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Oolka eyes $45M round with Bessemer, Prosus lead
Existing backers Accel, Lightspeed, and others are expected to fill the remaining $15 million.
Reporting: moneycontrol.com
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Utah approves AI-prescribed acne treatments in first-of-kind pilot
Utah has cleared the way for Nolla Health to issue AI-generated prescriptions for acne treatments with minimal physician oversight.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Nvidia backs Reactor’s $74M Series A for real-time world models
Nvidia and Sapphire Ventures have joined Reactor’s Series A round, bringing the real-time world model startup’s total funding to $74 million.
Reporting: cryptobriefing.com
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SignSplit launches at $1B valuation with $400M from W Group
SignSplit PBC has launched with $400 million in funding from W Group, a global financial consortium, securing a $1 billion valuation.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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19-year-old raises $11M seed for $3,499 local AI computer
Ghost, a startup building a $3,499 personal AI computer called Core, has emerged from stealth with an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Reporting: msn.com
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UC Berkeley alumni launch fractional collectibles investing platform Tash
Four UC Berkeley graduates have launched Tash, a startup that lets users invest in fractional shares of trading cards and collectibles.
Reporting: dailycal.org
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Manu Chandra wins ET Startup Awards 2026 Midas Touch honour
Manu Chandra, partner at early-stage venture firm Sauce, has been named the best investor at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026.
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Beyond Appliances raises ₹110 crore for kitchen R&D, manufacturing
Kitchen appliance startup Beyond Appliances has raised ₹110 crore in a round led by Fireside Ventures and a prominent global investor.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Physical AI startups form body to standardize data collection
A group of physical-AI startups is forming an industry body to set standards for collecting data from farms, factories, and hotels, according to recent reporting.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Reflection AI open-sources 501B-parameter Beam model
Reflection AI has reportedly introduced Beam, an open-source large language model said to contain 501 billion parameters—potentially the largest such model made public.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Edmonton mayor hints at startup support during city’s Startup Week
Edmonton’s annual Startup Week opened with nearly 80 events across the city this week.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Washington climate startups tap philanthropic funding as AI pulls VC cash
Reports suggest that six early-stage climate tech startups in Washington state may have secured funding from a philanthropic effort.
Reporting: msn.com
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QpiAI secures India’s first fixed-rate quantum hardware debt at 13.85%
Indian quantum computing startup QpiAI has closed Rs 50 crore ($5.3 million) in venture debt from InnoVen Capital.
Reporting: msn.com
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EU eyes journalism funding in 2028-2032 budget talks
The EU has flagged journalism funding as a new priority in negotiations over its next long-term budget.
Reporting: europeanjournalists.org
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NetApp launches Novus to unclog enterprise AI data pipelines
NetApp has unveiled Novus, a new architecture designed to eliminate metadata bottlenecks in enterprise AI data infrastructure.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Schneider Electric to acquire PTC for $23.7B in all-cash deal
Schneider Electric will acquire PTC, the maker of the Creo engineering design suite, for $23.7 billion in cash.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Google limits Gemini 4 Argon access to security teams
Google has started rolling out Gemini 4 Argon, its newest and most advanced AI model, only to cybersecurity teams—including its own.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Ghost raises $11M seed for $3,499 local AI computer
Reports indicate that a startup called Ghost has secured an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) for a device described as a $3,499 personal AI computer.
Reporting: cryptobriefing.com
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NetApp frames sovereign storage as European AI backbone
NetApp is positioning sovereign storage as a core requirement for European enterprises building AI infrastructure, cyber resilience, and modernization projects.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Dell & CoreWeave partner to scale AI infrastructure reliability
Dell Technologies has partnered with AI cloud provider CoreWeave to improve the reliability of large-scale AI infrastructure.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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