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AI Firms Offer to Fund Library Digitization
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (439+ words) Libraries are being approached by AI companies offering to pay for digitization of archival materials in exchange for AI training rights, according to a Daily News Item on pw. org (June 15). Per pw. org, the University of Virginia published a…...
Sarvam raises $234 million to expand AI stack
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (640+ words) Sarvam raised **$234 million** at a **$1. 5 billion** valuation in a Series B extension led by **HCLTech**, Tech Crunch reports. **HCLTech** contributed **$150 million** as lead strategic investor, and Tech Crunch says Sarvam aims to grow the round to **$300 million**. Tech Crunch reports…...
Former Nvidia Employees Leave to Launch AI Startups
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (595+ words) Business Insider reports that several former Nvidia employees left the company to found their own ventures, citing the financial cushion provided by Nvidia's stock gains. The article profiles Antons Davis, who after roughly nine years at Nvidia left in 2022, pursued…...
Indian AI Startups Pitch to US Venture Capitalists
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (783+ words) At a June 10-11 trade exhibition that drew about 10, 000 visitors, over 700 Indian AI startups applied to pitch US venture capitalists; 10 presented and 5 reached the final, per The Hindu Business Line. Anirudh Arun, CEO and co-founder of Agentic Universe, told the outlet:…...
Dapple Raises $30 M to Scale Enterprise OS Cloud
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (686+ words) A PR Newswire press release distributed June 10, 2026, states **Dapple** closed a **$30 million** seed round backed by **The Raptor Group** and **Ion Pacific**. Per the same release, Dapple reports having **$100 M** in customer contracts after five months of operations and says…...
Flux Raises $5 M to Expand Engineering Intelligence
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (632+ words) Per a company press release distributed via PR Newswire, Boston-based Flux announced **$5 million** in new seed funding led by **Calibrate Ventures**, with participation from **True Ventures** and **Glasswing Ventures**. The company said the capital will accelerate product development and go-to-market…...
Neura Robotics Raises $1. 4 B Funding Round
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (763+ words) NEURA Robotics Gmb H, a German humanoid robotics startup, announced a Series C round of **up to $1. 4 billion** - contingent on meeting company performance milestones - led by Tether and co-invested by **Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, Bosch, Schaeffler**, imec. xpand, the European Investment…...
Theker raises "85m Series A led by CRV
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (637+ words) Sifted reports Barcelona-based robotics startup Theker has raised an **85m** Series A, led by US investor **CRV** with participation from **Samsung** and **LVMH**, plus investors including Cathay Innovation, 20 VC, Henkel Ventures, Korelya, Bright Pixel Capital, Inditex, Kfund and Kibo Ventures. Sifted…...
Upriver raises $14 M to automate enterprise data foundation for AI
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (454+ words) Upriver, an Israeli startup cofounded by Ido Bronstein and Omri Lifshitz, announced a $14 million seed round led by Valley Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures to build tooling that cleans and manages enterprise data for AI. Reporting cites customer and partner…...
Neura Robotics Raises Up to $1. 4 Billion
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (441+ words) Neura Robotics has raised a Series C round of up to **$1. 4 billion**, CNBC reports. The financing included participation from **Tether**, **Qualcomm**, **Amazon**, **Nvidia**, **Bosch**, **Schaeffler** and the **European Investment Bank**, CNBC adds. The company reached a valuation of around **$7 billion…...