LoginMecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
11 September 2026 at 18:58
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
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AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
9 September 2026 at 20:00
Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say.
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- Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
8 September 2026 at 17:04
Cognition's valuation multiple is higher than Cursor's was before selling to SpaceX.
XDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
4 September 2026 at 19:36
The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation
3 September 2026 at 20:48
The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.
Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation
3 September 2026 at 15:36
The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say
2 September 2026 at 18:44
The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.
Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen
1 September 2026 at 12:31
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’
31 August 2026 at 14:35
Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.
Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt
31 August 2026 at 13:14
The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.
