India's Ringg raises $10M from Peak XV to push voice AI past calls
Voice AI startup Ringg, which processes 20 million call attempts a month, raised $10 million from Peak XV Partners, bringing its Series A total to $15.5 million.
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809 storiesStability AI raises $76M Series B from music and gaming giants
Stability AI, maker of Stable Diffusion, raised $76 million in Series B funding from music and gaming giants, bringing its total funding to $232 million.
Gamma acquires Accel-backed design startup Lica to build a research lab
Presentation startup Gamma has acquired Accel-backed design startup Lica, whose co-founders will lead a new design-research division inside Gamma.
Keenable raises $26M to build a web search index for AI agents
Keenable, a web-search infrastructure startup for AI agents co-founded by ex-Yandex search lead Andrey Styskin, has raised $26 million in seed funding led by Accel.
FGV Capital merges venture and advisory arms, raises $35M Fund II
FGV Capital, the rebranded Fiat Ventures, is combining its venture and advisory businesses and has raised a $35 million second fund.
India's Airbound raises $37M to challenge trucking with delivery drones
Indian drone startup Airbound raised a $37 million Series A to build vertical-takeoff delivery drones designed to weigh less than their cargo, aiming for cost parity with trucking.
General Intuition in talks to raise at $6B valuation for robotics push
General Intuition, which trains AI agents to navigate space and time using gameplay data, is reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation, just weeks after a $320 million round at $2.3 billion.
Hugging Face reportedly in talks to sell for $13B or more
Hugging Face has been approached about a sale at a valuation of $13 billion or more, though no deal has been reached and it's unclear who it has been talking to, Business Insider reports.
Berry Street and Healthify merge to ride the GLP-1 boom
US nutrition startup Berry Street has merged with India's Khosla Ventures-backed Healthify, betting on rising GLP-1 drug use, though the companies didn't disclose the deal's financial terms.
US battery startups find a lifeline in defense
US battery startups, hurt by the elimination of EV incentives, are landing hundreds of millions in new Department of Energy grants tied to defense and supply-chain goals.
Letara raises $16M to expand beyond satellite thrusters
Japanese space startup Letara raised ¥2.6 billion (about $16 million) to expand from satellite thrusters into large rocket systems for the space, defense, and security markets.
AI accounting startup Rillet becomes a unicorn in 48 hours
Rillet raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation in just 48 hours, driven by demand from companies ditching legacy accounting software.
Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles
Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle, and JPMorgan Chase.
Early Cerebras backer Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner
Adit Singh, who helped lead Foundation Capital's early bet on chip startup Cerebras, has joined 57-year-old VC firm Mayfield as an infrastructure partner, drawn by its semiconductor portfolio.
a16z says AI is giving foreign founders an edge
Andreessen Horowitz says AI has given founders outside the U.S. an edge, citing a shift where international startups now land Fortune 500 clients early.
Stripe's real reason for buying OpenRouter: "the singularity"
Stripe confirmed it is buying AI model-routing startup OpenRouter, in a deal reportedly worth $7.5 billion according to sources who spoke to the New York Times.
Cognition CEO denies Bloomberg report of SpaceX acquisition bid
Bloomberg reported that Elon Musk's SpaceX tried to acquire AI coding startup Cognition, but Cognition CEO Scott Wu denied the report, saying the company "is not for sale" and that the two companies haven't been in talks.
AI accounting startup Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation
Rillet, an AI-driven accounting platform for finance teams, raised a $100 million Series C led by Iconiq at a $1 billion valuation, just two years after emerging from stealth.
Rivian spinout Also raises $150M Series D for autonomous delivery push
Micromobility startup Also, spun out of Rivian last year, raised a $150 million Series D led by Prysm Capital as it expands from e-bikes and cargo quads into autonomous delivery vehicles.
Sachin Bansal's Navi raises first outside capital, $100M from Prosus
Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup founded by Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal.