$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month
Cerebras Systems was 2026’s biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.
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Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo
AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.
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Fundraising | Hardware | Space | Venture
For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis
Investing in the real world was lonely for Lior Susan 10 years ago. Now his firm finds itself at the center of the tech world’s action.
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Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he leaves, here’s what he found.
“There’s a common refrain among [young] people in this world that it’s easier to raise money for a startup right now than to get an internship. Which is remarkable, right?”
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Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had
Stilta is an AI platform designed to automate the research and analytical work behind intellectual property cases — the kind of labor-intensive work that has historically made patent litigation slow and expensive.
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Forget the feed: Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment
“Status is built on the premise that the next generation doesn’t want to watch stories,” CEO and co-founder Fai Nur said. “They want to engage with the stories and even live inside them.”
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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27. Pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt, get investor access, win $100K, plus more scaling perks. Nominate an early-stage founder or submit your startup today.
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Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup
Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.
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Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering
Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.
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Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1B valuation with KKR backing
Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha says it has raised $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund, KKR’s growth equity arm.
