Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation
Elon Musk’s tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round.
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Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick’s company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.
Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects
a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade’s $3.5 million seed round.
Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming
The four-year-old firm’s latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.
Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co.
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Athropic researchers
AI infrastructure company Infinity announced Monday a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community
For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we’re bringing the kind of access you’d expect from an under-wraps event to the whole startup, VC, and dealmaking community.
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.