A startup is crowdfunding the HubKey Pro 2, a compact dock with a circular controller, 11 ports, and dual 4K HDMI support. It’s smashed its funding goal, but backers face a long wait for delivery.
Sapporo Holdings is offloading its real estate division to private equity giants KKR and PAG in a deal worth over 400 billion yen. The move comes after a lengthy campaign by activist investors pushing the brewer to shed non-core assets. The new owners aim to boost profits by attracting new tenants.
Marissa Mayer is back with a new AI venture called Dazzle. After shutting down her previous startup, Sunshine, she’s raised an $8 million seed round at a $35 million valuation to build what she hopes is a world-changing personal assistant.
Brett Harrison, former president of FTX US, has secured $35 million in funding for his new startup, Architect Financial Technologies. The firm’s exchange, AX, offers perpetual futures on traditional assets like stocks and forex, but not cryptocurrencies.
German bio-tech startup BIOWEG has raised €1.5 million from Germany’s SPRIND agency. The funding will advance its platform to recover Rare Earth Elements from waste streams using a fermentation and green chemistry process developed with Technische Universität Berlin.
Venture capitalists are laser-focused on AI investments for the coming year. The challenge for founders is proving they have a defensible business, not just a flashy demo, in an increasingly crowded market.
A new AI construction startup, Unlimited Industries, just landed $12 million from Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Fund. The company, founded this year and already valued at $50 million, is using AI to design and manage projects, with a long-term goal of fully automated building. Founder Alex
Utkarsh Amitabh, a busy entrepreneur and Oxford PhD student, took on a freelance gig training AI models in January 2025. He now earns $200 an hour, pulling in nearly $300,000 so far, by using his deep expertise to refine how machines think.
The entire backend of AI startup Doublespeed, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, was hacked, exposing its operation of a massive phone farm. The hack revealed over 400 TikTok accounts, many using AI-generated “influencers” to promote products without disclosing the posts were ads, violating platform and
Co-branded card startup Imprint has raised a $150 million Series D, valuing the company at $1.2 billion. The funding will fuel a shift from just credit into debit, secured cards, and a broader loyalty network. This comes as new research shows consumers, especially younger ones, are increasingly usin
