When software starts shaping family memory
When software starts shaping family memory

There is a particular kind of question that families postpone for years. It is difficult not because the answer is secret, but because the question is too large: Tell me about your life. Faced with it, even a willing storyteller may retreat into genera…

OpenAI buys camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300m, WSJ reports
OpenAI buys camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300m, WSJ reports

OpenAI has bought Glass Imaging, a startup that uses AI to improve smartphone cameras, in a deal that values it at more than $300m. The Wall Street Journal reported the purchase on 14 September, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the …

Temporal raises $550m at $12.55bn to keep AI agents from failing
Temporal raises $550m at $12.55bn to keep AI agents from failing

Temporal has raised $550m in a Series E round that values it at $12.55bn. That is more than double its valuation seven months ago. The company announced the round on 14 September. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round. Wellington Management, Growth…

Tandem Health raises $100m to turn its AI scribe into clinic software
Tandem Health raises $100m to turn its AI scribe into clinic software

Stockholm-based Tandem Health has raised $100m in a Series B round led by the Scaleup Europe Fund, which EQT manages. The company announced the round on 14 September. Existing investors Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries also took p…

New York picks Brooklyn startup “it’s electric” to build its 700-charger curbside network
New York picks Brooklyn startup “it’s electric” to build its 700-charger curbside network

New York City has selected it’s electric, a Brooklyn company that manufactures in Queens, to replace its curbside electric vehicle charging pilot with a permanent network across all five boroughs. The buildout runs for three years and takes the city fr…

The robot that sweeps the car park is also watching it. Viabot’s $24m round calls that soft security.
The robot that sweeps the car park is also watching it. Viabot’s $24m round calls that soft security.

Viabot has raised a $24m Series A led by Walden International, bringing total funding to $43m for its autonomous outdoor sweeping robot. The same machine runs what the company calls soft security, using its navigation sensors to detect loitering and tr…

HelmGuard raises $7.3m to replace compliance paperwork with AI agents
HelmGuard raises $7.3m to replace compliance paperwork with AI agents

London startup HelmGuard has raised $7.3m in seed funding. It uses AI agents to check how companies manage security and compliance. Infinity Ventures and Frontline co-led the round, the company said in its funding announcement on 9 September. FinTech C…

Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents
Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents

AI inference company Baseten has acquired Blaxel, a startup that builds secure execution environments, or sandboxes, for AI agents. Baseten co-founder and chief technology officer Amir Haghighat told Axios Pro about the deal, which the outlet reported …

TAR raises $120m at a $1bn valuation to build off-grid power for AI
TAR raises $120m at a $1bn valuation to build off-grid power for AI

TAR has raised a $120m Series A led by Spark Capital at a $1bn post-money valuation. The Austin company builds off-grid power systems for AI data centres. The company announced the round on Thursday. Prior investors Buckley Ventures and Align Fund also…

Euno raises $23m to give enterprise AI agents the context they lack
Euno raises $23m to give enterprise AI agents the context they lack

Euno has raised a $23m Series A led by N47. The startup builds what it calls a context platform for enterprise AI agents. Chief executive Sarah Levy first disclosed the round to Axios Pro, before the company published its announcement on Wednesday. Exi…