xMEMS starts mass-producing solid-state cooling chips for AI hardware
xMEMS Labs has begun mass production of its XMC-2400 and XMC-4800 solid-state active cooling chips.
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SiliconANGLEAI Score6060 SiliconANGLEAI Score3838 Workday Makes Sana Its New Agentic Home for HR and Finance
Workday is making Sana its new Workday Home, letting employees work directly with the agentic experience to handle tasks.
SiliconANGLETop DealsAI Score6262 Scuba launches with $34M to help teams and AI agents manage business data
Scuba, officially Flashback AI Inc., launched with $34 million raised across two rounds led by Accel and co-led by IVP.
Why it matters: Scuba's context engine shows how a shared data layer plus an MCP server can feed Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor without manual prompt assembly.
TechCrunch StartupsTop DealsAI Score5656 Giraffe Bio raises $6.4M seed to boost copper recovery with biomolecules
Giraffe Bio raised a $6.4 million seed round led by Orion Industrial Ventures, with BHP Ventures.
Why it matters: Giraffe Bio's engineered biomolecules could lift copper recovery by up to 5% at existing mines, a rare concrete bet on biotech easing a looming supply gap.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score4242 Longshot Space Technology fires cargo into space from a gun, not a rocket
Longshot Space Technology has raised about $20 million to launch payloads into space using multi-injection guns instead of rockets. The Alameda startup is firing a 70-foot.
AlleyWatch FundingTop DealsAI Score6565 Allara raises $30M to expand AI-backed women's hormonal care
Allara raised a $30M round, bringing total funding to $75M, with existing investors Index Ventures and GV increasing their commitments and Camino Partners.
Why it matters: Allara's $30M round and its plan to push AI from intake through treatment show how an insurance-covered virtual clinic intends to scale specialty care.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score5858 Flox Intelligence builds edge AI to keep wildlife off tracks and runways
Flox Intelligence, a KTH spinout, builds edge devices that identify nearby animals with on-device models and emit species-appropriate sounds to deter them.
AlleyWatch FundingAI Score3131 Allara Raises $30M, Brellium $23M, Pathways $6M, Leela $4.6M in NYC Funding
Allara raised $30M in venture funding from Index Ventures, GV, Camino Partners, Foreground.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score2222 Licube Wants to Fuel the Fusion Industry With Enriched Lithium-6
Licube has licensed technology from Japan's Hirosaki University to purify lithium-6.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score7878 IonQ to buy zero trust startup Elisity for up to $1.3B in stock
IonQ agreed to acquire zero trust cybersecurity startup Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3B.
Why it matters: IonQ's all-stock purchase of Elisity shows how quantum vendors are buying enterprise security distribution rather than building it, and the earnout terms reveal what the price actually bets on.
SiliconANGLETop DealsAI Score6060 Clueso raises $10M Series A led by Dharana Capital for agentic business video
Clueso, an agentic video creation platform for business teams, raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Dharana Capital.
Why it matters: Clueso's $10M Series A shows how agentic video tools are moving from consumer apps into enterprise production workflows.
Crunchbase NewsAI Score2222 Fifth Wall's Brendan Wallace on Why the Best Proptech Bets May Not Look Like Proptech
Fifth Wall CEO Brendan Wallace says proptech funding totals miss the biggest bets.
SiliconANGLEAI Score2222 theCUBE to Cover SEMICON West on Oct. 14: AI-Powered Engineering and Physics Intelligence
theCUBE will livestream coverage of SEMICON West on Oct. 14 in San Francisco.
SiliconANGLEAI Score2929 Nvidia in Early Talks to Buy, Acquihire or Invest More in Reflection AI
Nvidia is in early talks to acquire open-weight model developer Reflection AI, increase its stake.
SiliconANGLEAI Score2828 Amazon in Talks to Acquire AI Startup Decart for Up to $7B
Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup Decart.ai in a deal worth up to $7 billion.
SiliconANGLETop DealsAI Score5555 E-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M seed led by a16z speedrun
Loops Smart AI raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's a16z speedrun accelerator.
Why it matters: Loops' seed round and its five-part agentic commerce stack show how retailers are consolidating fragmented AI tools into one journey layer.
SiliconANGLETop DealsAI Score6262 Mistlabs exits beta with Ambi ambient AI on Apple devices, raises $26M
Mistlabs brought its Ambi ambient AI system out of beta on Apple devices.
Why it matters: Ambi's launch shows an ambient agent that listens across Apple devices and hands recurring work to multiple agents, with a wearable planned next.
Fortune Term SheetSame newsAI Score6666 Causa Prima raises $20M seed to settle billing disputes with AI agents
Delaware-based Causa Prima raised a $20 million seed round led by Base10 Partners.
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UKTNAI Score3838 Megan Fox Takes Ownership Stake in Creator Platform Subs.com
Megan Fox has taken an ownership stake in Subs.com, the direct-to-fan content platform co-founded by OnlyFans co-founder Tim Stokely.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score6969 1KOMMA5° raises €70M at $1.35B valuation, eyes US expansion and IPO
Hamburg-based 1KOMMA5° raised €70M from existing and new investors at a $1.35B valuation.
Why it matters: The round shows how a hardware-led energy installer is pitching its Heartbeat AI software to public-market investors, with a US entry and IPO both tied to 2027 results.
