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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics

General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 billion pre-money valu...

Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’

Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265 million Fund V.

SF-based Vals, which develops evaluations and benchmarks to test AI models on real-world tasks, raised a $40M Series A l...

Abhinaya Prabhu / Tech Funding News: SF-based Vals, which develops evaluations and benchmarks to test AI models on real-world tasks, raised a $40M Series A led by a16z at a $400M v...

Robotics startup Generalist AI is in talks to raise a new funding round at a $3 billion valuation

Venture firm 8VC is expected to lead the round as investors pour money into physical AI.

Corporate VC vs financial VC: What Applied Ventures offers founders that cash can’t buy

When Applied Materials brought ASTRA, its Applied Startup Technology & Research Accelerator, to Singapore for the first time this year, it marked more than a regional expansion...

What VCs Are Looking For Now: $25B+ Exits. The New “Decacorn”

So my co-investor in $2.3B Owner.com (Vertical AI for restaurants) just moved to growth partner at Menlo Ventures and put out a post and chart this week that explains how venture c...

Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’

After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.

Fiat Ventures combines venture and advisory divisions into new brand, raises $35M Fund II

In an environment where emerging fund managers struggle to attract LP attention, FGV is betting that a different venture model can help it lure LPs.

VC Investors Just Valued This Company at $1 Billion. Does That Make Venice (VVV) the Best AI Crypto to Buy Right Now?

The Venice crypto token has soared in value based on a compelling new narrative around privacy-focused AI.

Melbourne VC Skalata rebrands as Tall Order Ventures after management buyout

Tall Order Ventures is hunting AI-era first-cheque founders with AI-powered diligence.

Multiverse Computing Announces Series C Fundraising Targeting up to $570 Million

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Multiverse Computing, the global leader in efficient AI, today announced a $570 million (€500M) Series C funding round at a $1.7 billion (€1.5B) pre-m...

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics

Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June.

Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.

Snowflake Ventures: Investing in Enterprise AI Infrastructure

Snowflake Ventures backs Dust and Gray Swan to build the trusted, secure infrastructure enterprises need to move AI agents from pilots to production.

Dimension restocks with $800M to capitalize on AI’s ‘rapid ascent’

The young venture firm, which has bet heavily on tech and biotech’s convergence, has now invested in 35 companies and recently saw one of them acquired by AI giant Anthropic.

A look at Sequoia's revamped strategy under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, including bold AI bets; sources: Sequ...

Bloomberg: A look at Sequoia's revamped strategy under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, including bold AI bets; sources: Sequoia recently closed $10B in new funding  —  Alfre...

a16z creates a $1.1B Machine Age fund focusing on hardware to "open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of...

Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: a16z creates a $1.1B Machine Age fund focusing on hardware to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI”  —  Andreessen Horowitz has l...

EVP launches 40x to support software startup founders looking to raise

AI might be the gold-toothed rat of startup ideas right now, but software still matters and VC firm EVP has launched a new program to help those founders succeed. The...

Kevin Weil Left OpenAI 4 Months Ago. Now He’s Seeking $150 Million for a Startup With No Public Product

The former OpenAI product chief is reportedly targeting a valuation of at least $750 million for a company built around gathering scientific data for AI models.

New Legal Tech VC Fund Launches – Wilson Sonsini Invests

A new legal tech fund, GCVC, has launched, backed by over fifty sitting general counsels from prominent private and public companies. Meanwhile, Wilson Sonsini is ...

a16z says its fifth growth fund has closed additional capital, bringing its total to $8.5B (Andreessen Horowitz)

Andreessen Horowitz: a16z says its fifth growth fund has closed additional capital, bringing its total to $8.5B  —  - Enterprises are putting AI tools to work across every part of...

AI chip start-up Etched raises $700m at $21bn valuation

Etched was founded in 2022 by Gavin Uberti, Robert Wachen and Chris Zhu, and emerged from stealth in June of this year. Read more: AI chip start-up Etched raises $700m at $21bn val...

VC firm with ties to Siri to launch Japan fund for AI, space startups

California's $366 Billion Venture Capital Boom: Founders and Investors Should Be Watching