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OpenEvidence Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence software for physicians, today disclosed that it has raised $250 million in funding. Thrive Capital and DST Global led the investment. It values OpenEvidence at $12 billion, more than 10 times what the company …
Vibe coding startup Emergent triples valuation in $70M funding round
Vibe coding startup Emergent Labs Inc. today announced that it has closed a $70 million funding round led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The Series B deal comes only three months after the company’s previous raise. According to TechCrunch, …
Accounting software startup Pennylane raises $204M at reported $4.25B valuation
Pennylane SAS, a Paris-based provider of accounting software, today announced that it has raised $204 million in late-stage funding from a consortium led by TCV. The investment firm was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG fund, Blackstone, Sequoia and DST Global. Bloomberg reported …
Newly launched AI startup Humans& raises $480M round backed by Nvidia, GV
Humans& Inc., a three-month-old artificial intelligence startup, today announced that it has closed a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation. The investment was led by SV Angel and Georges Harik, one of the company’s founders. Harik, an early Google …
AI chip developer FuriosaAI reportedly raising up to $500M
FuriosaAI Inc., a Seoul-based developer of artificial intelligence chips, is reportedly in talks to raise a new round of funding. Sources told Bloomberg today that the startup is seeking $300 million to $500 million. It has reportedly hired Morgan Stanley and Mirae …
NYSE previews platform for tokenized stock trading
The New York Stock Exchange plans to launch a trading venue that will enable investors to buy and sell tokenized stocks. The NYSE’s parent company, Intercontinental Exchange Inc., announced the initiative today. A tokenized stock is a digital asset pegged to the …
OpenAI reveals its data center capacity tripled to 1.9GW in 2025
OpenAI Group PBC on Sunday shared new information about its financial performance and data center construction efforts. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar disclosed in a blog post that its annualized recurring revenue topped $20 billion last year. That’s up from $6 billion …
Meta to stop selling Quest headsets to businesses, discontinue multiple VR features
Meta Platforms Inc. will stop selling its Quest virtual reality headsets to business customers and discontinue a number of software services that run on the devices. The company announced the move on Thursday. The decision is not unexpected: Earlier this week, Meta …
OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT ads across free, Go tiers
OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to display ads in ChatGPT. The company will start showing promoted offers to U.S. adults with free accounts in the coming weeks. Ads will also be displayed to consumers with a ChatGPT Go subscription. The plan, which …
Database maker ClickHouse raises $400M, acquires AI observability startup Langfuse
Open-source database maker ClickHouse Inc. today announced that it has closed a $400 million late-stage funding round at a $15 billion valuation. The Series D investment, which comes about six months after the company’s previous raise, was led by Dragoneer. It was …