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Nov 3, 2025•—

Pine Labs aims to take Indian fintech global even as it cuts valuation for IPO

Nov 4, 2025•—

a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff

Nov 4, 2025•—

Elad Gil on which AI markets have winners and which are still wide open; also, Locket’s social app is picking up steam with Gen Alpha

Nov 5, 2025•—

Goldman Sachs doubles down on MoEngage in new round to fuel global expansion

Nov 5, 2025•—

This startup’s metal stacks could help solve AI’s massive heat problem

Nov 6, 2025•—

Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’

Nov 6, 2025•—

Anker-backed hybrid RV startup Evotrex comes out of stealth; plus, Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models

Nov 7, 2025•—

How one founder plans to save cities from flooding with terraforming robots; plus Chris Sacca’s VC firm is raising a second nuclear fusion fund

Nov 10, 2025•—

How startups can lure good talent fairly without big tech bank accounts

Nov 10, 2025•—

Knicks player Miles McBride launches Mmotion, a location-sharing friendship app, also, Scribe hits $1.3B valuation as it moves to show where AI will actually pay off

Nov 11, 2025•—

6sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human-replacement AI sales startup 1mind

Nov 11, 2025•—

How founders can prepare for their late-stage fundraises from the start

Nov 12, 2025•—

How AI startups should be thinking about product-market fit; plus Immortality startup Eternos pivots to a personal AI that sounds like you

Nov 12, 2025•—

Teradar raises $150M for a sensor it says beats lidar and radar

Nov 13, 2025•—

AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia

Nov 14, 2025•—

VCs abandon old rules for a ‘funky time’ of investing in AI startups

Nov 14, 2025•—

Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks

Nov 17, 2025•—

Milestone raises $10M to make sure AI rhymes with ROI

Nov 17, 2025•—

Is Jeff Bezos returning to the trenches with a new AI startup? Also, Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia’s defense giants with AI-powered robotics

Nov 18, 2025•—

Luminal raises $5.3 million to build a better GPU code framework; plus Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan

Nov 18, 2025•—

Peec AI raises $21M to help brands adapt as consumers ditch Google for ChatGPT

Nov 19, 2025•—

Boop’s new app turns social recommendations into bookable itineraries

Nov 19, 2025•—

Onepot AI raises $13M to help make chemical drug creation easier

Nov 20, 2025•—

Cavela lands $6.6M to help brands beat pre-tariff manufacturing costs; plus Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

Nov 20, 2025•—

After SEC investigation, Curastory founder resigns, hires replacement

Nov 21, 2025•—

Source: Kalshi’s valuation jumps to $11B after raising massive $1B round ; plus, this startup can track objects within 3 cm

Nov 21, 2025•—

The European startup market is ready for the limelight

Nov 24, 2025•—

Bret Taylor’s Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years; also, Phictly’s new app brings people together over their favorite books and TV shows

Nov 24, 2025•—

This startup wants to build a fusion reactor — on a boat; plus, Momentic raises $15M to automate software testing

Nov 25, 2025•—

X-energy rides nuclear wave, raises $700M Series D

Nov 25, 2025•—

Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths; plus Fleet Space finds massive lithium deposit using AI and satellites

Nov 26, 2025•—

Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts

Nov 26, 2025•—

Why ‘hold forever’ investors are snapping up venture capital ‘zombies’

Dec 1, 2025•—

Are you balding? There’s an AI for that; plus, JustiGuide wants to use AI to help people navigate the US immigration system

Dec 1, 2025•—

How AI PR startup Clipbook won Mark Cuban’s investment from a cold email

Dec 2, 2025•—

Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation; plus, OpenAI’s investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal

Dec 2, 2025•—

Titan OS raises $58 million from Highland Europe for its smart TV OS; also, Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed

Dec 3, 2025•—

Microreactor startup Antares raises $96M for land, sea, and space-based nuclear power; plus Kalshi raises $1B at $11B valuation

Dec 4, 2025•—

VCs deploy ‘kingmaking’ strategy to crown AI winners in their infancy

Dec 4, 2025•—

Nexus isn’t going all in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups; plus, Amazon hopes to jump-start its AI coding tool Kiro by giving it away to startups

Dec 5, 2025•—

New streaming channel launches to give viewers a peek into city council meetings

Dec 8, 2025•—

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless; and Is it time to ‘refound’ your startup?

Dec 8, 2025•—

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales ; plus, OpenAI says it’s turned off app suggestions that look like ads

Dec 9, 2025•—

Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund; plus, SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund SkildAI at $14B, nearly tripling its value

Dec 9, 2025•—

Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps; Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes

Dec 10, 2025•—

Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers

Dec 11, 2025•—

AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day; Oboe raises $16 million from a16z for its AI-powered course generation platform

Dec 11, 2025•—

On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry; plus, Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

Dec 12, 2025•—

Interest in Spoor’s bird-monitoring AI software is soaring

Dec 12, 2025•—

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