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The article title reports that Nvidia is close to a $14 billion acquisition of private AI startup Hugging Face, indicating a potential major deal in the AI sector.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp is backing a new defense technology startup founded by Ukraine’s ousted defense minister, Ruslan Fedorov.

AI model-training startup AfterQuery reportedly achieved a $3.2B valuation in its latest funding round, five months after its $300M Series A.

A startup is developing AI undercover agents for use by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, highlighting potential advancements in AI-driven surveillance but also raising unresolved ethical, legal, and privacy concerns.

Empirik, a startup incubated by Sequoia Capital, launched with $21 million in funding to develop AI-driven tools for predicting IT infrastructure outages before they occur.

Newlight, a private startup, raised $9 million and completed a long-distance hydrogen fuel test for cargo ships, demonstrating a potential efficiency improvement in maritime shipping.

Australian investor Lachy Groom has backed Alteon, an Indian startup developing autonomous aircraft designed to harvest wind energy for extended flight durations up to a year.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) rapidly scaled its growth fund to $8.5 billion just days after launching a new $1.1 billion fund, signaling strong investor demand for venture capital in startups.

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own …

The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.

The prediction market platform and the financial infrastructure and brokerage startup are working to get Kalshi's event contracts to global …

The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its …