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Shionogi has acquired Texas-based rare disease startup IntraBio for $2 billion, adding a treatment for inherited neurological conditions to its growing specialty business. The deal, announced today, m
Reporting: biopharmadive.com
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AI chip startup Etched has received new funding offers valuing the company at more than $40 billion, just months after its previous raise, according to sources cited by TechCrunch. The reported valuat
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Nearly all of India’s disclosed AI funding in the third quarter of 2026 went to just four startups: Yotta, Emergent, Sarvam, and Freehand.
Reporting: analyticsindiamag.com
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Menlo Ventures has invested in Factory, a Mumbai-based startup building AI agents to automate the full software development lifecycle, including planning, code review, testing, security, and documenta
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Reports indicate that Menlo Ventures has reportedly invested in Factory, the Mumbai-based AI coding agent startup, following Vinod Khosla’s recent public comments that appeared to dismiss the company.
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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Four Michigan startups have received a total of $1.7 million from PitchMI and will advance to the 2027 PitchMI Championship, where one will compete for an additional $1 million investment. The announc
Reporting: pulse2.com
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Furniture and appliance rental startup RentoMojo reported a 38.7% year-on-year drop in net profit to ₹7.8 crore for Q1, even as revenue jumped 51%, Inc42 reported. The results mark the company’s first
Reporting: inc42.com
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Houston-based Satlyt has raised an $8 million seed round to build an artificial intelligence computing cloud for satellites. Non Sibi Ventures led the investment, with participation from former NASA a
Reporting: techbooky.com
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Ottawa’s Area X.O will host a new defence research and development lab, launched by Calian and Invest Ottawa. The facility will focus on interoperability testing for defence technologies, according to
Reporting: betakit.com
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According to TechCrunch, a startup called Ghost has raised an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz for a device described as a $3,499 computer. The report states the founder is 19 years o
Reporting: techcrunch.com
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FieldAI, a robotics startup backed by Nvidia, has raised $700 million at a $10 billion valuation, increasing its value fourfold in just over a year, according to Business Insider. The funding highligh
Reporting: msn.com
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NEC X, the Silicon Valley venture studio backed by NEC, has selected nine startups from more than 650 applicants for the 16th batch of its Elev X! Ignite accelerator. The 12-month program is designed
Reporting: tmcnet.com
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