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This week, only NVIDIA earnings have been brought more than notifications. Startups and the VCS also had some news – maybe calm, but still able to focus on it, especially where AI is involved.
The most exciting startup story from the week
The AI ​​once again played a huge part of the total startup activity, including an acquisition, but this week also reminded us that the implementation of full M&A takes time – and that VC funding is not the only way.
Good Optics: The AMD obtained a startup insightful design for the aid of Silicon Photonics Product Development under the terminated terms. The goal of acquisition is to accelerate the “AMD’s co -packaged optics innovation for the AII system.”
On the ship: AI Startup Anthropic added Red Hastings, co -founder of Netflix, to its board of directors. Hastings were appointed by Anthropic’s Independent Long -term Benefit Trust and has already had the experience of sitting on boards of Netflix, Bloomberg, Meta and Microsoft.
It takes time in: Family Safety App Life 360 ​​finally adds tile air tag -shaped item to losing item, three and a half years after receiving the tile for $ 205 million after Life 360.
A month and 25 days: High -profile entrepreneur and angel investor coastal Liangia showed details of their stance on Elon Musk’s Dodgework Force, saying he was booted only after 55 days. But this is not just his: the stain of the musk is also ending.
Bootstraped: Ten-year-old cybercocratory company Thanest Canary reached $ 20 million in annual revenue without VC investment-this is an interesting story that is noteworthy before diving in funding news.
Extremely interesting VC and funding news this week
This week, news of funding comes from a mixture of announcements and rumors-unconfirmed but well acquired. Let’s start with them before going into more solid updates.
Once again. Elon Musk’s Mental Implant Startup, Neurlink, allegedly raised $ 600 million in cost of $ 9 billion.
Arm: It is said that Samsung is seeking to invest in 100 million rounds for medical device startups through his project investment arm.
The new horizon: Fileings revealed that CyberScureti Startup is trying to collect $ 100 million, of which it has earned at least 73 million.
New bricks: Taking advantage of construction development tracking AI and computer vision, a startup based in Chicago increased the $ 45 million series D, making it a total amount of $ 166 million.
Adding: A startup using machine learning and Generative AI to automatically make accounting reports, Religit, collected a series of $ 25 million led by Sequrea Capital, which is only 10 months after the $ 13.5 million seed and pre -seed round.
Facility: The 15 -month -old Indian startup, working in the rising hot domestic services, received $ 19 million in a series B -Round, headed by Light Speed, at a cost of $ 80 million.
Global model: Santhaysia co -founder Mathews Nesner’s new company, Spatil, collected a $ 13 million seed round, headed by the initial bird to create a foundation model that is capable of creating an interactive 3D online environment. This week will share similarities with the AI ​​model released by rival Odyssey.
Advanced grid: Gridcare, an AI -powered energy correction, came out of the stealth, with a $ 13.5 million seed round exceeded, saying it was ready to play a match maker between data centers and utilities.
Diverse: The official Saudi AI company Humayan, a $ 10 billion Venture Fund, is making progress to launch Hameen Ventures, which will invest in startups in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kiwi Startups: Auckland -based venture firm and incubator outset ventures shut down a second $ 25 million fund to invest in a deep tech startup leaving New Zealand.
Last but not less than
Nuclear fusion startup investors are attracting investors, but their efforts are still experimental. On the other hand, the fusion already has the potential for power data centers, which explains why large tech companies are investing in nuclear -cognitive startups.