Stripe Reaches Record Valuation as Global Volume Hits $1.9 Trillion
PYMNTS / pymnts - Stripe was valued at $159 billion in a tender offer designed to provide liquidity to current and former employees, the programmable financial services company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 24) update. The figure is up from the $106.7 billion valuation the compa…
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Hong Kong's RedotPay said to plan blockbuster $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg
Omkar Godbole / coindesk - The stablecoin payments company has hired JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, according to Bloomberg.
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Tewke raises £1.5M to expand its AI-driven home energy platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Tewke, a company focused on energy optimisation and home automation, has raised £1.5 million in its second funding round. Investors in the round include JamJar Investments, Cur8 Capital, Energy Mix Ventures, Project Ventures, and angel invest…
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Brainomix Extends Series C Funding to $25.4M
FinSMEs / finsmes - Brainomix, an Oxford, UK-based company developing AI-powered imaging tools in stroke and lung fibrosis, raised $6.5M in Series Series C extension funding. The round was led by Parkwalk and Hostplus via the IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund, with participa…
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Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Catalyst and others
Ekemini / ventureburn - Xflow, an Indian startup focused on cross-border payments, just raised $16.6 million in Series A funding. General Catalyst led the round, and PayPal Ventures joined in, along with Lightspeed, Stripe,The post Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Cataly…
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IQM is going public at a $1.8B valuation. Could this be Europe’s first quantum IPO?
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Classical computers struggle to handle complex simulations in drug discovery, materials science, and optimisation because quantum physics demands…
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Syndicate One Raises €22M Second Fund To Support Belgian Tech Founders
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Syndicate One has announced the first close of its second fund at €22 million. The fund was oversubscribed within eight weeks of its initial pitch highlighting strong investor confidence in Belgium’s growing tech ecosystem. This follows the firm’s €6.5 mi…
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OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030
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- AI compute demand shakes chipmakers, data-center financings and stocks (5)
- Altman defends AI energy use, mocks space data-centers claim (7)
- ChatGPT ads, pricing shifts, usage trends and safety issues (6)
- OpenAI warns $600B compute bill, revenue and accounting questions (8)
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InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting
Marina Temkin / techcrunch - The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial statements.
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Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI, source says
cnbc - The investment is separate from the $100 billion infrastructure agreement that OpenAI and Nvidia announced in September.
- Chip startup funding: model-specific AI chips raise $169M (1)
- Nvidia pivots: $30B equity replaces $100B infrastructure plan (11)
- OpenAI mega-round nears $100B, valuation targets near $850B (2)
Chip startup funding: model-specific AI chips raise $169M
Nvidia pivots: $30B equity replaces $100B infrastructure plan
OpenAI mega-round nears $100B, valuation targets near $850B
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Saudi Arabia Invests $3B in Elon Musk’s xAI Empire
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Money talks.In AI, it also buys megawatts. Humain says it has poured $3 billion into Elon Musk’s xAI, a move that spotlights how the AI race is shifting from splashy launches to buildout math: capital, compute, power, and the places you can actually build…
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OpenAI aims to secure $100 Billion in latest funding round, reportedly aiming for an $800 billion valuation — Parties offering up cash include Nvidia, Microsoft, SoftBank, and more
tomshardware - OpenAI may be about to secure as much as $100 billion in funding, which will go some way to offsetting the $1.4 trillion is has pledged to expend over the next eight years. This round of investment is said to come from other major tech firms in the space,…
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Plato Raises $14.5M To Expand AI Platform for Wholesale Distributors
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Plato, an AI-driven operating system for wholesale distributors, has secured $14.5 million in a seed funding round led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors such as Cherry Ventures. The distribution sector faces mounting pressures from la…
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Modi pitches India as global artificial intelligence hub at AI summit
abcnews - Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pitched India as a major hub for artificial intelligence, built at home and used worldwide
- Banking and payments: NPCI’s FiMI and AI fraud defenses (2)
- Industrial AI arms race: Tata, Reliance, NVIDIA build compute backbone (7)
- Modi's MANAV: India’s sovereign AI strategy and policy push (3)
- Summit drama: Gates exit and cold CEOs signal tensions (5)
Banking and payments: NPCI’s FiMI and AI fraud defenses
Industrial AI arms race: Tata, Reliance, NVIDIA build compute backbone
Modi's MANAV: India’s sovereign AI strategy and policy push
Summit drama: Gates exit and cold CEOs signal tensions
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Vilnius’ Copla bags €6M to swap Excel chaos for automatic DORA compliance
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Vilnius-based Copla has secured €6 million in Series A funding as European financial institutions brace for a sweeping…
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Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability Platform
Clinton / ventureburn - Selector Accelerates Growth With New Capital Selector has raised $32 million to grow its AI observability platform. The round doubles its valuation to $375 million. AVP led the funding. AnsaThe post Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability …
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AI field operations startup FYLD lands €34 million for its London-based frontline intelligence platform
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - FYLD, an AI-powered frontline intelligence platform for the global infrastructure sector out of London, announced a €34 million ($41 million) Series B round to scale its platform delivering operational certainty for distributed, high-risk fieldwork in ene…
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AI field operations startup FYLD raises $41M to help build large-scale infrastructure
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - FYLD Ltd., a London-based artificial intelligence-powered startup that assists infrastructure and utility fieldwork operators, today announced it has raised $41 million in a Series B funding to accelerate the delivery of large-scale infrastructure project…
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AI startup automating medical device compliance work secures pre-seed round
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - AI-powered medtech startup Klaris has raised a $1m (£730,000) funding round in support of its automated regulatory compliance platform for medical device companies. The London-based startup was founded to address the challenges of securing regulatory appr…
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Bootstrapped And Profitable AI InsurTech Company mea Platform Secures €42.2M Funding
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - mea Platform (mea), a UK-based AI-first InsurTech company, has secured a €42.2 million ($50 million) minority growth equity investment from London-based SEP (Scottish Equity Partners) to accelerate product development and enhance customer engagement. Boot…
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