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HiddenLayer Raises $100M for Runtime Controls on Enterprise AI Agents

The startup is funding a security layer meant to observe and intervene as agents use enterprise tools. Its test is whether buyers will keep purchasing that layer independently of the platforms hosting their AI.

Yesterday

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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.

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Funding Startups

DeepSeek Reportedly Seeks $7.4 Billion at $74 Billion Valuation for Compute Buildout

The proposed financing would move the AI lab further beyond its founder’s quant fund, while giving prospective investors a larger bet on research, infrastructure and a possible Shanghai listing.

Aug 28, 2026

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Anthropic’s Reported $30 Trillion IPO TAM Would Turn Labor Tasks Into Its Market

A colossal market figure shifts the IPO conversation from near-term sales to the boundaries of what counts as an AI market.

Aug 26, 2026

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Funding Startups

Alice Raises $140M to Pair Model Testing With Enterprise AI Guardrails

The former ActiveFence is funding a lifecycle security pitch: test models for hostile behavior before launch, then apply customer-specific controls after AI reaches company data and tools.

Aug 25, 2026

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Funding Startups

Nvidia Is Reportedly Discussing a Perplexity Stake at a $30 Billion-Plus Valuation

The prospective deal would extend a relationship that already includes Nvidia investment and a Vera CPU workload commitment. But the reported round has not been independently verified, leaving its terms and even its completion unresolved.

Aug 25, 2026

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August 2026

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Funding Startups

Veeda AI Raises $90M to Make Robot Training Less Physical

The new company is betting that robots cannot learn fast enough, cheaply enough, or safely enough through physical trial and error—and that world models can move that work into simulation.

Aug 22, 2026

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Funding Startups

Starcloud Has $250 Million for Orbital AI. It Still Needs a Ride.

The startup is financing factories, satellites and launch reservations at once. Its near-term 2027 missions are smaller tests; the data-center-scale ambition still rests on Starship becoming a frequent commercial launch option.

Aug 21, 2026

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Earnings Startups

Micro1’s Reported $500M Run Rate Tests the Economics of AI Training Data

The startup’s reported growth comes with an important accounting gap: two figures published about its take from gross volume do not reconcile, even as reusable synthetic data promises higher margins.

Aug 20, 2026

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Funding Startups

Velaura Raises $110 Million as Its AI Chip Design Push Clears $1 Billion

The former Bitcoin-mining chip maker is funding a low-voltage AI design platform rather than a finished processor. Its efficiency figures are company claims; its disclosed hyperscaler work remains unnamed.

Aug 19, 2026

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Funding Startups

Etched’s $700 Million Round Puts a $21 Billion Price on Inference Hardware

The startup now has a major customer-investor and fresh production capital. It still must turn its early deployment and claimed contracts into repeatable delivery at data-center scale.

Aug 18, 2026

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