How PREX1 became a target in cancer and immune research The evolution of modern biomedical testing has followed science’s steady march from organs to cells and, ultimately, to the molecular signaling pathways that control cell behavior. One protein now drawing…
Refiant AI secures $5M backing from VoLo Earth Refiant AI, a startup focused on improving GPU efficiency for artificial intelligence workloads, has raised $5 million in funding from VoLo Earth, according to a pitch-deck feature published April 10, 2026. Why…
SiFive lands $400M Series G as it eyes an IPO SiFive, the RISC-V processor IP company founded in 2015 by Krste Asanović, Yunsup Lee, and Andrew Waterman, has raised $400 million in a Series G funding round that it expects…
AfterQuery closes $30M funding round AfterQuery has raised $30 million in fresh funding at a $300 million valuation, as the company scales its effort to build expert-grade reasoning datasets designed for AI model training. Building datasets from verified professionals The…
Meta commits $21B to CoreWeave for AI cloud through 2032 Meta has signed a $21 billion agreement with CoreWeave to secure dedicated AI cloud capacity through December 2032, marking one of the largest AI infrastructure contracts to date and underscoring…
AfterQuery lands $30M to scale expert data for AI labs AfterQuery, a San Francisco-based startup focused on turning human expertise into AI-ready training data, has raised $30 million in a Series A round at a $300 million valuation. The financing…
Golden Owl closes €1.4M seed round led by First Drop Spanish deeptech startup Golden Owl has raised a €1.4 million seed round to scale an AI-driven intelligence platform designed to help organisations detect disinformation, hybrid threats, and emerging supply-chain and…
Hermeus hits unicorn status on new funding Hermeus, an Atlanta-founded and Los Angeles-headquartered defense startup developing high-speed unmanned aircraft, has raised $350 million in a Series C round that values the company at $1 billion. The company says the fresh…
Handhold secures €3M to scale AI agent-led sales Estonian startup Handhold has raised €3 million to expand its product aimed at selling complex B2B software to large numbers of small and mid-sized businesses. The round drew notable support from Bolt…
PLD Space secures first-of-its-kind EIB backing The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide €30 million in venture debt to Spain’s PLD Space, a move that signals growing institutional support for Europe’s emerging small-launch sector. The financing, supported by…
