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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Blood-Drawing Robots, Inboxes For AI Agents, Franchised Defense Manufacturing, And More

Marlize van Romburgh

March 13, 2026

A whole host of under-the-radar startups have drawn investor checks lately. Among those that most piqued our interest: A phlebotomy robot, a company...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Defense tech • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Sales & Marketing • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture • Web3

While OpenAI Shattered Records, Robotics and Semiconductor Startups Quietly Added The Most New Unicorns In February

Gené Teare

March 12, 2026

A total of 27 companies joined the ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ last month, including six robotics companies and four semiconductor-related startups. Healthcare...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

From Hype To Outcomes: How VCs Recalibrate Around Agentic AI

Guest Author

March 11, 2026

Investors are prioritizing startups that demonstrate real production usage, measurable outcomes and revenue — focusing less on flashy demos and more...

Artificial intelligence • Job market • Startups • Venture • Workplace

Khosla’s Ethan Choi On AI, Founder-First Investing And The Fate Of Entry-Level Jobs

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 11, 2026

Ethan Choi, a partner at Khosla Ventures, recently spoke to ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ News about AI's impact, why he thinks entry-level jobs could be disappearing...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

Turing Winner LeCun’s New ‘World Model’ AI Lab Raises $1B In Europe’s Largest Seed Round Ever

Marlize van Romburgh

March 10, 2026

The funding for Paris-based AMI to help it build AI "world models" represents the largest seed round ever for a European startup and one of the...

Artificial intelligence • Startups • Venture

Swedish Legal Tech Startup Legora Triples Valuation To $5.55B With $550M Series D Led By Accel

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 10, 2026

Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the Swedish company at $5.55 billion.

Artificial intelligence • Real estate & property tech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Rebar Lands $14M To Help HVAC Suppliers Generate Quotes Faster With AI

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 10, 2026

Rebar, a New York-based startup building an AI-generated quote system for commercial HVAC suppliers, told ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ News exclusively that it has...

Artificial intelligence • Defense tech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Manufacturing • Robotics • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

The Series B Pipeline Looks Refreshingly Diversified

Joanna Glasner

March 9, 2026

Annual Series B funding is moving steadily higher after hitting a low in 2023, ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ data shows, and this year is off to a strong start as well.

Artificial intelligence • E-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • SaaS • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Space Tech, AI Infrastructure Lead Fundraises

Joanna Glasner

March 6, 2026

The first week of March was a relatively brisk period for large startup funding rounds, led by three deals of $500 million or more in the space tech...

Artificial intelligence • Crypto • Education tech • Fintech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Politics and regulation • Startups • Venture • Web3

Tim Draper On The AI Boom, Bitcoin’s Future And Building ‘Human Accelerators’

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 6, 2026

A fixture in Silicon Valley for decades, Tim Draper has built a reputation for bold, often contrarian bets that have yielded some of the industry’s...

Artificial intelligence • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Science Corp., Another Braintech Startup Founded By Neuralink Alums, Raises $230M Series C

Mary Ann Azevedo

March 5, 2026

Science Corp., a biotech startup focused on brain-computer interface technologies, announced Thursday that it has closed on a $230 million Series C...