ZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves
A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem.
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Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands
Board, the startup building what it calls “together tech” designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures.
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Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech
Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.
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Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts
Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better composites.
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Apps | Media & Entertainment | Social | Startups | TC
A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon
A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both e-books and audiobooks, and Fable’s book club community.
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Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses
The cybersecurity company is nearing a $300 million round led by Evolution Equity Partners.
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Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents
Coralogix is among a growing number of infrastructure firms betting that as AI systems move into production, demand will rise for tools that can monitor their behavior, troubleshoot failures, and provide the operational data needed to keep them running reliably.
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AI | Fundraising | Startups
These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
The startup’s own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.
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Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
Lovable and Google signed an expanded multiyear deal that involves a 5x expansion of Lovable’s footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.
