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Bezos Launches AI Startup With $6.2B In Reported Funding

Joanna Glasner

November 17, 2025

According to a report in The New York Times, Jeff Bezos will serve as co-CEO of a new artificial intelligence startup, Project Prometheus, which is...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • Startups • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Robotic Hands, An Artificial Retina Developed In Space, A GenAI Sticker Printer For Kids, And More

Marlize van Romburgh

November 14, 2025

For this month’s edition of 5 Interesting Startup Deals, all the funded companies that caught our eye were hardware-centric, from a medical device...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Liquidity • Manufacturing • Public Markets • Robotics • Startups • Venture

In The Space Of Months, AI Funding Boom Adds More Than $500B In Value To Unicorn Board And Reshuffles Top 20

Gené Teare

November 3, 2025

The ½ûÂþÌìÌà Unicorn Board crested $6 trillion in total value for the first time in August 2025, adding another half-trillion-plus in value, an...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Fintech • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

The Last Market Boom Ended 4 Years Ago. Here’s How Current Conditions Look Similar

Joanna Glasner

October 24, 2025

In 2021 the market hit a cyclical peak under conditions that in many ways look a lot like those we’re seeing today. While there are many differences...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Politics and regulation • Startups • Venture

Startups And The Shutdown: When Your Primary Customer Folds Overnight

Aron Solomon

October 6, 2025

For thousands of early-stage companies working on AI, biotech, climate tech and more, the U.S. government shutdown is an existential crisis. It...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Mistral’s $2B Series C Is Europe’s Largest AI Round By A Lot

Joanna Glasner

September 9, 2025

While Europe may lag overall in the race for global AI dominance, the region has produced some strong contenders. The most heavily funded and...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Crypto • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Liquidity • Manufacturing • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Seed funding • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

The IPO Market Is Opening Up. These 14 Companies Could Be Next.

½ûÂþÌìÌà News

September 2, 2025

We used ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ’s predictive intelligence tools to curate a list of 14 venture-backed companies in sectors ranging from AI to fintech to consumer...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Crypto • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Commonwealth Fusion’s Giant Financing Leads Otherwise Slow Week For Big Deals

Joanna Glasner

August 29, 2025

Hoping to be the first company to commercialize fusion power, Commonwealth Fusion Systems led the pack by a long shot for funding this week, pulling...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • E-commerce • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

For Startup Funding, Every State Brings In A Pittance Compared To California

Joanna Glasner

August 18, 2025

A handful of coastal metros, led by the San Francisco Bay Area, have long swallowed up the lion’s share of venture funding, and while the latest data...

Artificial intelligence • Cybersecurity • Defense tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Media & entertainment tech • Startups • Venture

Unicorns Raising Fast Follow-On Rounds Are Mostly — But Not Only — An AI-Centric Bunch

Joanna Glasner

August 14, 2025

In addition to the big names in generative AI — OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI — unicorns developing industry-specific AI applications in areas such as...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Manufacturing • Politics and regulation • Startups • Venture

The Dual-Use Tech Surge: Innovation’s Double-Edged Sword

Guest Author

July 30, 2025

The rise of dual-use technologies — innovations with both civilian and military applications — is rapidly transforming the global tech landscape...