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Reset filtersA founder has built an interactive AI avatar of themselves, trained it to discuss venture fraud, and published their ambivalence about the experience.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Dextr AI has raised $6.7 million to develop AI agents for the hospitality industry, a seed round led by Elevation that marks its public launch.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Brahma AI, the Prime Focus-backed enterprise AI content platform, has raised $150 million at a $2 billion valuation.
Reporting: note.com
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The Museum of Art and Photography has quietly begun experimenting with knowledge graphs to structure its collection.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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A federal appeals court has upheld the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Claude, reversing a lower court’s decision from just a month ago.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Collibra has rolled out a suite of tools designed to govern AI agents as they operate across enterprise systems in real time.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Reports suggest DeepSeek may have closed a $7.5 billion funding round on a $1 billion revenue run rate.
Reporting: msn.com
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Elastic’s head of field engineering Ravindra Ramnani has spent the last year helping enterprises move AI from demos to production.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Brahma AI, controlled by visual effects company DNEG, has raised $150 million. The funds will support U.S. expansion and scaling its commercial operations.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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Snorkel AI, a startup focused on AI training data, has secured a $350 million Series E round.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Anthropic and OpenAI have released new AI models focused on reducing inference costs and improving safety measures.
Reporting: inc42.com
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host StrictlyVC for discussions on how AI is reshaping venture capital.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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A recent analysis identified 37 European startups focused on AI safety, spanning risk assessment, alignment research, and governance tools.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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Anthropic has stated it has no plans to build products that directly compete with startups in its ecosystem.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei addressed the UN Security Council, highlighting risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems.
Reporting: inc42.com
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A CIBC podcast explores how AI is prompting founders to adjust when they raise capital and how they distribute it.
Reporting: betakit.com
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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari discussed strategies for generating and leveraging viral growth.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Two AI startups secured roughly $40 million each in seed funding this week, setting a new benchmark for early-stage raises in the sector.
Reporting: msn.com
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A Saudi generative AI accelerator, GAIA, has allocated $160 million to support 120 startups.
Reporting: spa.gov.sa
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A platform called Ekai, which converts analytical data and expertise into AI-readable business context, has closed a $1.7 million pre-seed round.
Reporting: markets.businessinsider.com
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