With €750M First Close, Mundi Ventures’ Kembara Fund Emerges as Major Capital Force for European Deep Tech and Climate Transition
Many early-stage European climate tech startups fail to secure Series B funding due to a lack of growth capital. Spain’s **Mundi Ventures** is addressing this gap with its new **Kembara…
SpaceX Enterprise Town approved to establish Municipal Police Department in Starbass
The company town of Starbase in Texas, home to SpaceX’s operations, is moving forward with establishing its own municipal police department, with plans to hire eight officers. City Administrator Kent…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Launches Unusually Sharp Attack on Claude’s Super Bowl Ads
During the Super Bowl, Anthropic released a satirical ad: a user asks a chatbot mimicking ChatGPT for advice on talking to his mother, but the bot abruptly recommends a fictional…
Indian startup Varaha raises $20M to expand low-cost carbon removal projects in Global South
Indian climate tech company Varaha has completed the first tranche of its $20 million Series B funding round, led by WestBridge Capital. The company focuses on carbon removal projects in…
YC Startups Can Now Get $500K Seed Investment in Crypto
All startups admitted to Y Combinator (YC) will soon have the option to receive their seed funding via stablecoins, according to Nemil Dalal, a crypto-focused partner at YC, in an…
Intel enters new markets with GPU as key strategic move
At the Cisco AI Summit, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced that the company will enter the graphics processing unit (GPU) market, a sector currently dominated by NVIDIA. Unlike traditional CPUs,…
Stanford Students Secure $2M to Launch National Startup Accelerator for Peers
Two Stanford students, Roman Scott and Itbaan Nafi, have raised $2 million for their accelerator program “Breakthrough Ventures,” which funds startups founded by U.S. college students and recent graduates. The…
China Mandates Mechanical Door Handles, Phasing Out Hidden Designs
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced new regulations requiring all vehicles sold in China (excluding tailgates) to be equipped with mechanical door release mechanisms, both inside and…
Waymo Secures $16 Billion War Chest for Global Robotaxi Expansion
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company owned by Alphabet, has announced the completion of a $16 billion funding round, bringing its valuation to $126 billion. The round was led by Dragoneer,…
Cornell’s Underwater Concrete 3D Printing Tech Nears DARPA Milestone
Cornell University researchers are pioneering an effort to extend 3D printing technology into the ocean, developing an innovative method to print concrete directly underwater. Funded by DARPA, the project aims…