This former Microsoft PM thinks she can unseat CyberArk in 18 months

Though crowded, the identity management market seems eager for new solutions, and Venice is finding traction.

World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows

The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases. 

Heron Power raises $140M to ramp production of grid-altering tech

Tesla alumni Drew Baglino raises a large round to build a giga-scale factory, this time at his own startup.

DG Matrix raises $60M to make data center power smarter

The startup is making solid-state transformers capable of intelligently aggregating power from a number of different sources before sending it to data center racks.

SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links

Mesh aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers.

Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn

According to a16z, it has eyes around the world in order to spot companies as early as local funds might.

Twilio co-founder’s fusion power startup raises $450M from Bessemer and Alphabet’s GV

Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.

Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce 

The startup, Monaco, has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.

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Complyance raises $20M to help companies manage risk and compliance

Complyance raised a $20 million Series A led by GV for its AI-native compliance platform.