Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.
The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.
It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event,…
Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.
The startup, founded in 2021, lets enterprise customers use smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.
While everyone in AI is chasing “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.
Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.
Syntetica, a French startup that has developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, has already obtained big-name partners and investors.
Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person’s health.
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categ…