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    Etched Raises $300M at a $10.3B Valuation, led by Sequoia Capital
    Etched

    Etched Raises $300M at a $10.3B Valuation, led by Sequoia Capital

    July 23, 2026Etched
    Building the Infrastructure for AI-Native Hedge Funds: Our Thesis on Databento
    Databento

    Building the Infrastructure for AI-Native Hedge Funds: Our Thesis on Databento

    July 9, 2026Databento
    Databento Raises $97 Million Series B Led by NEA
    Databento

    Databento Raises $97 Million Series B Led by NEA

    July 9, 2026Databento
    AI Chip Startup Etched Lures Jane Street, TSMC-Linked VC as Investors
    Etched

    AI Chip Startup Etched Lures Jane Street, TSMC-Linked VC as Investors

    June 30, 2026Etched
    Building the Industrial Stack of America: Standard Bots Raises $200M
    Standard Bots

    Building the Industrial Stack of America: Standard Bots Raises $200M

    June 10, 2026Standard Bots
    Standard Bots raises $200M to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint
    Standard Bots

    Standard Bots raises $200M to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint

    June 9, 2026Standard Bots
    Graphon Says Its ‘Intelligence Layer’ Will Lighten the Load on AI Models
    Graphon

    Graphon Says Its ‘Intelligence Layer’ Will Lighten the Load on AI Models

    May 14, 2026Graphon
    Shield AI expands Hivemind maritime autonomy in Taiwan with Thunder Tiger partnership
    Shield AI

    Shield AI expands Hivemind maritime autonomy in Taiwan with Thunder Tiger partnership

    May 13, 2026Shield AI
    Parloa

    Parloa solidifies partnership with SAP to revolutionize customer interactions with agentic AI

    May 12, 2026Parloa
    Long Lake

    Long Lake agrees to acquire American Express Global Business Travel, the world’s largest corporate travel platform, for $6.3 billion, with support from General Catalyst and Alpha Wave

    May 4, 2026Long Lake
    Tracer

    Hershey Bets on AI Agents to Fix Its $2 Billion Marketing Blind Spot

    April 27, 2026Tracer
    Fuse Expands U.S. Radiation Testing Capacity with New Albuquerque Facility
    Fuse

    Fuse Expands U.S. Radiation Testing Capacity with New Albuquerque Facility

    April 10, 2026Fuse
    Fuse Wins $151B Golden Dome Contract as Missile Defense Race Heats Up
    Fuse

    Fuse Wins $151B Golden Dome Contract as Missile Defense Race Heats Up

    April 10, 2026Fuse
    Fuse to open Albuquerque facility, adding to state’s nuclear fusion push
    Fuse

    Fuse to open Albuquerque facility, adding to state’s nuclear fusion push

    April 10, 2026Fuse
    Shield AI to acquire software simulation company Aechelon and raise $2B at $12.7B valuation
    Shield AI

    Shield AI to acquire software simulation company Aechelon and raise $2B at $12.7B valuation

    March 26, 2026Shield AI
    Private AI Rebrands as Limina, Reflecting Its Role as the Threshold Between Sensitive Data and Safe Use
    Limina

    Private AI Rebrands as Limina, Reflecting Its Role as the Threshold Between Sensitive Data and Safe Use

    March 5, 2026Limina
    The Future of AI in Retail: Our Investment in Profitmind
    Profitmind

    The Future of AI in Retail: Our Investment in Profitmind

    February 25, 2026Profitmind
    Shield AI Selected as Mission Autonomy Provider for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program
    Shield AI

    Shield AI Selected as Mission Autonomy Provider for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program

    February 13, 2026Shield AI
    Databento

    NVIDIA Case Study: How Databento Achieves Financial Industry-Leading Latency

    February 6, 2026Databento
    Why We Invested in Parloa
    Parloa

    Why We Invested in Parloa

    January 27, 2026Parloa
    Our Investment in Articul8
    Articul8

    Our Investment in Articul8

    January 16, 2026Articul8
    Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise
    Parloa

    Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise

    January 15, 2026Parloa
    Profitmind

    Accenture Invests in Profitmind to Drive Agentic AI Reinvention in Retail Sector

    January 8, 2026Profitmind
    Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation
    Articul8

    Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

    January 7, 2026Articul8
    Articul8

    Leading Semiconductor Company Taps Articul8 to Accelerate Product Release Cycles with Domain-Specific GenAI

    January 5, 2026Articul8
    Six months an AI unicorn, Parloa surpasses $50M revenue mark
    Parloa

    Six months an AI unicorn, Parloa surpasses $50M revenue mark

    December 18, 2025Parloa
    Wearlinq Raises $14 Million Series A from AIX Ventures to Commercialize World’s Most Advanced Heart Monitor
    WearLinq

    Wearlinq Raises $14 Million Series A from AIX Ventures to Commercialize World’s Most Advanced Heart Monitor

