Startups & VC

Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has raised a record $60M seed round for Entire. The startup aims to build the infrastructure for managing AI-generated code, starting with an open-source tool called Checkpoints.

Kalder CEO Gokce Guven has been charged with defrauding investors of $7M and lying to obtain a US visa. She is the latest Forbes 30 Under 30 alum to face federal indictment.

SpaceX acquires xAI in a $1.25 trillion merger to move AI compute to orbit, setting the stage for a record-breaking June 2026 IPO.

Yann LeCun has launched AMI Labs to replace "dead-end" LLMs with World Models. Meet the team and the $3.5B vision behind the startup.

Anthropic's revenue run rate hits $9B, doubling in six months. As OpenAI turns to ads to plug a $14B loss, the AI race splits into two distinct business models.

Former Google trio Sparkli raises $5M to replace "boring" AI chatbots with interactive learning expeditions.

Global investors poured $18 billion into AI security in 2025, a 26% increase as the industry moves from building AI to protecting it.

Indian AI startup Emergent has tripled its valuation to $300M in just seven months, following a $70M raise led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank.