Her school blocked ChatGPT. Now this 17-year-old high school senior runs an AI startup with 1,000 users
Fortune · Sep 27, 2026
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Ekai Raises $1.7M Pre-Seed Round Led by Misneach to Fix Enterprise AI's 'Meaning Gap" and 'Context Rot
The Manila times · Sep 23, 2026
Sources: The Manila times
BRAHMA AI RAISES $150 MILLION ROUND LED BY MULTIPLES
The Manila times · Sep 23, 2026
Sources: The Manila times
TacnIQ.ai raises US$1.5 million from In Group Holdings to scale tactile AI
The Manila times · Sep 23, 2026
Sources: The Manila times
Burned Out and Unemployed, Young People in China Are Launching AI Startups
The Wall Street Journal · Sep 20, 2026
Sources: The Wall Street Journal
Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
TechCrunch AI · Sep 18, 2026
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AI Startup Plaud Plans to File for U.S. IPO in 2028
The Wall Street Journal · Sep 17, 2026
Sources: The Wall Street Journal
Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M
TechCrunch AI · Sep 16, 2026
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Z.AI raises $5 billion through shares and convertible bonds
Yahoo! Finance · Sep 16, 2026
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In 2017, Kevin Durant put $250,000 into an AI startup nobody had heard of. It just sold for $12.9 billion and could hand him a bigger payday than any NBA season ever has
The Times of India · Sep 15, 2026
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New Amsterdam-based VC fund Curiosity launches; invests €0.8M in Dutch AI startup Deeploy
Silicon Canals · Sep 26, 2026
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AI startup urges optimism from Europe despite safety fears
France 24 · Sep 27, 2026 · 10 sources
Sources: The Peninsula · The Peninsula · Iraqi News · France 24
What the megafauna extinction can teach us about AI startups and incumbents
johnjwang.com · Sep 26, 2026
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Goldman's guide to the AI valuation reset
Seeking Alpha · Sep 25, 2026
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Lightspeed India AI Fund Targets $250M For AI Startups
TechnoSports · Sep 25, 2026
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Enterprise AI startup Ema raises $77 million in Series B funding led by Creaegis
Indian Startup News · Sep 24, 2026
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BlackRock Keeps U.S. Equities Overweight as AI Funding Demand Rises
TokenPost · Sep 23, 2026
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Mediaocean AI Ventures Launches to Scale the Next Generation of AI Startups Across Advertising
exchangewire.com · Sep 22, 2026
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