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Graphon reels in $8.3M for its persistent relational memory platform
Graphon Inc., a startup with technology that makes artificial intelligence models better at processing large datasets, launched today with $8.3 million in funding. Novera Ventures led the seed round. It was joined by more than a half dozen others including the venture capital arms of Perplexity AI Inc., Samsung Electronics Co and Hitachi Ltd. Today’s ...
Anthropic launches Claude for Small Business with new automation workflows
Anthropic PBC today launched an offering called Claude for Small Business that is designed to expand the adoption of its chatbot among entrepreneurs. The feature bundle is the fifth market-specific version of Claude that the company has introduced since the start of 2025. The other four offerings are geared toward life science researchers, schools, attorneys and ...
Recursive Superintelligence raises $650M to build self-improving AI models
Recursive Superintelligence Inc., a startup that hopes to develop self-improving artificial intelligence models, launched today with $650 million in funding. Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund and Greycroft led the round. They were joined by Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s venture capital arm. Recursive says the investment values it at $4.65 billion. The company was ...
Anduril doubles valuation to $61B in new $5B funding round
A year after closing its previous multibillion-dollar funding round, Anduril Industries Inc. today announced that it has raised an additional late-stage round of $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation. The Series H deal was jointly led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Anduril makes defense equipment such as drones, missile engines and radar systems. ...
Veeam introduces new backup management, cybersecurity features
Veeam Software Group GmbH today debuted new features that will make it easier for enterprises to back up their records and protect them from hackers. Some of the capabilities are rolling to the company’s flagship Veeam Data Platform backup and recovery product. Others are included in a new offering called the DataAI Command Platform. It’s ...
Google debuts Gemini Intelligence automation features, Googlebook laptop series
Google LLC is upgrading its consumer device portfolio with a set of Android features called Gemini Intelligence and a new laptop series. The company debuted the products today during a virtual event called The Android Show. It also introduced new mobile security capabilities designed to protect users from malicious apps, device theft and attempts to ...
Elliptic reels in $120M for its cryptocurrency analytics platform
Elliptic Enterprises Ltd., a startup that helps crypto industry players detect illicit blockchain transactions, has raised $120 million in late-stage funding. The startup stated in its announcement of the Series D round today that growth equity firm One Peak was the lead investor. Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and the British Business Bank contributed as well. ...
Cowboy Space raises $275M to build orbital AI data centers
Space technology startup Cowboy Space Corp. today disclosed that it has raised $275 million in funding at a $2 billion valuation. Index Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by NEA, IVP and several other institutional investors along with Cowboy Space founding Chief Executive Baiju Bhatt, who previously co-founded Robinhood Markets Inc. The ...
Circle shares close 16% higher after $222M token sale, mixed earnings
Shares of Circle Internet Group Inc. closed 16% higher today after it reported earnings, announced a token sale and debuted a new set of developer tools. NYSE-listed Circle issues the popular USDC stablecoin. Users can purchase the U.S. dollar-denominated token by depositing fiat currency in accounts operated by the company. The interest that those deposits ...
OpenAI launches professional services business with $4B investment
OpenAI Group PBC today unveiled a new business unit, The OpenAI Deployment Company, that will help companies adopt its artificial intelligence models. The subsidiary is launching with $4 billion in funding from the ChatGPT developer and more than a dozen other backers. The biggest external investor is asset manager TPG. SoftBank Group Corp., Bain Capital, ...