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CuspAI Raises $450 Million and Launches 45‑Partner AI Materials Foundry

The financing backs a partner network and compute‑lab platform meant to speed discovery of materials for chips and advanced manufacturing.

Waymo Ends Exclusive Tie With Uber as Uber Doubles Down on a $10 Billion Robotaxi Platform

Lee Travels to San Francisco to Press U.S. AI Firms on Korea’s Chip and AI Megaprojects

Iluvatar CoreX Seeks Up to $850 Million in Hong Kong Secondary Share Sale

Mehli Mistry Resigns From RNT Associates

Sail Research Raises $80 Million to Power Long‑Running AI Agents

L'Oréal Signs Deal to Buy Majority Stake in Indian Beauty Group Innovist

Goyal Urges Investors to Back Indian Startups and Pledges Deep‑Tech Fund Push

Argentine Startups Raise More Than US$400 Million in Early 2026

Soma Somasegar, Microsoft Developer Leader and Madrona Investor, Dies at 59

SAP Backs n8n and Parloa as n8n’s Valuation Hits $5.2 Billion

DeepSeek in Advanced Talks for First Outside Funding at $45–$50 Billion Valuation

Supercell to Fully Acquire Metacore, Maker of Merge Mansion

Alphabet Signals Bigger Direct Bets on AI Startups

Antariksh Space VC Fund to Begin Investing in Early FY2027, Government Says

Google Backs Animaj With $1 Million to Shape AI‑Made Kids' Videos on YouTube

At NEARCON 2026, Crypto Leaders Split on Whether AI Agents Need Onchain Payment Rails

Aman Gupta Seals Rs 2 Crore Mama Nourish Deal as Kreo Takes Conditional Offer on Shark Tank India 5

NAND Price Spike Puts Samsung and SK Hynix on Track for Decade-High Margins

CAA and NEA Spin Out Connect Ventures as Standalone VC Firm Led by Nicole Quinn and Michael Blank