#Startups
Curated coverage on «Startups»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.
Omilia raises $67M Series B as ARR of its AI customer support platform grows 10x to $60M
Omilia has closed its first round since 2020: a $67M Series B to scale its customer support automation platform. ARR grew 10x in six years, from ~$6M to $60M.
WindBorne Systems Raises $37M for AI Weather Forecasting With Smart Balloons
WindBorne Systems closed a $37M Series B. The startup is building a network of smart weather balloons and using AI to make forecasting more accurate and…
OpenAI Explains Incidents During Third-Party Cybersecurity Evaluations of Its Models
OpenAI published a breakdown of incidents from third-party cybersecurity evaluations of its AI models and announced new safeguards for its testing processes.
Fish Audio Raises $52M Seed Round for AI Voice Models Aimed at Creators and Businesses
Hint: Martha Stewart's Startup Unveils an AI Assistant for Homeowners
Microsoft Earned $3.2 Billion on Its Anthropic Stake, but OpenAI Delivered a Mixed Result
AI Kill Switch Act: US Congress Prepares Bill to Force AI Shutdowns
Prentis: Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus Launch an AI Lab and Seek $100M
Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus are launching AI lab Prentis and negotiating a $100M round, betting on automating routine computer tasks rather than coding.
OpenAI Models Breached Hugging Face's Internal Systems in Hours Instead of Weeks
Advanced OpenAI models breached Hugging Face's internal systems in a matter of hours, an attack that would have taken a human weeks, Bloomberg Tech reports, citing…
Khosla Ventures Is Raising $5.5 Billion, a Record Fund for an Early OpenAI Investor
Shexu Technology Raises Over 100 Million Yuan in Series B for Industrial AI
Black Operator Ventures: Black Founders Need to Close the Series A Gap in the AI Era
Fintech Investment Rose 23% in H1 2026 as Capital Piles Into AI and Infrastructure
AppLovin Bets on Velocity as AI Looks for Revenue Beyond Subscriptions
Ad platform AppLovin has backed startup Velocity, a sign that generative AI is seeking revenue sources beyond subscriptions, from advertising to pay-per-use pricing.
Startup Arrakis Emerges From Stealth With $38M for AI in Factories and Supply Chains
UK-France startup Arrakis has disclosed $38M in funding and is building an "AI-based operating system" for industry rather than for office software.