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Railway Raises $100 Million to Challenge AWS With AI-Native Cloud
San Francisco-based Railway raised $100 million in Series B funding to challenge legacy cloud providers with its AI-native, sub-second deployment platform....
OpenAI Appoints Max Stoiber to Drive ChatGPT Platform
Open Source developer Max Stoiber joins OpenAI to lead development on the ChatGPT plugin directory and interactive application platform....
Christopher Golda and Grey Baker Join YC as General Partners
Y Combinator expands its leadership team by adding Christopher Golda and Grey Baker as General Partners, bolstering its expertise in engineering and developer tools....
Diana Hu Promoted to Managing Partner at Y Combinator
Y Combinator promotes Diana Hu, a former founder and prolific group partner, to managing partner. She has worked with 230+ companies worth $7 billion....
Colossal Biosciences in Talks to Raise Capital at $20B–$30B Valuation
De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences is reportedly negotiating a new funding round that would value the company between $20 billion and $30 billion, just 16 months after its dire wolf announcement....
Black Founders Face Series A Gap as AI Reshapes Startup Economics
AI lowered the cost of building startups, not scaling them. For Black founders, fully funded seed rounds are now the critical barrier to reaching Series A....
Coratia Technologies Wins Rs 66 Crore Indian Navy Contract for Underwater Robots
Rourkela startup Coratia Technologies secures a Rs 66 crore Indian Navy deal for indigenous underwater ROVs, marking a major milestone for India's deep-sea robotics sector....
15 Anti-Fraud Startups Investors Are Backing in 2026
European compliance and anti-fraud startups are attracting record investment in 2026, with funding surging past €5.8 billion. Here are the 15 companies investors say to watch....
CuspAI Raises $450M Series B at $2.6B Valuation for AI Materials Discovery
Cambridge-based CuspAI has raised $450 million in Series B funding, quadrupling its valuation to $2.6 billion in less than a year as investors bet big on AI-driven materials discovery....
StrictlyVC Returns to NYC September 10 Amid Record Startup Funding Surge
StrictlyVC is returning to New York City on September 10 after a two-year absence, as NYC startups raised nearly $19 billion in H1 2026, nearly matching all of 2025....