Reactor, a stealth startup founded by ex-Apple engineers, has raised $59 million in Series A funding to build a real-time world model platform that generates interactive video with near-zero latency.
OpenRouter, an AI model routing platform, has raised $113 million in Series B funding led by CapitalG, valuing the company at $1.3 billion.
AI insurance startup Corgi raised $106 million at a $2.6 billion valuation, doubling its valuation in just three weeks.
AI coding startup Cognition raises over $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation, claiming 90% of its internal code is now generated by its own AI agent Devin.
London-based cybersecurity startup RevEng.AI has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by the NATO Innovation Fund, with participation from In-Q-Tel, Sands Capital, IQ Capital, and Episode One.
Tensormesh discussed $20 million from AMD Ventures, NVentures, CoreWeave, and others to commercialize its KV cache platform that reduces redundant GPU computation in AI inference.
Huawei unveils Tau Scaling Law and LogicFolding architecture to bypass EUV lithography restrictions, aiming for equivalent 1.4nm transistor density by 2030.
DeepSeek has permanently set V4-Pro API prices at 75% off, locking in $0.87 per million output tokens and challenging rivals.
Walmart disclosed Sparky AI agent metrics showing 35% higher AOV and 4x unit sales growth, signaling real retail impact.
AI startups are using a metric called CARR to inflate revenue figures, with VCs complicit in the practice.