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This week brought more than just the winning reports from Nvidia; Startups and VCS also had some news – maybe quieter, but it is still worth paying attention to it, especially if AI is involved.
Most interesting startup stories from the week
AI has again enforced a large proportion of total start -up activities, including an acquisition, but this week it also reminded us that the full M&A version takes time -and that VC financing is not the only route.
Good look: AMD acquired Enosemi, a startup that has designed tailor -made materials to support the product development of silicon photonics under non -mentioned terms. The aim of the acquisition is to “accelerate the optical innovation for AI systems (AMDS)”.
In board: AI Startup Anthropic added his Board of Directors Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings. Hastings was appointed by Anthropic’s independent long-term benefit and already has experience in the Boards of Netflix, Bloomberg, Meta and Microsoft.
It takes time: Family Safety App LIFE360 finally contains the Airtag-like free articles tracking functions of tiles, three and a half years after life 360 tiles acquired for $ 205 million.
A month and 25 days: The top-class entrepreneur and angeline investor Sahil Lavyia revealed details about his residence command in Elon Musk’s Doge staff and said that he was booted after only 55 days. But it’s not just him: Musk’s stint ends.
Bootstrasse: Ten-year-old cybersecurity company Thinkst Canary achieved an annual recurring income of $ 20 million in interesting history without VC investment, which was worth mentioning before they immersed them in the financing news.
Most interesting VC and financing messages this week
The financing messages this week come from a mixture of announcements and rumor-independent, but well-trained. Let’s start with these before we go to the specific updates.
Musk again: Neuralink, Elon Musk’s startup of the brain implant, reported that $ 600 million collected with $ 9 billion.
Long arm: Samsung should invest in a round of 100 million US dollars for the startup EXO of $ 100 million.
New Horizon: The submissions showed that cyber security start -Horizon3.ai wants to collect 100 million US dollars, of which it has already secured at least 73 million US dollars.
New brick: Buildots, a startup based in Chicago with the use of AI and computer vision to improve the persecution of the construction process, collected a series D of $ 45 million and increased the total number to $ 166 million.
Add: Rillet, a startup that uses machine learning and generative AI to automate accounting reports, collected a series A led by Sequoia Capital A only 10 months after a seed of $ 13.5 million and prepared round.
Comfort: Snabbit, a 15-month-old Indian startup that worked in the always heated home service area, received $ 19 million in a round of series B, led by Lightspeed with an assessment of $ 80.
World models: Spaitial, the new company of the synthesia co-founder Matthias Niessner, collected a sowing round of $ 13 million by Early Bird to develop a foundation model that can generate interactive 3D online environments. It would share similarities to the AI model that was published this week by the competitor Odyssey.
Advanced grid: Gridcare, a startup with AI-attacked energy optimization, was created with an oversubscribed seed round of $ 13.5 million from Stealth and said that it was ready to play matchmakers between data centers and supply companies.
Diversification: The state Saudi Ki company Humain has progress in the start of Humain Ventures, a $ 10 billion venture fund, which is invested in startups in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Kiwi -Startups: The risk based in Auckland and Incubator Outset Ventures closed a second fund of around $ 25 million to invest in Deep-Tech startups that have emerged from New Zealand.
Not least
Startups for nuclear fusion have attracted investors, but their efforts are still experimental. The split, on the other hand, already has the potential to operate data centers, which explains why Big Tech company invested in startups from nuclear gap.