Anthropic Pauses Two Claude Startup Perks After Three Days
Anthropic has paused the free year of Claude Team and the $1,000 API credit in its startup program, citing demand far above expectations. Approved but unclaimed accounts face review.
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Simplexity ships 100 i7 Pro robots into factories
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Stepful Raises $55M to Train Healthcare Workers With AI
YC-backed Stepful is using AI to shorten healthcare training programs as US hospitals struggle with a long-running staffing shortage.
AI reprices the pre-ChatGPT unicorns
PitchBook data shows more than 220 former unicorns have fallen below $1 billion in value as capital crowds into frontier AI.
Sierra Raises $950M as Its Valuation Hits $15.8B
Bret Taylor’s enterprise AI startup has reached $150 million in ARR and a $15.8 billion valuation, putting the agent orchestration layer back in the spotlight.
Brazil Legal AI Startup Enter Tops $1.2 Billion Valuation
Enter is turning Brazil's mass litigation market into an AI workflow, with Founders Fund leading a $100 million round.
Mira Murati's new company hits $12 billion valuation in 14 months
Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for GB300 systems and reached a $12 billion valuation just 14 months after launch.
Former Meta Chief AI Scientist Launches Sooth Labs to Predict Geopolitical Events
Ruslan Salakhutdinov, former Meta chief AI scientist, has founded Sooth Labs with two ex-Meta researchers. The startup raised $50 million at a $335 million valuation, backed by Yann LeCun and Jeff Dean, to build an AI-powered prediction engine for geopolitical and market events.
Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over, Sierra hits $10B valuation
Sierra, the enterprise AI agent startup co-founded by Bret Taylor, has reached $100M in annual revenue and a $10B valuation in under two years. Its new Ghostwriter platform lets businesses create and deploy operational AI agents using natural language, moving beyond FAQ bots to handle tasks like billing, order changes, and refunds.