AI Startups

NVIDIA has hired 109 employees from AI startup Poolside in a $12 billion deal that the founders describe as 'not an acquisition and not an acquihire,' with founders staying for $1 billion and employees receiving $6 billi…

OpenAI's decision to pause its IPO plans has raised new questions about Anthropic's upcoming public offering, with both companies having confidentially filed IPO documents in June 2026. Anthropic's IPO market cap predict…

Micro1, an AI data startup founded in 2022, has pivoted from enterprise recruiting software to providing expert human training data for frontier AI labs, and is now launching its first major ad campaign targeting major L…

California attracted more venture capital than all other 49 U.S. states combined in 2024, with startups in the state raising $366 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from PitchBook. The state's d…

SCX.ai began trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the ticker SCX after a fully underwritten $40 million IPO at 30 cents per share, with contracted annual recurring revenue (ARR) up 20.9% to $6.5 mill…

SCX.ai, Australia's first ASX-listed pure-play sovereign AI inference infrastructure company, debuted on the ASX under the ticker SCX after a $40 million IPO. Founder and CEO David Keane said the company's SambaNova Syst…

Harvey, the $11 billion legal AI startup, unveiled Tenet, its first proprietary in-house model, as part of the Harvey II relaunch on August 18. Tenet, built on a customized version of Moonshot AI's open-weight Kimi K3 mo…

Anthropic's $1.5 billion enterprise AI services firm Ode, led by Chris Taylor, has been built around private equity portfolios, with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs announcing the venture on May 4th. Od…

Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI model, expects to match or exceed the size of SpaceX's record-setting IPO, which raised $75 billion initially and $86.2 billion with overallotment, according to people familiar w…

Astromech, an artificial intelligence startup developing models that can predict biological change, has raised $20 million in funding, lifting its valuation to $3.8 billion. The round was led by biotechnology investor Bo…

OpenCode founder Jay V reported on X that the company's $10-per-month Go subscription surpassed 301,000 active subscribers, with a dashboard showing 301,018 accounts and 14.6% growth. At standard pricing, that implies ov…

Broadcom Inc. is reportedly seeking up to $100 billion in debt financing to support AI chip initiatives for Anthropic PBC and possibly OpenAI Group PBC, according to Bloomberg. The deal may include $60 billion to $70 bil…

Micro1, a startup founded by 25-year-old Ali Ansari, grew from $7 million to $300 million in annualized revenue by April 2026, according to Forbes, by pivoting from AI recruiting to supplying vetted human experts for rei…

Micro1, a four-year-old AI data-labeling startup, has grown its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million in eight months, with a net run rate between $150 million and $200 million, according to a person fa…

Nvidia has agreed to pay $6 billion to license AI models from Poolside AI and invest an additional $1 billion in equity, setting Poolside's pre-money valuation at $12 billion, a fourfold jump from last year's $3 billion.…

Ode, an AI consulting firm backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs, embeds AI engineers and implements Claude directly into enterprises, offering a new model of consulting that integrates AI into business oper…

Anthropic PBC is privately hoping its upcoming initial public offering will match or surpass the $75 billion raised by SpaceX Corp. in June, which could reach $86.2 billion with overallotment, according to anonymous sour…

OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic among U.S. businesses, according to new data from Ramp, the corporate credit card and expense management company. As of July, Anthropic holds nearly 44% market share to OpenAI's nearly 40%,…

Twin1 AI Inc. launched today with $20 million in seed funding to build AI-powered digital twins that carry an individual professional's expertise across their organization. The San Mateo, California-based startup pairs e…

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI models, has added Citigroup to its IPO banking team, joining Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase, as it prepares for a potential Nasdaq listing as soon as October…