Vinci4D Inc. has closed a $250 million Series B round at a $1.5 billion valuation, led by Advent, Temasek, and Xora, with participation from AMD Ventures.
Cline Bot Inc. is making a case for an open AI coding harness, framing it as a potential counterbalance to the closed-agent platforms gaining traction.
Sigil Wen, a Silicon Valley-backed AI founder, has launched Underdog, an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable of everyday tasks.
Dell Technologies has expanded its AI Data Platform with new capabilities for its Data Orchestration Engine, designed to help enterprises manage agentic AI workloads.
CoreWeave appears to be positioning itself to offer a full-stack AI cloud aimed at supporting the lifecycle of AI agents, including continuous post-training.
India’s Insurance Brokers Association (IBAI) has said that proposed reforms by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) could wipe out 70% of broker revenues, according to Inc42.
Private equity firm TPG has sold additional shares of logistics startup Shadowfax in a ₹115 crore bulk deal, continuing a pattern of recent divestments.
IIT Madras, its research park, and Unicorn India Ventures have secured ₹453 crore in the first close of a ₹1,000 crore fund aimed at early-stage deeptech startups.