Tag: AI funding
Manus hunts a $4B valuation as it rebuilds without Meta
The agent startup is in talks to raise $500M after Beijing blocked its $2B sale to Meta.
New $300M fund backs AI for hospitality and venues
EMERGING and Promethean launch a $300M vehicle for AI built around restaurants and venues.
Robinhood Ventures Fund II backs an AI-first startup wave
Robinhood's new venture fund gives retail investors a window into an AI portfolio built around agent startups.
Brad Lightcap wraps an eight-year OpenAI run to found a new venture
One of OpenAI's longest-serving executives is heading out the door after eight years.
OpenAI buys back $7B of employee stock at $852B value
The lab repurchased $7B in staff shares, matching its March valuation of $852B.
Two-month-old River AI banks $1.1B for personal agents
Igor Babuschkin's startup aims to rebuild the AI stack around personal assistants.
Wall Street’s biggest funds sign on to Nvidia compute financing
Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR signed MOUs for compute financing.
KelAI builds autonomous AI quants for funds and traders
KelAI builds autonomous AI systems that run quantitative analysis for funds and traders.
AI infrastructure and model startups in Robinhood Ventures Fund II
Robinhood Ventures Fund II puts compute clouds, runtimes, and niche model builders in one portfolio.
China Inc. Pumps Another $2 Billion Into Moonshot AI. The Open Source Trojan Horse Is Working.
Moonshot's massive $2 billion raise signals that China's open source AI labs are winning the infrastructure war by…
Musk’s Four Fails: How He Begged Gates to Fund OpenAI and Got Ghosted
Musk confessed he begged Bill Gates four times to fund OpenAI but got completely ignored, revealing the personal…
Anthropic’s $900 Billion Delusion: The AI Hype Machine Hits Overdrive
Anthropic is reportedly on the verge of a $50 billion funding round that would more than double its…