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Networking technology startup Ayar Labs Inc. said today it has extended its recent late-stage funding round to $650 million after raising an additional $150 million from an unnamed investor. The company originally disclosed it had raised $500 million in its Series E round back in March, which was led by Neuberger Berman. Nvidia Corp., Advanced…
Sean Jacobsohn worked at HR software startups long before he began investing in them. He held senior roles at WageWorks and Cornerstone OnDemand as both companies grew from single-digit millions in revenue to tens of millions, and he also worked at Upwork. All three of which went public. He later became a venture partner at…
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
OpenAI Group PBC Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki called for an artificial intelligence research slowdown in an essay published on Sunday, after other prominent industry figures have expressed similar views in recent months. Pachocki argues that leading AI labs should voluntarily pace their model development efforts. According to the executive, such slowdowns should become “commonplace” until the…
Anthropic PBC has used Claude to create a computer-verifiable version of a famous, highly complicated mathematical proof. The company detailed the project in a blog post published today. A proof is a series of arguments that proves a mathematical hypothesis is correct. The proof that Anthropic tackled verifies a hypothesis called Fermat’s Last Theorem. Originally…
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal…
Krafton’s planned investment in India is set to surpass $500 million with its latest commitment. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
Venture investors poured $42 billion into just over 1,500 startups worldwide in August, Crunchbase data shows, down 25% from July’s $56 billion but still up a significant 122% compared to last August, which is typically a slower month for startup investment. Seven companies raised billion-dollar fundings in August, tied with a few months for the…
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
World Labs Inc., the high-profile and well-funded artificial intelligence startup co-founded by the renowned computer vision pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has just dropped Atlas, which promises to be a game-changer in the world of “world models.” In a blog post, World Labs explained that Atlas is a breakthrough multimodal world model that aims to bridge the…