Databricks announced a strategic funding round late Wednesday, June 16, that values the cloud-based data platform company at $188 billion, a 40% jump from its $134 billion valuation in December. The r…
Databricks announced strategic funding at a $188 billion valuation, led by existing investor Coatue, to accelerate its AI strategy. The company will use the capital to strengthen Unity AI Gateway, exp…
General Intuition, a Bezos-backed startup valued at $2.3 billion, raised $320 million to train AI agents using video game data, arguing that gaming data better teaches models about physical movement a…
Microsoft is reasserting control over its AI strategy as OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models after securing Trump administration approval. The move comes amid rising oil pric…
General Intuition, a Bezos-backed startup valued at $2.3 billion, closed a $320 million funding round to develop AGI using gaming data, arguing that large language models lack the spatial-temporal und…
Norm Ai raised $120 million in Series C funding at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, and Coatue. The startup operates its own …
Norm Ai raised $120 million at a $1.2 billion valuation on July 7, 2026, led by Khosla Ventures, to expand its legal and compliance AI agents. The company claims institutions managing over $30 trillio…
Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus Technologies partnered with Nvidia to build its first data center in Indonesia, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint. The company, which pivoted from crypto…
Attentive, an AI-powered omnichannel marketing platform founded in 2016 in New York, has scaled to $500M+ ARR by 2024, serving thousands of brands with personalized SMS, email, RCS, and push notificat…
Databricks acquired cybersecurity startup Panther Labs, which had a $1.4 billion valuation after a 2021 funding round, to bolster its security offerings. The acquisition aims to enhance Databricks' co…
Singapore-based Firmus Technologies, backed by Nvidia, plans to build three AI factories in Tasmania that would make it the state's largest electricity user, with a total of 400 MW of GPU compute capa…
Unicorn valuations have surged 70% since September 2024, driven by a fivefold increase in AI funding per unicorn compared to 2021, according to Coatue co-founder Thomas Laffont. Laffont also stated th…
Data security startup Cyera is finalizing a funding round of at least $300 million led by Evolution Equity Partners at a $12 billion valuation, according to sources familiar with the deal. The company…
Anthropic, the AI lab behind the Claude chatbot, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company, valued at nearly $1 trillion aft…
LucidLink CEO Peter Thompson said the AI-driven data center construction boom is exposing a critical bottleneck in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms, where legacy workflows cannot…