Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick’s company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.
a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade’s $3.5 million seed round.
The four-year-old firm’s latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co.
The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
AI infrastructure company Infinity announced Monday a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we’re bringing the kind of access you’d expect from an under-wraps event to the whole startup, VC, and dealmaking community.
Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.
The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.
It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event,…