AI's Ascent: 55 US Startups Soar with $100M+ in Funding!
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Key Takeaways
“Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?”
“Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?”
“Witness AI detects employee use of unapproved tools, blocking attacks, and ensuring compliance.”
“I need to start writing business plans...which AI program is the best for doing all these tasks at once?”
“The post OpenAI backer Sequoia Capital in talks to join Anthropic’s proposed $25B mega round appeared on SiliconANGLE.”
“zeteoh is showcasing its innovative spatial AI solution, TRAILS.”
“The scramble to exploit artificial intelligence is happening across the retail spectrum, from the highest echelons of luxury goods to the most pragmatic of convenience.”
“Musk claimed in the filing that he's entitled to a portion of OpenAI's recent valuation at $500 billion, after contributing $38 million in "seed funding" during the AI company's startup years.”
““This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,” Brockman wrote.”
“Musk's legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns 'many orders of magnitude greater' than his initial investment.”
“Defence, government and agribusiness customers use the Luxembourg startup's data to track the movement a critical resource: water”
“Anthropic has appointed Irina Ghose, a former Microsoft India managing director, to lead its India business as the U.S. AI startup prepares to open an office in Bengaluru.”
“Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come.”
“The post Database maker ClickHouse raises $400M, acquires AI observability startup Langfuse appeared on SiliconANGLE.”
“The startup has partnered with Eli Lilly and enjoys the backing of some of Silicon Valley's most influential VCs.”
“The article suggests that the project is moving forward rapidly.”
“The money and products are pouring into health and voice AI...”
“AI is not just about efficiency; it's about creating things that didn't exist before, enabling personalized tastes to be fulfilled.”
“Patentfield will be showcased at the JID 2026 by ASCII STARTUP event.”
“NVIDIA AI Open-Sourced KVzap: A SOTA KV Cache Pruning Method that Delivers near-Lossless 2x-4x Compression.”
“NVIDIA AI Open-Sourced KVzap: A SOTA KV Cache Pruning Method that Delivers near-Lossless 2x-4x Compression.”
“This article highlights the upcoming exhibition of Quanmatic at JID 2026.”
“More Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join OpenAI.”
“The startup claims its AI platform can help optimize editorial processes and research.”
“Bloomberg described the investment as a $252 million seed round...”
“Higgsfield says it's on a $200 million annual revenue run rate.”
“Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others.”
“Merge Labs describes itself as a 'research laboratory' dedicated to 'connecting biological intelligence with artificial intelligence to maximize human capabilities.'”
“OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup.”
“AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised $80 million in new funding, valuing the company at over $1.3 billion...”
“AI tech startup Klleon provides AI digital human technology to Fuji TV's 'AI Experiment Variety Show Singular.'”
“RISC-V will become the mainstream computing system of the next era, and it is a key opportunity for the country's computing chip to achieve overtaking.”
“The abrupt change in personnel was in the works for several weeks, according to an OpenAI executive.”
“It's building a 'device + APP + cloud platform + content community' smart cooking ecosystem. Its APP not only controls the device but also incorporates an AI Chef function, which can generate customized recipes based on voice or images and issue them to the device with one click.”
“This post explores how new serverless model customization capabilities, elastic training, checkpointless training, and serverless MLflow work together to accelerate your AI development from months to days.”
“Skild AI, a robotics company building an “omni-bodied” brain to operate any robot for any task, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1.4 billion, tripling its valuation to over $14 billion.”
“Mike Krieger, the Instagram co-founder who joined Anthropic two years ago as its chief product officer, is moving to a new focus at the AI startup: co-leading its internal incubator, dubbed the 'Labs' team.”
“The company said it took only five months to go from $200 million to $330 million in annual recurring revenue.”
“Flip, a startup that claims to offer an Amazon Alexa-like voice AI experience for businesses, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round...”
“Deepgram is raising its Series C round at a $1.3 billion valuation.”
“Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.”
“The author mentioned, 'I realized I knew nothing' about Lenzo, indicating an initial lack of knowledge, driving the exploration.”
“with AI powering “concierge-like” services.”
“In June last year, startup Octavia Carbon began running a high-stakes test in the small town of Gilgil in…”
“Metaが、シンガポールに本拠を置く中国人が創業したAIスタートアップ「Manus」を総額20億ドル(約3100億円)超で買収することが発表されました。”
“He reportedly emphasized that the rapid changes artificial intelligence is bringing […]”
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“2026年、AIエージェントはベンチャーだけでなく、大企業でも活用が進んでくることが想定されます。”
“Now his South Korean company, FuriosaAI, has an AI chip entering mass production.”
“322起融资迎接2026”
“"Human brains are the only embodied AI brains that have been successfully realized in the world, and we have no reason not to use them as a blueprint for technological iteration."”
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