AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn
AI training-data startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round valuing it at $3.2 billion, up from a $300 million valuation just five months earlier.
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809 storiesSequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages
Empirik, an infrastructure-observability startup incubated inside Sequoia Capital, is spinning out as an independent company after raising $21 million in seed funding.
AIR raises $50M to help vet the skills AI agents use
AI security startup AIR raised $50 million across two seed rounds to help companies discover and vet the skills, plug-ins, and MCP servers AI agents use.
India's Unacademy sells to upGrad for $206M, about 94% below peak
Unacademy sold to rival upGrad in an all-stock deal valuing it at about $206 million, roughly 94% below its $3.44 billion peak valuation in 2021.
Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma
Magna International is investing another $35 million in Yuma Energy, the Indian battery-swapping network that has completed more than 60 million swaps for electric two- and three-wheelers.
Polymarket reportedly raises $300M from Donald Trump Jr.'s fund
Polymarket reportedly raised $300 million from 1789 Capital, a fund tied to Donald Trump Jr., as part of a new round totaling around $1 billion, per the WSJ.
a16z expands growth fund to $8.5B days after $1.1B chip fund
Andreessen Horowitz grew its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion, adding $1.75 billion just days after raising $1.1 billion for a new AI hardware fund.
Blue Voice raises $6M for real-time police guidance
Blue Voice, an AI startup giving police real-time policy guidance, is emerging from stealth with $6 million in funding.
Ryan Breslow seeks up to $27M pay-to-play bridge round to save Bolt
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow is raising a bridge round of up to $27 million in what may be the startup's last shot at survival.
Vijay Pande leaves a16z to make fewer, bigger biotech bets
Vijay Pande, who grew a16z's biotech practice to nearly $4 billion, has left to co-found VZVC, a firm making about five concentrated bets a year instead of dozens.
How Sweden built one of Europe's hottest startup ecosystems
Sweden's startup ecosystem is on pace to raise at least $5 billion this year, with Cherry Ventures partner Sophia Bendz crediting a cultural shift toward founder prestige.
Andreessen Horowitz launches $1.1B fund for AI's physical infrastructure
Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new "Machine Age" fund with $1.1 billion raised, aimed at the hardware and physical infrastructure that powers AI.
Belgian startup Any bets on cargo space for its electric motorcycle
Belgian startup Any has secured more than 600 reservations for its modular electric motorcycle, the LUV1, and is seeking some €10 million in a Series A round.
Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to sell 'dupe'-adjacent luxury goods
Atorie, an AI-powered fashion startup that connects luxury manufacturers directly with consumers, raised a $9.5 million seed round to expand its factory network and AI tools.
Ex-PG&E engineer raises $26M to map what's buried underground
CivilGrid, a startup founded by a former PG&E engineer to map underground utility infrastructure, raised a $26 million Series A led by Spark Capital.
Nvidia nears $12.9B deal to buy Hugging Face
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported, though Business Insider says the deal isn't yet signed and could still fall apart.
Instinct raises $350M at $2.5B valuation as privacy concerns mount
Instinct, a personal-AI-agent startup founded only last year, has raised $250 million in a Series B round that values the company at $2.5 billion.
Capital F closes $17M debut fund for the 'female economy'
Capital F, an all-female-led VC firm, closed a $17 million debut fund to back women's health, digital commerce, and AI startups.
Runable raises $21M to push AI agents from building to growing businesses
Indian startup Runable raised a $21 million Series A at a $65 million post-money valuation to expand its AI agent from building websites and apps into finding customers and running marketing for small businesses.
Ventures Platform raises $84M oversubscribed second Africa fund
Pan-African venture firm Ventures Platform raised an oversubscribed $84 million second fund, expanding beyond Nigeria with checks of up to $3 million across a wider set of African markets.