The Teen Behind Cal AI Just Raised $10 Million for an AI Wristband Called Persona
Zach Yadegari, the 19-year-old who built the calorie-tracking app Cal AI, has raised $10 million for a new startup called…
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Waymo Just Upsized Its First-Ever Debt Deal to $5 Billion
Waymo has grown its debut private debt raise from an initial target north of $3 billion to $5 billion, with…
Meet Tab, the New AI Assistant That Texts You Like a Friend and Just Hit a $300 Million Valuation
Tab, a personal AI assistant that lives inside iMessage and WhatsApp instead of its own app, has exited stealth at…
China’s Manus Just Raised $500 Million in Its First Round Since the Meta Deal Fell Apart
Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup Meta once tried to buy into, has closed more than $500 million in its…
OpenAI Is Shopping a $30 Billion Round That Could Value It at $1.4 Trillion
Bloomberg reports OpenAI is in talks with UAE investment funds and BlackRock for a $30 billion round that would value…
Biren Just Tapped Investors for the Third Time This Year, Even as Its Stock Craters
Bloomberg reports Biren, the Chinese GPU maker racing to rival Nvidia, is raising about $515 million in a new share…
Isomorphic Labs Is Reportedly Being Valued at $40 Billion, and It Still Has Zero Drugs in Clinical Trials
Bloomberg reports Alphabet's AI drug discovery spinout Isomorphic Labs is in early talks to raise funding at a $40 billion-plus…
Nvidia Is Putting Up to $1 Billion Into an AI Coding Startup You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Nvidia is reportedly planning to invest up to $1 billion in Poolside, an AI coding startup, in a deal that…
DeepSeek Is Reportedly Chasing a $12 Billion Round on Its Way to a 2027 IPO
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab that rattled Silicon Valley with a cheap, capable open model last year, is reportedly targeting…
Trump’s Former AI Adviser Is Raising $500 Million, and National Security Is the Pitch
Sriram Krishnan, who left his post as Trump's senior AI policy adviser in June, is reportedly raising close to $500…