ViCentra lands $13M, pushing Kaleido insulin pump funding to $98M

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - For people living with diabetes, managing insulin therapy is a demanding part of daily life. Traditional insulin pumps…

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China’s first 'AI tiger' goes public as Zhipu climbs in Hong Kong debut

cnbc - Shares of China-backed Zhipu made small gains on their Hong Kong debut, following a $558 million initial public offering.

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Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Dark Blue Therapeutics, a British discovery and development BioTech company innovating the next generation of precision oncology medicines, has been acquired by US-based global BioTech company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to €718 million ($840 mil…

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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Swap, a NYC-based provider of a commerce operating system, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach, as well as to invest …

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Snowflake gets frosty with Google Gemini

O'Ryan Johnson / theregister - Munge that corporate data using the LLM of your choice The data platform Snowflake is putting Google's Gemini to work inside its Cortex AI, aiming to give customers access to a foundational model within the boundaries of their data environment across supp…

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Accenture Plans to Buy UK Palantir Rival Faculty in Consultancy’s AI Push

Mark Bergen / bloomberg - Accenture Plc agreed to buy Faculty, a British artificial intelligence startup that’s worked closely with the government, as part of the consultancy’s effort to recast itself as a leader in the technology.

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Pixel Flow Raises Seed Funding Just Three Months After Launch

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Istanbul-based game Pixel Flow has closed a seed round with participation from Akın Babayiğit and e2vc; the investment amount was not disclosed. Launched three months ago, the game has already reached seven-figure daily revenue and entered the Top 25 of t…

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Cisco Eyes $2 Billion Purchase of Cybersecurity Firm Axonius

PYMNTS / pymnts - Cisco is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Axonius for $2 billion. That’s according to a report Sunday (Jan. 4) from Calcalist, which noted that Axonius was previously valued at $2.6 billion. However, the company denied th…

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The new Plaud NotePin S could change how you take notes

digitaltrends - Plaud’s new NotePin S targets on-the-go users with wearable AI notetaking, while its desktop app expands the company’s focus to virtual meetings and hybrid work.The post The new Plaud NotePin S could change how you take notes appeared first on Digital Tre…

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The $6.5 Billion Race: Chinese AI Firms Sprint to Hong Kong as the Exit Door Swings Open

Maria Garcia / implicator - Chinese AI firms MiniMax and Zhipu AI race to Hong Kong IPOs at $6.5B valuations despite massive losses. Zhipu burned $271M on $27M revenue in six months. The Manus-Meta deal reveals the emerging pattern: Chinese talent, Singapore HQ, American buyer.

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Britain’s Octopus Energy To Spin Off AI Arm Kraken At $8.65 Billion Valuation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - British renewable-energy startup Octopus Energy is spinning off its utility management platform, Kraken Technologies, with a valuation of $8.65 billion. The move follows Kraken’s first standalone $1 billion equity raise, led by D1 Capital Partners and joi…

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Coinbase buys The Clearing Company, doubling down on prediction markets

Reuters / fastcompany - Coinbase said on Monday it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, its tenth acquisition this year, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets business.Prediction markets let users buy and sell contracts tied t…

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SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year

Tobias Mann / theregister - Masayoshi Son better hope he made Santa's nice list Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank needs to secure $22.5 billion before the end of the year to make good on its commitments to AI partner OpenAI.…

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Finnish startup Aisti secures €20M EIB loan to scale bio-based ceiling tile production

ain - Aisti is building a large-scale production facility in Kitee, Eastern Finland, set to begin manufacturing in the second half of 2026.

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