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This week saw two $400 million funding rounds for cybersecurity startups, according to reports, marking a notable moment for the sector.
Reporting: news.crunchbase.com
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The federal government has allocated significant funding to Mitacs for a program placing thousands of students and recent graduates in paid AI-related internships at small companies.
Reporting: betakit.com
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Collibra has rolled out a suite of tools designed to govern AI agents as they operate across enterprise systems in real time.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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OMERS Ventures has named Laura Lenz as its new head, replacing Saar Pikar amid the firm’s third leadership change in three years.
Reporting: betakit.com
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HumanX, an AI startup operating in stealth.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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The move comes as enterprises look for ways to deploy AI models at scale, with inference workloads becoming a key focus for cloud providers.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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A significant funding round for Ultraviolette, an electric motorcycle company, contributed to India’s weekly startup funding total.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Pine Labs, the decades-old Indian payments company once known for its point-of-sale devices at petrol pumps, has quietly rebuilt itself as an AI-powered fintech stack.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Sheila Vashee, Figma’s former chief marketing officer, is joining AI inference startup Baseten as its first head of marketing.
Reporting: theinformation.com
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Island just raised $400 million at a $6.4 billion valuation, the largest round yet for a startup focused on securing AI agents inside the enterprise browser.
Reporting: msn.com
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Warp has introduced programmable AI agents designed to automate routine HR tasks, integrating them into its employee management platform.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss when AI starts designing its own hardware.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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