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Supabase Hits $10.5B Valuation as AI Vibe Coding Drives Boom
SAN FRANCISCO: Supabase has secured $500 million in a Series F funding round, valuing the company at $10.5 billion. The…
OpenRouter Doubles Valuation to $1.3B on AI Gateway Boom
SAN FRANCISCO: OpenRouter raises $113 million in Series B funding, more than doubling its valuation to roughly $1.3 billion in…
Figure Founder Adcock Raises $700M for New AI Hardware Bet Hark
SAN FRANCISCO: Brett Adcock has raised over $700 million for his new AI hardware startup, Hark, pushing its valuation to…
Dust Raises $40M Series B for Multiplayer Enterprise AI Agents
SAN FRANCISCO: Dust, an AI platform company, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to grow its…
Forus Raises $160M to Fix the Broken Prescription Process
NEW YORK: A healthcare startup called Forus has raised over $160 million and is now valued at $1 billion. The…
BranchLab Raises $26M for Privacy-First Pharma AI Platform
NEW YORK: BranchLab raises $26 million in Series A funding to scale its privacy-first AI platform for pharmaceutical commercialization workflows.…
Fractile Raises $220M to Build AI Inference Chips and Systems
LONDON: Fractile raises $220 million in Series B funding to build specialized chips and systems for AI inference workloads at…
Anduril Raises $5B Series H to Scale Defense AI Manufacturing
COSTA MESA, Calif.: Anduril raises $5 billion in Series H funding to scale defense AI manufacturing operations across the United…
HrdWyr Raises $13M Series A to Build AI-Native Chips
BENGALURU: Indian fabless semiconductor startup HrdWyr has raised $13 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native chip business…
Dessn Raises $6M to Bring AI Design Into Production Codebases
LONDON: Dessn raises $6 million in combined pre-seed and seed funding to build AI design tools that work directly inside…