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1 NovLaunchWatchLaunch Watch: Composal sends AI agents to test your productWatch → 1 NovNewsFlashAnthropic buys Mithril Medicine, a biotech it calls one-personWatch → 1 NovJustRaisedBaseten reportedly set to raise $2B at up to $30B valuationWatch → 1 NovJustRaisedRavical raises $17M seed led by MMC Ventures to build an AI platform for accounting firmsWatch → 31 OctJustRaised&Truth emerges from stealth with $70M seed, aiming to prove AI-written code is safeWatch → 31 OctJustRaisedFragment raises $56M in total funding, Series A led by 8VC, for AI procurement agentsWatch → 31 OctJustRaisedDream raises $17M seed from a16z to design buildings with AIWatch → 30 OctJustRaisedKalshi raises $1B Series G at a $40B valuation, co-led by Sequoia and WellingtonWatch → 30 OctJustRaisedDulo: $130M seed for hardware-design AIWatch → NewsFlashFractile: ~£577M of share allotments, filings showWatch → 29 OctJustRaisedServal raises $150M led by Sequoia at a $3B valuationWatch → JustRaisedWabi raises $55M led by IVP at a $1.25B valuationWatch → JustRaisedFuriosaAI raises $620M Series D at a $2.9B valuationWatch → JustRaisedUpwind Security raises $400M at a $3.8B valuationWatch → JustRaisedInfisical raises $40M Series BWatch → JustRaisedHyphenate raises $45M Series AWatch → JustRaisedBedrock Robotics raises $600M Series CWatch → 28 OctJustRaisedMachenta raises $40M to make robots instant learnersWatch → 27 OctJustRaisedGeneral Compute raises $100M for inference on alternative chipsWatch → All stories on @raisednews →
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Clueso raises $10M Series A
Series A · 13 Oct

Clueso raises $10M to turn product workflows into videos with AI agents
Stealth Watch · 14 Oct

SignSplit exits stealth with a $400M seed at a $1B valuation

The signed-data economy play paying people for AI training data - one of the largest seed rounds ever recorded.
Unicorn Watch · Oct

xAI hits $230B - founded in 2023

Three years from founding to one of the most valuable private companies on Earth. Full since-2018 list inside.
Accelerators · Updated 18 Oct

Apply now: YC Winter 2027 and speedrun SR008

YC deadline 2 Nov 8pm PT, speedrun applications close 1 Nov, Techstars runs rolling per-program deadlines.
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