Democratic wins may slow AI spend to protect US economy
Deutsche Bank suggests political outcomes could pace data-center investment by curbing expansion in certain states.
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Southeast Asian datacentre expansion stalls amid power limits and environmental review delays
Southeast Asian infrastructure growth slows due to power constraints and incomplete environmental assessments in key markets.
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Potential Sciences raises eight figures with UK Sovereign AI Fund support
The startup building large-scale chemical data sets secured government backing as part of a new funding round according to the published report
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Capital One Ventures Leads Sentra’s $150M Series C for Agent Access Monitoring
Capital One Ventures leads a new round that brings Sentra's total funding to over $250 million for monitoring agent access.
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Isomorphic Labs in talks for $5B raise at $50B valuation
The AI drug discovery startup, spun out from Google DeepMind, is seeking new capital to expand its artificial intelligence efforts.
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Engineer merges 200 pull requests monthly at AI-native startup
A software engineer at Tano reports merging over 200 pull requests per month, a significant increase from his previous output of eight to 20.
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Fal raises $1.3B at $16B valuation as inference demand drives growth
San Francisco startup Fal secured a massive funding round led by Bessemer, doubling its value to $16 billion amid surging demand for AI model execution services.
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Evertrue Capital launches $17M fund for European AI and fintech startups
Yvonne Bajela’s new firm targets early-stage bets across the UK and Europe, aiming to back 20 companies with average checks of £350,000.
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Larridin raises $30M Series A to help firms audit AI adoption value
Pelion Ventures leads a $30M round for Larridin, a startup that helps companies track how AI impacts employee output and identify better adoption areas.
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Marble Cognition raises $3.75M to map workflows for AI agents
Munich startup secures pre-seed funding to build agents that observe employee actions before automating tasks.
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Casap Raises $56M Series B to Scale AI Dispute Automation for Banks
Base10 Partners leads the round, bringing Casap’s total funding to $90M as the company automates anti-fraud operations for financial institutions.
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Salesforce buys AI logistics firm Rune for $375M to boost defense platform
The CRM giant acquires the startup to integrate frontline supply data into its Missionforce unit for military operations.
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Eugenia Kuyda's Wabi scores $55M seed at $1.25B valuation for AI assistant
The consumer AI startup secured funding from IVP and Amazon Alexa Fund to build a chat-based assistant that integrates with financial and email tools.
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Rivian adds AI assistant licensing to VW joint venture scope
Rivian is licensing its in-house AI voice technology to Volkswagen under their $5.8 billion partnership, expanding the deal beyond core software architecture.
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