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The startup uses AI in civil engineering to automate workflows, turning 3D scans into drawings up to 10 times faster. San Francisco-based Mach9 has raised $34 million in Series A funding after pivoting from robotics hardware to AI-powered computer-aided design (CAD) software. The round was co-led by First Round Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, with…
Deep-tech startups have a different problem from most software startups. Building the technology is only the first step. Founders also have to prove the product, find enterprise customers, protect intellectual property, build the right team and raise capital for a much longer journey. T-Hub is now trying to tackle that gap with Blueprint, a new…
India has a new unicorn, and this time the milestone comes from an unusual corner of the startup ecosystem. Astrology-tech platform Astrotalk has reached a $1 billion valuation, making it one of India’s newest unicorn startups after an ESOP buyback helped unlock liquidity for employees. The company, founded by Puneet Gupta and Anmol Jain in…
For years, the biggest fear around artificial intelligence has been job loss. As companies automate customer support, coding, research and other repetitive tasks, many expected AI adoption to create a wave of layoffs. But India’s latest numbers tell a more complicated story. According to a Nomura report, India recorded 83,100 AI-related hires compared with 31,921…
Key Takeaways Executive Overview If your startup uses Anthropic’s Claude to draft customer communications, write software code, or generate marketing copy, your text output now carries an invisible digital fingerprint. Following the enforcement of the European Union AI Act’s Article 50 transparency requirements on August 2, 2026, Anthropic confirmed on August 11, 2026, that it…
Anthropic is giving Claude Code more freedom to execute tasks potentially changing how small startups build, ship, and scale. That bottleneck is now starting to disappear. Anthropic is making Claude Code’s Auto Mode the default for Pro, Max, and Team accounts from August 14, allowing the coding agent to carry out safe actions without repeatedly…
OpenAI Did Not Just Buy a Presentation Tool OpenAI has acquired presentation startup NextSlide, but the interesting part is not simply that OpenAI bought another AI company. The bigger signal is what NextSlide could add to ChatGPT. NextSlide built technology designed to turn prompts, documents, research and ideas into polished, editable presentations. Its team is…
Key TakeawaysScientific Milestone: Specifically, researchers at Stanford, the Arc Institute, and the Broad Institute used a DNA language model named Evo to design complete viral genomes from scratch.Therapeutic Breakthrough: In laboratory tests, 16 synthetic bacteriophages successfully infected and killed E. coli bacteria that were resistant to natural viruses.Biosecurity Safeguards: Additionally, human pathogen datasets were intentionally…
A landmark decision in the Meta child safety lawsuit has ordered the tech giant to pay $567 million in additional penalties. In a ruling delivered in Santa Fe, New Mexico State Judge Bryan Biedscheid ordered Meta to fund a massive state-supervised abatement program. However, this new fine comes on top of a $375 million civil…
A major DeepSeek API price hike is coming soon according to a new developer notice. In an official update, DeepSeek warned that rates will increase significantly in the near term. Key Takeaways Floor Raising: A major DeepSeek API price hike is officially coming soon. As a result, ultra-low baseline pricing is ending. Unit Economics Strain:…