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Anthropic's founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.
Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire
Databricks has brought cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero adding yet another acquisition to its 2026 shopping spree.
Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together
Ando has raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from investors including Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence.
Groundcover picks up Kubernetes optimization startup Wand in its first acquisition
Observability company groundcover Inc. today disclosed its first acquisition, picking up Kubernetes resource optimization startup Wand Cloud Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Wand's founders and employees are moving across to groundcover as part of the deal.
Pat Gelsinger-backed startup PicoJool raises $27.5M to boost bandwidth for AI clusters
A startup called PicoJool that’s backed by former Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger says it’s ready to help ease the strain on artificial intelligence data centers after raising $27.5 million in early-stage funding today.
AI drug discovery startup Basecamp Research raises $140M
Basecamp Research Ltd. today announced that it has raised $140 million in funding from a group of prominent investors. S32, a fund affiliated with Google LLC co-founder Bill Maris, led the Series C round. It was joined by more than a dozen other investors.
Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI accelerator, claims it's 'the most powerful AI chip in China'
Alibaba has announced the Zhenwu V900, an AI training and inference accelerator that it describes as the most powerful AI chip in China.
Machine vision company Cognex buys Intel robotics spin-off RealSense for $600M
U.S. machine vision company Cognex Corp. said today that it intends to buy RealSense Inc., the robotics and computer vision startup that was spun out of Intel Corp. 14 months earlier in a deal valued at around $600 million.
Cyera raises another $400M amid AI agent security push
Cybersecurity startup Cyera Ltd. today announced that it has raised $400 million in funding from Goldman Sachs. The investment bank provided the capital as an extension to a Series G round that closed in June. The latter deal valued Cyera at $12 billion.
Meta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory
Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.
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