a16z leads $21M Series A into AI-native tax compliance software Sphere
Sphere helps automate registration, calculation, filing, and remittance obligations for companies.
Startups
Physics Wallah enjoys a rosy IPO day, bucking the broader slowdown in Indian edtech
The Indian edtech startup ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher than they were listed for, indicating that the country’s edtech sector may still recover after years of gloom.
Creator Tayla Cannon recieves $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures’ creator fund to build PT software
Tayla Cannon’s Rebuildr receives $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures
Boop’s new app turns social recommendations into bookable itineraries
Instead of getting an AI-generated travel plan, Boop aims to give users access to itineraries from real people who went on real trips.
Agentio secures $40M from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube
Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.
As consumers ditch Google for ChatGPT, Peec AI raises $21M to help brands adapt
With consumers increasingly asking questions to ChatGPT, not Google, product discovery is changing — and the promise to give brands visibility and control over this fast-growing search channel has made Peec AI one of Europe’s hottest startups.
Ramp hits $32B valuation, just three months after hitting $22.5B
In 2025 alone, Ramp has leapt from being worth $13 billion to $32 billion with new rounds every few months.
MCP AI agent security startup Runlayer launches with 8 unicorns, $11M from Khosla’s Keith Rabois and Felicis
Three-time founder Andrew Berman is back with a startup that helps IT ensure business users’ AI agents operate securely.
Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia’s defense giants with AI-powered robotics
Bone AI, a South Korean startup, is combining AI and manufacturing to build next-gen defense robotics and challenge the region’s industry giants.
Danish startup FlatPay joins the club of European fintech unicorns to track
Flatpay’s bet is that it can challenge larger players by charging small merchants a flat transaction rate to use its card terminals and point-of-sales systems.