Startups

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Google Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Targets Enterprise Scale at $0.25 Per Million Tokens

Google has launched Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite in preview, the fastest and most cost-efficient model in its Gemini 3 family, priced at just $0.25 per million input tokens with 2.5x faster time-to-first-token than its predecessor. The model targets high-volume enterprise workloads where cost and latency matter more than peak capability.

Mar 15

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Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia Raises $190 Million for AI Cybersecurity Startup Armadin

Kevin Mandia, who sold Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022, has raised a record-breaking $190 million in combined seed and Series A funding for Armadin, a startup building autonomous AI security agents. Backed by Accel, GV, Kleiner Perkins, and the CIA's In-Q-Tel, Armadin is already working with Fortune 100 companies.

Mar 14

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Nscale Raises $2 Billion Series C — the Largest Funding Round in European Tech History

London-based AI infrastructure company Nscale closes a $2 billion Series C at a $14.6 billion valuation — the largest funding round in European history — backed by Citadel, Dell, NVIDIA, and Nokia, with former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg joining the board.

Mar 13

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Apple iPad Air with M4 Chip Launches Alongside MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e

Apple rounds out its March product refresh with the iPad Air featuring the M4 chip — bringing desktop-class performance to the mid-range tablet alongside Stage Manager improvements and new Apple Pencil Pro support, completing a triple-product launch week.

Mar 12

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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Strikes Multiyear Nvidia Deal with Gigawatt-Scale Compute Access

Thinking Machines, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, secures a multiyear deal with Nvidia that includes a significant investment and access to at least one gigawatt of next-generation Vera Rubin chips — giving the young enterprise AI startup an enormous compute runway.

Mar 10

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Sierra Space Closes $550 Million Series C at $8 Billion Valuation for Commercial Space Station

Sierra Space closes a $550 million Series C led by LuminArx Capital at an $8 billion valuation, bringing total capital raised to over $2 billion — funding development of the Dream Chaser spaceplane and the Orbital Reef commercial space station planned for launch in 2028.

Mar 9

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JetStream Security Launches with $34 Million Seed to Govern Enterprise AI Systems

JetStream Security emerges from stealth with $34 million in seed funding to build a governance platform for enterprise AI systems — monitoring model behavior, enforcing policy guardrails, and providing audit trails for AI decisions in regulated industries.

Mar 8

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Anthropic Revenue Hits $14 Billion Run Rate, Growing 10x Year-over-Year

Anthropic's annual revenue run rate has reached $14 billion, growing approximately 10x year-over-year according to data disclosed during its recent $30 billion Series G — driven primarily by enterprise adoption of Claude for software engineering, customer support, and data analysis.

Mar 6

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Neura Robotics Reportedly Raising 1 Billion Euros Backed by Tether

German humanoid robotics startup Neura Robotics is reportedly raising approximately 1 billion euros in a funding round backed by stablecoin issuer Tether, valuing the company at roughly 4 billion euros as the European robotics sector attracts increasing investor attention.

Mar 3

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Fig Security Emerges from Stealth with $38 Million to Track Security Stack Drift

Fig Security launches with $38 million in combined seed and Series A funding led by Team8 and Ten Eleven Ventures, building a platform that traces data flows across the security stack and alerts teams when infrastructure changes break detection and response capabilities.

Mar 2

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February 2026 VC Recap: $189 Billion Month Dominated by Three AI Mega-Rounds

February 2026 closes as the largest single month for venture capital in history at $189 billion, with OpenAI ($110B), Anthropic ($30B), and Waymo ($16B) accounting for over 80% of the total — while early-stage funding outside AI continues to contract.

Feb 28

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Encord Closes $60 Million Series C for Data Infrastructure Powering Robotics AI

Encord, a data infrastructure startup building annotation and curation tools for robotics and autonomous systems, closes a $60 million Series C led by Wellington Management to expand its platform for 3D point cloud, video, and sensor fusion data.

Feb 26