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Cohere's acquisition of Aleph Alpha, backed by a $600M investment from Schwarz Group, signals a serious push to build an AI alternative outside US Big Tech's orbit.

Factory just raised $150M at a $1.5B valuation to build AI coding agents for enterprises. In a market already crowded with Cursor, Claude Code, and Cognition, investors say there's still room. Here's why that bet might make sense — and why it might not.

Eclipse Ventures just raised $1.3B to build an ecosystem of physical AI startups across transportation, energy, robotics, and defense. Here's why the strategy matters more than the money.

Over $500 billion has poured into AI startups. But with 36% of data center projects slipping timelines due to power shortages, the real opportunity may lie in energy infrastructure — batteries, transformers, and grid software.

Moonshot AI is raising up to $1B at an $18B valuation — quadrupling in just three months. What's driving this surge, and what does it mean for the US-China AI race?

AMI Labs, cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun, raised $1.03B to build world models — AI that understands reality, not just language. Here's why that distinction matters.

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund is closing a $6B growth fund less than a year after its last one. With stakes in both OpenAI and Anthropic, the firm is making a structural bet on AI — not just picking winners.

Nscale, an Nvidia-backed GPU cloud startup, just hit a $14.6 billion valuation. Inside the neo-cloud arms race reshaping who controls AI infrastructure—and what it means for investors and founders.

Superorganism has closed its inaugural $25.9 million fund, shifting the VC focus from carbon-only to biodiversity and extinction-reversal tech.

Mujin leads the Mujin Japan startup fundraising 2025 ranks, highlighting the rise of Physical AI. Discover the top sectors and companies driving Japan's tech boom.

Top VCs from GV and Insight Partners reveal the new standards for raising Series A. Learn why repeatable growth and defensibility are the most critical factors for 2026.

French insect farming unicorn Ÿnsect has entered bankruptcy after raising $600M. Strategic indecision and the failure of its 'giga-factory' led to its demise.