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Ex-Deep Mind researchers raised $50 M to build AI that figures out which scientific questions are worth asking
14+ hour, 41+ min ago (148+ words) London AI lab Inherent emerged from stealth with Index Ventures and Radical Ventures co-leading. Nvidia Ventures participated. Matt Clifford advises....
Fonoa raises $110 M and buys Pw C's tax software to build a real-time compliance platform
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (197+ words) Dublin-registered Fonoa has raised a $110 M Series C led by Headline and acquired Pw C's Indirect Tax Edge, betting real-time tax compliance is replacing point tools....
Transition Ventures lands $150 M Fund II with Olix, Applied Atomics and Seneca on the portfolio
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (303+ words) Transition Ventures, the London-based firm led by Unity co-founder David Helgason, has closed a $150 M Fund II for early-stage AI-meets-physical-world companies....
France's startup funding fell 5% in 2025 as AI concentration grew
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (448+ words) French startups raised € 6. 7bn in 2025, down 5% Yo Y. Mistral took 25% of all capital. AI drove 43% of funding while exits hit a five-year low at € 5. 3bn....
Cognition raises $1 B at $26 B valuation for AI coding agent
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (33+ words) Cognition AI raises $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation for Devin, its AI coding agent. Revenue grew 13x in a year to $492 million, with Goldman Sachs and Mercedes-Benz as customers....
Capchase raises $200 M for AI-powered vendor financing
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (411+ words) Capchase raises $200 M+ to scale its Salesforce-native vendor financing platform, which approves 97% of enterprise tech lending applications in under 30 seconds using AI....
Stord raises $250 M at $3 B valuation to take on Amazon
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (25+ words) Logistics startup Stord raised $250 M at a $3 B valuation to expand its 100-warehouse network and deploy AI robotics, helping brands match Amazon's delivery speeds....
Finland's Quanscient raises "10 M to build a quantum- and AI-native simulation platform
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (215+ words) Finland's Quanscient has closed a "10 M Series A led by Denmark's 55 North and Austria's B&C Group to scale its cloud multiphysics platform for hardware engineering....
SPARQ opens $8. 5 M seed round for AI-native game engine, with a16z's scout fund on the cap table
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (132+ words) UAE-based SPARQ has opened an $8. 5 M seed round for its AI-native game engine, with the a16z Scout Fund participating early....
Avrea raises $4. 7 M to fix CI/CD before AI coding breaks it
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (210+ words) Helsinki startup Avrea, founded by Aiven's Hannu Valtonen and Nosto's Juha Valvanne, has raised $4. 7 M led by Earlybird to accelerate CI/CD for AI-heavy engineering teams....