#Startups
Curated coverage on «Startups»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.

Air Street Capital became one of Europe's largest solo venture firms with a $232 million fund
London-based Air Street Capital closed Fund III at $232 million, becoming one of Europe's largest solo venture managers focused on early-stage AI startups.

Sequoia invests in Harvey for the third time — the AI startup for lawyers is valued at $11 billion
Harvey, a Legal AI startup, confirmed a $11 billion valuation. Sequoia invested for the third time, joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and investor…

Meta lays off hundreds of employees, reallocating funds to AI
Meta is cutting staff in recruiting, sales and Reality Labs amid major investments in AI.

Spanish startup Xoople raised $130M for Earth mapping for AI

Startup Rocket offers McKinsey-style AI consulting at a fraction of the usual cost

Private capital moves directly into AI startups, bypassing venture funds

AWS chief explained why investing in both Anthropic and OpenAI is not a conflict of interest

Parasail raises $32M: betting on developers who want more AI tokens
Parasail closed a Series A at $32M, betting that the future of AI infrastructure will be fragmented across multiple models and compute providers.

Allbirds Sells Shoe Business, Relaunches as NewBird AI with $50M Funding
Eco-friendly sneaker maker Allbirds has sold its shoe business and relaunched as NewBird AI — raising $50M through convertible financing and pivoting toward AI…

AI learning service Gizmo closes $22M Series A with 13 million users

Startup Sabi is developing a hat that reads thoughts and turns them into text

Upscale AI in talks for third round at $2 billion valuation seven months after launch

Schematik — "Cursor for Hardware": Anthropic Considers Investment in Hardware Startup

Nexus Raises $4.3M to Let Non-Programmers Build Enterprise AI Agents
Belgian startup Nexus has raised $4.3 million. Its platform lets non-technical staff deploy enterprise AI agents quickly, with no programming skills required.

Nothing Enters the AI Smart Glasses Market
Nothing, the startup known for its transparent design, is expanding its ecosystem. Next year it will unveil AI-powered smart glasses, taking on the leaders in…









