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| Palmer Luckey says the coolest thing about Anduril expanding to Long Beach is the fighter jets: Anduril on Thursday announced its plans to expand its Southern California presence with a major campus in Long Beach, the town where founder Palmer Luckey grew up. Read More |
Humans&, a 'human-centric' AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round: Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation. Read More |
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post : Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come. Read More |
OpenAI is coming for those sweet enterprise dollars in 2026: OpenAI has reportedly appointed Barret Zoph to lead its push into enterprise just a week after Zoph rejoined the company. Read More |
This startup will send 1,000 people's ashes to space -- affordably -- in 2027: Started by an engineer who worked on the space shuttle program, and at Blue Origin, Space Beyond has a spot on a 2027 Falcon 9 flight. Read More |
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Indian vibe-coding startup Emergent triples valuation to $300M with $70M fundraise: The funding comes as the startup claims it has scaled ARR to $50 million and is targeting $100 million by April 2026. Read More |
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