Modulate raises $25M to sell AI that listens to voice calls, not just transcripts
Modulate raises $25M to sell AI that listens to voice calls, not just transcripts

Modulate, a Boston company that builds AI models to analyze speech directly rather than working from text transcripts, has raised $25M in a round led by Future Ventures. Hyperplane and Lakestar also took part, bringing the company’s total funding to $6…

Autoheal raises $7.9M to build a self-improving software factory
Autoheal raises $7.9M to build a self-improving software factory

AI is helping engineering teams ship more code, faster than ever. But that acceleration comes with a growing operational burden. More production incidents to respond to, more security vulnerabilities to remediate, and spiraling token costs to contain. …

Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns with 3,000 attendees and 600 investors
Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns with 3,000 attendees and 600 investors

Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns to Rixos Tersane in Istanbul on 12 to 14 October for its second edition. The organisers expect more than 3,000 attendees, 1,400 startups and 600 investors, up from about 1,700 attendees last year. The first edition r…

Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns in October with 600 investor
Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns in October with 600 investor

Istanbul Ignited by Slush’D returns to Rixos Tersane in Istanbul from 12 to 14 October for its second edition. The organizers expect more than 3,000 attendees, 1,400 startups and 600 investors, up from about 1,700 attendees last year. The first edition…

Anthropic seeks 50.1% voting control for founders, The Information reports
Anthropic seeks 50.1% voting control for founders, The Information reports

Anthropic wants its seven co-founders to keep control of the company after it goes public. The company is asking shareholders to approve a special class of shares for them, The Information reported on Thursday. Chief executive Dario Amodei and his six …

SoftBank invests $225M in ASI and forms autonomous construction venture
SoftBank invests $225M in ASI and forms autonomous construction venture

SoftBank Group has invested $225 million into Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a Utah company that makes work vehicles drive themselves.The two have also set up a joint venture to build self-driving machines for big road, rail and airport jobs. SoftBa…

Precision Neuroscience raises $250m at a $1bn valuation, NYT reports
Precision Neuroscience raises $250m at a $1bn valuation, NYT reports

Precision Neuroscience has raised $250m in a Series D round for its brain-computer interface, the New York company announced on Thursday. Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square, the Ackman Oxman Institute and an unnamed life sciences fund led the round. The rou…

Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents
Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents

Island, the Dallas company behind the Enterprise Browser, has raised $400m in a Series F round. The deal values it at $6.4bn, Island announced on Thursday. Evolution Equity Partners led the round. In March 2025, Island raised $250m in a Series E led by…

“Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots
“Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots

“When enough factory roles go unfilled at once, entire supply chains are at risk. O-ID’s robots are built to work alongside the people still on the floor, closing those gaps before they become a crisis for a single factory and for the industries Japan …

ByteDance brought in nearly 75% of Nscale’s 2025 sales, the FT reports
ByteDance brought in nearly 75% of Nscale’s 2025 sales, the FT reports

“A substantial portion of our revenue is driven by a limited number of our customers, and the loss of, or a significant reduction in, spend from one or a few of our top customers would adversely affect our business,” Nscale wrote in the prospectus for …