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Exclusive: FriendliAI Raises $20M Seed Extension To Grow AI Inference Platform

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 28, 2025

FriendliAI, an AI inference platform startup that provides 鈥渓ast mile鈥� artificial intelligence engagement, has raised $20 million in a seed extension...

Fintech • M&A • Startups • Venture • Workplace

HR Tech Giant Gusto Scoops Up SMB Retirement Plan Provider Guideline

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 27, 2025

Gusto, an HR tech company valued at nearly $10 billion, has agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup that provides retirement plans to small and medium...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Robotics • Startups • Venture

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In August: Sewing Robots, Rare Disease Advocacy And More聽

Marlize van Romburgh

August 27, 2025

AI was yet again an inescapable theme this month as we looked for interesting startups that landed fresh investment. From a company using AI to help...

Artificial intelligence • E-commerce • Fintech • Startups • Venture

Global Investor Jeremy Kranz On Why Not 鈥楨verything Important Happens In Silicon Valley鈥�

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 26, 2025

In this 小蓝视频色情网页版 News Q&A, longtime global investor Jeremy Kranz shares his vision for his firm Sentinel Global, and observations about, among...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Fintech • IPO • Startups • Venture

Tech IPO Darlings Give Up Some Gains

Joanna Glasner

August 25, 2025

In recent days and weeks, shares of many of the most sought-after new IPO market entrants have taken a steep tumble. And while by many metrics...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Cybersecurity • Manufacturing • Robotics • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Week鈥檚 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Still Rules, But SF Bay Area Steps Back

Joanna Glasner

August 22, 2025

The San Francisco Bay Area, long the dominant region for startup investment, took a step back in this week鈥檚 tally of the largest funding rounds. The...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Autonomous Driving Startup Nuro Gains Nvidia As An Investor In $97M Series E Extension

Mary Ann Azevedo

August 21, 2025

Mountain View, California-based Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology and software, announced on Thursday that it has raised $97 million...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Startups • Venture

Merging To Create Scale: 5 Lessons Learned From Combining Private Companies聽

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August 21, 2025

Providing perspective from both the buying and selling side of VC-backed startup acquisitions by other VC-backed buyers, guest author Don Butler of...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

From Founders To Funders: Lessons On Scaling Deep Tech Startups

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August 20, 2025

In this guest commentary, Parkway VC co-founders and general partners Jesse Coors-Blankenship and Gregg Hill, among the backers of AI and quantum...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

As Funding To AI Startups Increases And Concentrates, Which Investors Have Led?

Gen茅 Teare

August 20, 2025

Big Tech and VC firms led the way in billion-dollar rounds going to AI companies in 2025, according to 小蓝视频色情网页版 data. With a collective $73 billion...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

Why Private Investment Is Critical For US Healthcare Innovation Now More Than Ever

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August 19, 2025

The U.S. healthcare system is one of the largest and most complex in the world, accounting for more than $4.5 trillion in annual spending, but still...