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Mostik, Mostik AI, Sasha Malysheva, Stanislav Smirnov, General Catalyst, AI Models, Latent Space, Frontier Models, Open Weight Models, Artificial Intelligence, ARC-AGI, GLM-5.2, Qwen-3.5, AI Reasoning, AI Infrastructure, Model Interoperability, AI Startups

Mostik Links Frontier and Small AI Models Through Latent-Space Reasoning

For years, one of the biggest conversations in artificial intelligence has revolved around a familiar question: can smaller, open models eventually catch up with the…

Heer Shah

September 24
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ByteAsk Raises $1 Mn in Y Combinator-Led Pre-Seed Round, Plans C++ AI Model

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3 min
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Synapse Analytics Raises $13M Series A After Helping Clients Cut Non-Performing Loans by Up to 40%

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3 min
Prashant Jalan, Guickly, Guickly AI, Enterprise AI, Shadow AI, AI Startups, Artificial Intelligence, Google, Applied AI, AI Spending, AI Governance, Engineering Capital, Converge VC, Neon Fund, Startup Funding, Seed Funding, Indian Origin Founders, Tech Founders, The Ascendants

Meet Prashant Jalan: The Former Google AI Expert Building Guickly to Bring Visibility Into Enterprise AI

Epil Bodra

5 min
Oppex AI, Info Edge Ventures, Prasun Kumar, Pranit Kumar, AI startups, startup funding, pre-seed funding, enterprise AI, production operations, incident management, agentic AI, Indian startups, AI funding, technology startups

Oppex AI raises Rs 4.2 crore as founders Prasun and Pranit Kumar push incident response from human-led to AI-led

Epil Bodra

3 min
Andreessen Horowitz, Machine Age Fund, AI Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, AI Startups, Venture Capital, AI Funding, Chips, Semiconductors, Data Centers, Networking, Memory, Storage, Robotics, Raghu Raghuram

Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1 Billion Machine Age Fund for AI Infrastructure

Khushi Bhatia

4 min
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Runable Raises $21M Series A After Hitting $2M ARR in Three Months

Epil Bodra

4 min
WATER, Endiya Partners, Physical AI, WATER funding, WATER seed round, VORTEX, FLOW chair, CAMA bed, adaptive surfaces, Teja Vinukollu, Haneesh Mourya Desu, Pullela Gopichand, Rohit Chennamaneni, startup funding, Indian startups, AI startups

WATER raises $2.5 Mn seed round as technical validation of VORTEX-powered adaptive surfaces takes priority

Khushi Bhatia

3 min
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Anthropic IPO Could Top SpaceX as Biggest IPO in History: Reports

Epil Bodra

3 min
Tec-Do, Huatai-General Atlantic, Tec-Do funding, AI marketing, artificial intelligence, Kunpeng Guangyuan, GAC Capital, GSR Ventures, Li Shuhao, ChatGPT Ads, OpenAI, Apple Ads, Navos, agentic commerce, Hong Kong IPO, AI startups, China startups, startup funding, venture capital

Tec-Do Closes Huatai-General Atlantic-Led Funding Round in Two Months

Vasundhra Tewari

4 min
amber, amber funding, amber Series A, €7 million funding, Ventech, NRW.Venture, NRW.BANK, autonomous business AI, enterprise AI, AI Data Layer, generative AI, business automation, AI startups, German startups, Aachen startups, European startups, Benelux expansion, SME AI, artificial intelligence funding

amber Raises €7 Million Series A, 18 Months After Ventech’s First Cheque

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4 min

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FigFinder AI, Ankita Sharma, travel tech startup, AI travel planning, personalized travel platform, travel planning startup, FigFinder Pro, travel SaaS, travel agencies, DMCs, tour operators, AI in travel, travel technology, startup profile, London startups, Sydney startups

Ankita Sharma Is Building FigFinder AI to Make Travel Planning Less Fragmented

Epil Bodra

8 min
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Pure Lithium: Startup Bets on Graphite-Free Lithium Metal Batteries

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
Taru Kapoor, Rivet, Rivet Dating, Rivet Dating App, Social Matching, Dating Network, Online Dating, Dating Apps, Matchmaking, Human Matchmaking, Taru Kapoor Rivet, Former Tinder Executive, MeantToBe Inc, Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital, Blume Ventures, Rivet Funding, Startup Funding, Consumer Tech, Dating Startup

Taru Kapoor’s Rivet Turns Dating Into a Social Network With Human Matchmakers

Epil Bodra

6 min
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CoinDCX Founder Sumit Gupta Steps In to Support NamasteBuddy’s Push for Spoken English in Smaller-Town India

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
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Brand Content Strategy: Why Most Brand Content Fails Without a Point of View?

Khushboo Mulani

5 min
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Female Founders Get Less Than 1% of African Funding as Shuttlers CEO Reveals Four-Year Bootstrapping Journey

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
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