    December 17, 2025WearLinq
    Parallax Worlds

    Parallax Worlds Raises $4.9M To Stress-Test Robots Before They Hit The Factory Floor

    November 20, 2025Parallax Worlds
    Standard Bots

    CEO Evan Beard: America Needs a National Strategy for Robotics

    November 19, 2025Standard Bots
    Shield AI and Destinus partner to integrate Hivemind across platforms
    Shield AI

    Shield AI and Destinus partner to integrate Hivemind across platforms

    November 19, 2025Shield AI
    Parloa and Deloitte Are Joining Forces To Redefine CX
    Parloa

    Parloa and Deloitte Are Joining Forces To Redefine CX

    October 29, 2025Parloa
    Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, an AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet for Contested Environments
    Shield AI

    Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, an AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet for Contested Environments

    October 22, 2025Shield AI
    Cisco Invests In 'Universal AI Translator' Upstart Fleak
    Fleak AI

    Cisco Invests In 'Universal AI Translator' Upstart Fleak

    October 2, 2025Fleak AI
    L3Harris and Shield AI demonstrate AI-powered system to defeat unmanned threats
    Shield AI

    L3Harris and Shield AI demonstrate AI-powered system to defeat unmanned threats

    September 22, 2025Shield AI
    Shield AI and AIDC sign teaming agreement to advance Taiwan's defense capabilities
    Shield AI

    Shield AI and AIDC sign teaming agreement to advance Taiwan's defense capabilities

    September 11, 2025Shield AI
    Bealls taps Profitmind agentic AI platform for merchandise planning ...
    Profitmind

    Bealls taps Profitmind agentic AI platform for merchandise planning ...

    September 11, 2025Profitmind
    Shield AI's new V-BAT passes operational evaluation with U.S. Coast Guard
    Shield AI

    Shield AI's new V-BAT passes operational evaluation with U.S. Coast Guard

    July 31, 2025Shield AI
    Parloa raises $120M Series C to power AI in CX
    Parloa

    Parloa raises $120M Series C to power AI in CX

    July 16, 2025Parloa
    Vizit

    Vizit Named 'Overall Computer Vision Company of the Year' by AI Breakthrough Awards

    June 24, 2025Vizit
    Legal AI Startup Marveri Secures $3 Million to Fix Due Diligence
    Marveri

    Legal AI Startup Marveri Secures $3 Million to Fix Due Diligence

    May 5, 2025Marveri
    Near Space Labs nabs $20M to take its high-res imaging Swift robots into the stratosphere
    Near Space Labs

    Near Space Labs nabs $20M to take its high-res imaging Swift robots into the stratosphere

    April 29, 2025Near Space Labs
    Standard Bots raises $63M to accelerate AI in robotics
    Standard Bots

    Standard Bots raises $63M to accelerate AI in robotics

    April 23, 2025Standard Bots
    Shield AI appoints Gary Steele as CEO, Ryan Tseng named President
    Shield AI

    Shield AI appoints Gary Steele as CEO, Ryan Tseng named President

    March 12, 2025Shield AI
    Shield AI raises $240M at $5.3B valuation to scale Hivemind Enterprise
    Shield AI

    Shield AI raises $240M at $5.3B valuation to scale Hivemind Enterprise

    March 6, 2025Shield AI
    Profitmind

    AI profit-engine, Profitmind, crowned the winner of RTS 2025 ...

    February 4, 2025Profitmind
    ChatLabs

    ChatLabs Founder Jenkin Richard's Social Commerce Startup ChatLabs Raises $3.2M

    December 17, 2024ChatLabs
    Shield AI and Palantir Technologies Deepen Strategic Partnership and Announce Deployment of Warp Speed
    Shield AI

    Shield AI and Palantir Technologies Deepen Strategic Partnership and Announce Deployment of Warp Speed

    December 5, 2024Shield AI
    Databento raises $10M in Series A+ to drive global expansion
    Databento

    Databento raises $10M in Series A+ to drive global expansion

    October 30, 2024Databento
    Reflexivity

    Reflexivity raises $30M Series B led by Greycroft and Interactive Brokers

    October 30, 2024Reflexivity
    Sapien

    Sapien Raises $8.7M Seed Led by General Catalyst

    October 28, 2024Sapien
    Vizit

    Vizit Raises $25M in Series B Funding Led by Industry Ventures

    October 2, 2024Vizit
    Etched

    Etched raises $120 million to build chip to take on Nvidia in AI - CNBC

    June 25, 2024Etched
    Intel spins out a new enterprise-focused GenAI software company
    Articul8

    Intel spins out a new enterprise-focused GenAI software company

    January 3, 2024Articul8
    Shield AI

    Shield AI Raises $200M, Reaching $2.7B Valuation

    October 31, 2023Shield AI
    Tracer nabs $18.1m to aggregate and normalize business ...
    Tracer

    Tracer nabs $18.1m to aggregate and normalize business ...

    August 10, 2023Tracer