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Flam secures $40M Series B for AI model expansion
AI startup Flam has closed a $40 million Series B round, with QED Investors taking the lead.
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Flam secures $40M Series B with QED, Bollywood star joins as investor
AI startup Flam has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by QED Investors. Actor Shah Rukh Khan participated as an investor.
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Z.ai seeks massive funding boost despite revenue growth
Chinese AI firm Z.ai is raising capital roughly 35 times its first-half revenue this year.
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Cohere in talks to raise $2B-$3B at $20B valuation
Cohere is reportedly in advanced discussions to secure $2 billion to $3 billion in funding, valuing the company at $20 billion.
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Mistral secures $4B funding at $24B valuation led by Samsung
Paris-based AI startup Mistral has raised new funding at a $24 billion valuation, with Samsung leading the round.
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Samsung leads $3.5B round, nearly doubling Mistral’s valuation
Mistral, a Paris-based AI startup, has secured €3 billion in funding with Samsung Electronics as the lead investor.
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Cohere eyes $3B raise at $20B valuation in record Canadian deal
Canada’s Cohere is in discussions to secure up to $3 billion in new funding, sources told the Globe & Mail.
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Nvidia eyes stake in Anthropic’s $100B IPO
Nvidia is in discussions to invest in Anthropic’s upcoming public offering, which targets a valuation of up to $100 billion.
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Discovery Loop targets $50B valuation weeks after $10B launch
Discovery Loop, a startup founded by former Google researchers including Jeff Dean, is seeking a $50 billion valuation.
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Discovery Loop eyes $50B valuation in new funding round
AI startup Discovery Loop is reportedly in discussions to raise additional capital at a $50 billion valuation, according to sources cited by Business Insider.
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Mecka AI eyes $500M valuation in new funding round
Mecka AI is finalizing a funding round that could value the company at nearly half a billion dollars.
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Moonshot AI seeks dual-listing amid Hong Kong IPO backlog
Chinese AI startup Moonshot is reportedly pursuing a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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Cohere in talks for multi-billion-dollar AI funding round
Cohere, the AI startup, is reportedly in late-stage discussions to secure up to $3 billion.
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Regulators eye AI talent deals in merger reviews
South Korea’s antitrust authority will scrutinize 'acqui-hire' transactions where tech firms acquire teams and IP rights without buying the entire company.
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KFTC to scrutinize AI talent acqui-hires in merger reviews
South Korea’s Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) will examine deals where large tech firms acquire only AI talent, core personnel.
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AI cited as catalyst for lower entrepreneurship barriers
Airbnb, Coinbase, and Reddit are highlighted as examples of companies that disrupted industries by leveraging new opportunities.
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Onix secures $5M pre-seed for AI platform after Canada top-100 nod
Onix, a U.S.-based AI startup, has raised a $5 million pre-seed round.
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DeepSeek targets Shanghai STAR Market IPO via CITIC Securities
Hangzhou-based AI startup DeepSeek has engaged CITIC Securities to prepare for a listing on Shanghai’s STAR Market.
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AI startup Listen Labs scraps $1.5B round amid Salesforce talks
Listen Labs abandoned a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, according to sources.
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Meta buys Swedish AI startup to strengthen business messaging
Meta has acquired Stilla.ai, a Swedish AI company, as part of its push to expand automated business messaging capabilities.
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