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Software Eats Services: The AI-Native Unicorns Rewriting Law and Consulting
⚡ Key Takeaways AI-native services startups Norm ($1.2B valuation) and Emergent ($1.5B valuation) both hit unicorn status in July 2026,...
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Proxima Fusion Raises €411M: Europe’s Largest-Ever Fusion Bet Draws Google and RWE
Proxima Fusion raised €411M at a €2.4B valuation — Europe's largest fusion round. Here's what Google and RWE's bet signals for deep-tech investors.
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CuspAI’s $450M Bet: AI Materials Discovery Hits a $2.6B Valuation
CuspAI raised $450M at a $2.6B valuation and launched a 45-member AI Materials Foundry with Nvidia and Samsung. Here's what founders should learn.
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Cyclops’ $20M Series A: Stablecoin Rails Move Inside Mainstream Payment Firms
⚡ Key Takeaways Cyclops raised a $20 million Series A led by Nava Ventures, with Coinbase Ventures and Circle among...
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Fireworks AI Hits $17.5B: How a $552M Startup Became an Inference Giant in Two Years
Fireworks AI closed a $1.505B Series D at $17.5B, up from $552M two years ago. Here's how specialized inference became its winning bet.
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Algeria’s Women Founders Go Digital: We-Fi Training and 2026 Grant Pathways
⚡ Key Takeaways A World Bank/We-Fi program trained 119 Algerian women entrepreneurs in digital commerce and certified 51 coaches inside...
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Europe’s Venture Rebound: Inside Its Strongest Funding Quarter in Four Years
European startups raised $24B in Q2 2026, up two-thirds YoY, UK topping $10B. What the AI-fueled rebound means for founders and investors.
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Ollama’s $65M Series B: Local AI Just Became an Enterprise Category
⚡ Key Takeaways Ollama closed a $65 million Series B led by Theory Ventures on July 9, 2026, bringing its...
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Zed Academy: Algeria’s EdTech First Raise and the Bet on Equitable Learning
⚡ Key Takeaways Zed Academy, an Algiers-based EdTech platform, closed its first equity funding round in February 2026 on the...
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General Intuition’s $320M Bet: Video Games as the Training Ground for AI Agents
⚡ Key Takeaways General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to train AI ‘action models’ on billions...
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Baseten’s $1.5B Series F: Inside AI Inference’s Infrastructure Gold Rush
⚡ Key Takeaways Baseten raised $1.5 billion in a Series F round at a valuation of up to $13 billion,...
