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Jensen Huang’s departure blasts big hole in AI startup funding, VCs and founders say
Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang. Without him at the helm, founders and VCs are bracing for smaller checks and lower valuations.
AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation
LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith.
NVIDIA Allegedly Engineered Scarcity By Funding AI Startups To Buy Its GPUs
Crunchbase Data: Nvidia’s Startup Funding Deals Hit A Record. What’s Next After Huang?
This Dallas AI Startup Just Closed Its Series A with a $500 Million Valuation
U.S. AI startups dominate biggest funding rounds of the week
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Agentic AI And Infrastructure Are Still On A Roll
Jensen Huang and the End of the Founder Fairy Tale
The former tech CEO is obsessed with the power of storytelling. But he hasn't spun his way out of his sex scandals.
Apple, Alphabet and Uber survived major founder transitions. Nvidia will be a harder test
Like Apple, Nvidia now faces its own transition away from a founder-led company. But experts say Jensen Huang’s central role could make replacing him difficult.
Israel’s VCs see opportunity for challengers in Nvidia’s turmoil
Given Nvidia’s stronghold on AI and its importance in Israel, many in the country's startup ecosystem are worried about the impact of his departure.
This Startup Is Betting on AI Microdramas to Get More Black Stories in Hollywood
Mansa says its AI microdramas can serve as proofs of concept for what Black audiences want. Critics say the studio is selling out.
Scottsdale startup raises $20 million to scale AI medical coding platform
Czech startup ValkaAI extends pre-Seed round to €13 million to bring AI personas to live events at scale - EU-Startups
CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: UFORCE’s €630M Round, AI Deals & New Funds
Week 46: Latin America Startup Funding Led by Clara
4Minds Raises $15M Series A at $500M Valuation to Advance Its AI Platform
Oh, Palantir is ‘progressive’ now, is it?
I had other things to do today, but Alex Karp's pathetic attempt to pivot back to the left gave me no choice but to put them on hold. Last week's elections were a bloodbath for the right, a problem…
Jensen Huang’s exit puts Nvidia’s support for open source in question
Jensen Huang’s resignation raises questions about Nvidia’s commitment to open source AI, including its Hugging Face acquisition, open-weight models, and advocacy against restrictions, as the company…
Worker.ai acquires DeltaGen, launches with backing from billionaire Veeam founder Ratmir Timashev
Raleigh startup launches free ops platform to prevent small business burnout
Mirendil Raises $1B Series A to Bring Frontier AI R&D to More Teams
Axle Raises $9M to Expand AI Agents for Investment Banks
Nine Korean startups vie for a spot in Disrupt 2027’s Startup Battlefield 200 competition
The startups work across the deep tech sector, including healthcare, fintech, energy, semiconductors, and AI. All nine are looking to enter the U.S.
Jensen Huang's exit from Nvidia raises critical questions about the future of AI
With $23M in funding, Luminal is the latest startup to put Nvidia's CUDA moat in its crosshairs
