Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.

Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M

The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.

Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals

The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.

As electric two-wheelers gain a foothold, Belgian startup Any bets on cargo space

Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pets.

Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup

Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the same factory — that manufacturers use in high-end goods.

Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick

Hoomanely has developed a smart bowl to measure and record dogs’ feeding data, then tells owners if behaviors change.

This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’

The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation

The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.

Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web

Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.

Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor

Perceptron offers an AI model that it says can help machines navigate the world while also providing in-depth visual intelligence.