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Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise funding at a $1.3B valuation, up from $500M in October
5+ hour, 37+ min ago (49+ words) The Information: Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise funding at a $1.3B valuation, up from $500M in October This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at…...
Sources: AI inference startup Baseten raised $300M led by IVP and CapitalG at a $5B valuation, more than doubling its valuation; Nvidia invested $150M
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (49+ words) Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: Sources: AI inference startup Baseten raised $300M led by IVP and CapitalG at a $5B valuation, more than doubling its valuation; Nvidia invested $150M This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:45 PM…...
Legal AI startup Ivo, which aims to reduce hallucinations by breaking legal reviews into 400+ tasks, raised a $55M Series B, a source says at a $355M valuation
16+ hour, 42+ min ago (51+ words) Aditya Soni / Reuters: Legal AI startup Ivo, which aims to reduce hallucinations by breaking legal reviews into 400+ tasks, raised a $55M Series B, a source says at a $355M valuation This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared…...
Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff to build interactive AI, raised a $480M seed from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others at a $4.48B valuation
17+ hour, 27+ min ago (52+ words) Cade Metz / New York Times: Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff to build interactive AI, raised a $480M seed from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others at a $4.48B valuation This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site…...
Vibe coding startup Emergent raised a $70M Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, after a $23M Series A in September 2025, and claims 5M+ users
18+ hour, 7+ min ago (53+ words) Ben Bergman / Business Insider: Vibe coding startup Emergent raised a $70M Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, after a $23M Series A in September 2025, and claims 5M+ users This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared…...
Sources: after five Thinking Machines staff left, investors are rattled, potentially impacting fundraising; two researchers quit via Slack during an all-hands
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (44+ words) The Information: Sources: after five Thinking Machines staff left, investors are rattled, potentially impacting fundraising; two researchers quit via Slack during an all-hands This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:00 AM ET, January 19, 2026....
Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, which builds AI-based thermal infrared satellite tech to provide data for water resource management and more, raised a $60M Series B
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (49+ words) Ingrid Lunden / Resilience Media: Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, which builds AI-based thermal infrared satellite tech to provide data for water resource management and more, raised a $60M Series B This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:15 AM…...
Sources: Thinking Machines lacks a clear product or business strategy and has been struggling over the last couple of months to raise a new round of financing
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (50+ words) Alex Heath / Sources: Sources: Thinking Machines lacks a clear product or business strategy and has been struggling over the last couple of months to raise a new round of financing This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the…...
Total global VC funding to fintech startups totaled $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (52+ words) Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Total global VC funding to fintech startups totaled $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at…...
Equal1, which was spun out from University College Dublin, raised $60M to deploy its new quantum server for data centers, bringing its total funding to $85M
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (51+ words) Ciara O'Brien / The Irish Times: Equal1, which was spun out from University College Dublin, raised $60M to deploy its new quantum server for data centers, bringing its total funding to $85M This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared…...