

#startups #cloud #software #fintech #saas #enterprise #business #europe

Paris-based Rivage raises €2.6M to modernise payroll for accounting firms

23 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

France Startup Rivage Secures €2.6M Funding To Grow Payroll Software For Accounting Firms

23 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Rivage raises €2.6M to expand payroll software across accounting firms

23 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19053 / 3 stories in 23 days


Bracket Raises $7M in Seed Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Bracket, a London, UK-based fintech that has developed an FX, treasury and cash management platform, raised $7M in Seed funding. The round was led by Macquarie Group and Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from existing investor Failup Ventures. the c…

#startups #fintech #saas #enterprise #banking #business #uk #treasury #europe #payments

Treasury intelligence platform Bracket raises £5m

22 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

London-Based Bracket Raises $7M Funding In Seed Round

22 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Bracket Raises $7M in Seed Funding

23 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Bracket closes $7M round to expand treasury intelligence platform

23 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

$7M to finally ditch spreadsheets? Meet Bracket, the fintech on a mission to end manual treasury with AI

23 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19052 / 5 stories in 23 days


Stockholm-based prevention-first pet InsurTech Lassie fetches €63.1 million in Series C funding

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Lassie, a Stockholm-based prevention-first pet insurer, today announced that it has raised €63.2 million ($75 million) in Series C funding to double down on AI, expand across Europe, and scale faster. The round included participation from Balderton Capita…

#startups #vc #innovation #digitalhealth #health #business #europe #eu

Lassie Raises $75M In Series C Round To Expand Pet Care Services In Europe

22 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Stockholm-based prevention-first pet InsurTech Lassie fetches €63.1 million in Series C funding

23 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Balderton backs pet startup Lassie’s $75m Series C

23 days / sifted

Lassie raised $75M to turn pet insurance into a daily health and rewards app

23 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Lassie closes $75M to scale pet care services across Europe

23 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

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