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Hatz AI raises $24M to help small businesses go AI-native through their MSPs
Large enterprises have emerged as the foremost adopters of artificial intelligence technology, and it’s giving them an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors.
British inference chip developer Fractile raises $720M in funding
Fractile Ltd., a British startup that develops artificial intelligence inference chips, has raised $720 million in funding. Reuters reported today that the Series C round was led by Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed and Redpoint.

Siri co-founder backs Helix for its voice ID tech
Helix, a startup building voice-based identity verification technology that runs on-device, has raised $6.2 million in a funding round led by Chicago Ventures, with Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus among its backers.

Exclusive: Nubank Alum Raises $14M For Colombia’s Palomma To Tackle Rent Payments, Landlord Financing
Colombia-based startup, Palomma, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Mexican venture firm Cometa to expand its financial services business for landlords, tenants and property managers, Crunchbase News has exclusively learned.

Lucid CEO says the company didn't know where its own cars were
Tesla rival Lucid has an interesting excuse for its third quarter earnings underperformance.
AI-driven managed security startup Daylight raises $80M on 40-fold revenue growth
Managed detection and response startup Daylight Security Inc. today revealed that it has raised $80 million in new funding after what it says was more than 40-fold revenue growth over the past year.
Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises
Artificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. today revealed that it has raised $750 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation. Mercor provides the human expertise used to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts.

OpenAI Acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder
OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.

All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO
Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving the group in control of the company.

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M
The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”
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