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9 hours agoStartups

Funding Startups

Lyte Raises $165M at $1.6B Valuation for Robot Perception

The Series C places a $1.6 billion price on Lyte’s combination of custom chips, sensing and AI software, with warehouses and factories as its initial market.

2 min

13 hours agoStartups

Enterprise adoption Startups

ElevenLabs Hires OpenAI Sales Leader as Enterprise Revenue Reaches 55%

The appointment puts a dedicated leader over sales and partnerships as business customers become the larger share of the voice AI company’s revenue. The disclosed percentages show a changing mix, not the dollar scale behind it.

2 min

Yesterday

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YesterdayStartups

Funding Startups

Cognition Reportedly Seeks $1B at $47B, Three Months After $26B Mark

The proposed financing would lift the price of Cognition sharply from its reported mark three months ago. Investor interest is substantial, but the round remains unclosed.

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Earlier this week

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Aug 31, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Lambda Adds $1B in Short-Dated Debt for Nvidia Chips Bound for Microsoft

The borrowing adds another customer-specific hardware deployment to Lambda’s balance sheet, while its reported equity plans remain unfinished.

2 min

August 2026

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Aug 22, 2026Startups

Acquisition Startups

Cognition CEO Denies SpaceX Buyout Talks, Leaving a Possible Compute Tie Unresolved

The public dispute leaves no announced transaction. The only potential continuing connection described is a collaboration in which Cognition could use SpaceX computing capacity.

3 min

Aug 21, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Callosum Raises $100 Million as It Routes AI Work Across Models and Chips

The UK startup’s Tailored Inference service makes two choices for each piece of an AI workload: which model should handle it, and which accelerator should run it. Its performance claims remain limited to selected tasks.

3 min

Aug 19, 2026Startups

Acquisition Startups

Stripe’s Reported OpenRouter Deal Is a Bet on Who Directs AI Demand

The reported acquisition remains unconfirmed, and its price is disputed. But OpenRouter’s position between developers, models and inference providers could give Stripe a foothold where AI costs are created and allocated.

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