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$6.5T

Total Funding

28,231

Investors

214,984

People

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Michelle's Miracle

Michelle's Miracle

Michigan, US

Founded

2001

Stage

Series A

Total Raised

$1.5M

Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Columbus, OH, US

Founded

1990

Stage

Public

Total Raised

$524.6M

GateFrog

GateFrog

Greensboro, NC, US

Founded

2019

Stage

Seed

Total Raised

$7k

StimCell Energetics

StimCell Energetics

Carson City, NV, US

Founded

2014

Stage

Public

Total Raised

$221k

Pineapple

Pineapple

Los Angeles, CA, US

Founded

2013

Stage

Public

Total Raised

$1.7M

Vivakor

Vivakor

Lehi, UT, US

Founded

2006

Stage

Public

Total Raised

$10.4M

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Ramp Hits $60 Billion Valuation in $1.85 Billion Funding Round

Fintech startup Ramp has reached a roughly $60 billion valuation with its latest fundraising effort, according to people familiar with the matter.

Oct 9, 2026

Verizon stock heads for worst day since 2002 as SpaceX U.S. network plans whack telcos

SpaceX announced the spectrum deal Thursday, as the company aims to push deeper into the telecom market through its Starlink service.

Oct 9, 2026

VCs are minting decacorns at a record pace

We're in the golden age of decacorns. — The average time from launch to decacorn has been cut in nearly half, and some decacorns arrive literally overnight.

Oct 9, 2026

Ultra raises $62 million for fast-growing ‘robots as a service’ business, announces tie-up with AI research firm Physical Intelligence

Finance editor Jeff John Roberts here. The explosive growth of the robotics industry in recent years is reflected in new technology feats …

Oct 9, 2026

Celsius' Alex Mashinsky hit with $35M penalty and permanent ban in NY legal settlement

The deal requires Mashinsky to forfeit $10M in ill-gotten gains or pay New York $25M, plus a $10M penalty if released early.

Oct 9, 2026

Mind-Reading Baseball Cap Startup Sabi Raises $50 Million From Billionaire Vinod Khosla

Palo Alto-based Sabi is betting its cap, outfitted with 100,000 sensors, will enable people to talk to their AI agents just by thinking.

Oct 9, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz Backs Jev Maker at $7.5 Billion Value

TypeSafe AI, the startup behind Jev, a new artificial intelligence model that went viral after it launched only a few weeks ago …

Oct 9, 2026

Burnham Says UK Will Curb Non-Compete Clauses After Tech, AI Startup Outcry

The UK is set to curb hiring restrictions that force employees to wait before moving jobs or starting companies …

Oct 9, 2026

Sam Altman-backed, bitcoin-based insurer Meanwhile raises $37.5M

Meanwhile, a Sam Altman-backed company offering life insurance in bitcoin, raised $37.5 million in funding, CEO Zac Townsend tells Axios exclusively.

Oct 9, 2026

Wave of Cyberattacks Prompts Japan to Urge Security Reviews

A cascade of cyberattacks has hit Japanese companies over the past few weeks, prompting the government to call for security checks …

Oct 9, 2026

Netflix Is Sharpening the Layoff Axe

Facing pressure over weakened engagement and a depressed stock price, the streamer is prepping for a round of layoffs in the near future, per sources.

Oct 9, 2026

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Jev creator TypeSafe closes $870M round at $7.5B valuation

TypeSafe Inc., the creator of the Jev artificial intelligence model, today announced that it has raised $870 million in funding at a $7.5 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with contributions from Sequoia Capital, DCVC and unnamed angel investors. The cash infusion comes less than

Oct 9, 2026

Seismora builds a control plane to route AI workloads across devices and clouds

Seismora is building a control plane to coordinate AI workloads across devices, edge infrastructure and multiple cloud providers.

Oct 9, 2026

Satellite radar tech startup Kapta Space raises $24M from Bill Gates-backed fund and defense investors

Kapta Space, a Seattle startup building lower-cost, steerable radar sensors for satellites, has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round to scale production and meet growing demand for defense intelligence contracts. The investment brings total funding to $30 million, following an initial $5 m

Oct 9, 2026

18 insights from SailPoint’s Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed

Identity security for AI agents is a board priority, and enterprises at Navigate 2026 are moving to just-in-time access and named human owners.

Oct 9, 2026

Elastic’s AlertZero puts AI agents to work on security alert overload

Enterprise search and security company Elastic N.V. today introduced AlertZero, a team of specialized artificial intelligence agents for security operations. Built into Elastic Security, the agents take on alert triage, threat hunting and forensic analysis, and each customer decides how much of that

Oct 8, 2026

Alphabet spinoff Isomorphic Labs reportedly raising funding at up to $50B valuation

Isomorphic Labs Ltd., an Alphabet Inc. spinoff working to accelerate drug discovery, is said to be raising a new funding round. The Bloomberg report that revealed the discussions today didn’t specify the size of the deal. The paper’s sources did, however, divulge that Isomorphic is eyeing a valuatio

Oct 8, 2026

AI agent developer Manus raises $500M+ at reported $4B valuation

Manus, the creator of the eponymous artificial intelligence agent, has raised more than $500 million in funding. The Chinese startup announced the round today. It stated that private equity firm Boyu Capital led the investment with contributions from Tencent Holdings Ltd., one of China’s largest tec

Oct 8, 2026

Automation Anywhere acquires Boost.ai to expand customer-facing voice AI

Automation Anywhere Inc., an enterprise agentic automation and orchestration firm, announced Wednesday an agreement to acquire Boost.ai Inc., a conversational voice artificial intelligence company, from Nordic Capital. The firm seeks to build the “autonomous enterprise,” an operating model where bus

Oct 8, 2026

Rocket fuel: Seattle-area startups raise a record $3.5B as national VC funding cools

Seattle-area startups raised $3.5 billion in venture capital in the third quarter, the most in any quarter going back at least a decade, led by big rounds for Kent-based rocket maker Stoke Space, Bellevue developer platform Temporal and Everett fusion company Helion. That’s more than triple the $1 b

Oct 8, 2026

Liquid AI builds personal AI around device-level context

Liquid AI builds personal AI around device-level context, efficient models and continuous improvement, helping agents work within fixed hardware limits.

Oct 8, 2026

Harness acquires Augment Code to bridge software engineering from idea to deployment

Autonomous software delivery lifecycle platform Harness Inc. today announced that it has acquired select assets from Augment Code Computing Inc. and the company’s team will join the company. Harness is a software delivery company that provides an autonomous, artificial intelligence-driven platform t

Oct 8, 2026

Shield AI lands $150M Navy contract to advance AI-piloted fighter jet that will be built south of Seattle

Defense technology startup Shield AI has secured a $150 million contract from the U.S. Navy to advance development of its X-BAT autonomous fighter jet — providing fresh federal backing for the program as the company establishes its first major manufacturing footprint south of Seattle. Last week, Gee

Oct 8, 2026

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