GeekWireAI Score4040 Flexport and Freightmate settle trade secrets suit over AI training documents
Flexport and Freightmate AI settled a trade secrets lawsuit over roughly 2,000 confidential shipping documents.
SiliconANGLESame newsAI Score6262 IonQ to acquire cybersecurity startup Elisity for $1.3B
IonQ announced plans to acquire cybersecurity startup Elisity for $1.3 billion in an all-stock deal expected to close by year's end.
Same story, shown in Top Deals《IonQ to buy zero trust startup Elisity for up to $1.3B in stock》
GeekWireAI Score2222 Tally inventory robot roams Seattle Fred Meyer as Kroger weighs automation push
Simbe Robotics' Tally, an autonomous inventory robot using computer vision and AI.
GeekWireAI Score3030 Why Amazon might pay billions for Decart, a 3-year-old AI startup that hasn't disclosed its revenue
Amazon is in talks to acquire Decart, a 3-year-old startup whose software speeds AI models across Nvidia.
AlleyWatch FundingTop DealsAI Score7070 Ramp raises $1.85B in venture funding led by Dragoneer and Thrive Capital
Ramp, a fintech platform offering corporate cards and spend management software.
Why it matters: Ramp's $1.85B round, led by Dragoneer and Thrive, shows how much capital is still flowing to corporate spend management at scale.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score6262 WindBorne wins US Air Force contract worth up to $49M for balloon weather data
WindBorne Systems won a US Air Force contract worth up to $49 million to supply data from its roughly 700 autonomous weather balloons.
SiliconANGLEAI Score4242 Akuity Adds Fleet Management to Kargo Enterprise for Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Releases
Akuity launched Fleet Management for its Kargo Enterprise platform.
AlleyWatch FundingAI Score2222 Weekly Startup Funding Report: TypeSafe AI, Oratomic, Voltus Among 33 Deals Raising $3.3B
Thirty-three startups raised $3.3B in the week ending 10/10/26.
Tech Funding NewsTop DealsAI Score7171 Scarlet raises $50M Series B led by Headline to certify AI medical devices
Scarlet, founded by ex-Babylon Health medical AI engineers, raised a $50M Series B led by Headline.
Why it matters: Scarlet's $50M round shows how AI medical device certification is becoming its own business, with named customers and a regulatory bottleneck spelled out.
Tech Funding NewsAI Score2525 Amazon in Talks to Buy Decart for $7B After Anthropic Bailed on $6B Deal
Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire Israeli-founded AI startup Decart for about $7B.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score2222 Richualist's Mint Tool Cuts Curly Hair Styling to 7-10 Minutes
Dawn Myers built Richualist's Mint, a hair tool that detangles, conditions, gels.
TechCrunch StartupsAI Score4040 Apple to Hire Team and License Tech From Shut-Down Podcast Startup Huxe
Apple disclosed to the European Commission that it will make employment offers to certain Huxe AI employees and take a non-exclusive license to the startup's intellectual property. Huxe.
TechCrunch StartupsTop DealsAI Score7171 Cloudflare acquires Deno to improve its Workers programming model
Cloudflare announced Friday it is acquiring Deno, the startup behind the Deno runtime.
Why it matters: Cloudflare's acquisition of Deno shows how a runtime startup's open source Workers implementation can shape a major cloud platform's developer model.
GeekWireAI Score2222 White House vs. Microsoft, AI Fighter Jets, and a Seattle Startup Founder's Recording Studio
The White House cracked down on Microsoft's green-card sponsorships.
TechCrunch StartupsTop DealsAI Score8888 TypeSafe AI raises $870M at $7.5B valuation for its non-text Jev model
TypeSafe AI, maker of the non-text model Jev, raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Why it matters: TypeSafe's $870M round at a $7.5B valuation weeks after Jev's launch shows how fast enterprise buyers are testing non-LLM automation models.
Crunchbase NewsAI Score2222 AI and Energy Lead This Week's 10 Biggest US Funding Rounds
Axiom Solutions International raised $2B from General Catalyst and Koch Equity at a $37.5B enterprise value.
GeekWireTop DealsAI Score7171 Kapta Space raises $24M Series A for satellite radar sensors
Seattle startup Kapta Space raised $24 million in a Series A led by Washington Harbour Partners.
Why it matters: Kapta's $24M Series A shows defense-tech investors backing cheaper steerable radar for satellite constellations, a niche where Seattle hardware startups are gaining traction.
AlleyWatch FundingTop DealsAI Score6565 Polyphron Raises $20M Seed Led by Quiet Capital to Predict Drug Toxicity in Human Tissue
Polyphron raised $20M in seed funding led by Quiet Capital, with Haystack, Gradient and Compound participating. The New York company grows donor-defined human tissue in an automated lab.
Why it matters: The interview details how Polyphron pairs lab-grown human tissue with longitudinal data to train predictive models, a concrete look at the tissue-as-verification layer for drug testing.
Crunchbase NewsAI Score3636 Active Investors Kept Up Q3 Deal Pace Even As Funding Fell
Most of the busiest venture investors closed more deals in Q3 than the prior quarter even as overall startup funding declined.
Crunchbase NewsAI Score1515 Why Customer Workflows Are Becoming the AI Moat
Customer workflows are emerging as AI's durable moat, since replacing an assistant embedded in internal systems requires migration.
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