Venture Capital
Jul 29, 2026
Google's $205B CapEx Bombshell Is Spooking Investors
Google just revised its 2025 capital expenditure estimate to as much as $205 billion, up from a previous ceiling of $190 billion. For Wall Street, the bigger issue isn't the number itself — it's what it signals about Big Tech's ability to forecast AI infrastructure costs at all.
AI
Big Tech
Jul 29, 2026
Greyparrot Raises $27M Series B for AI Waste Intel
London-based Greyparrot has closed a $27M Series B, bringing total funding to $60M, after its AI platform surpassed one trillion detected waste objects. The company's camera systems help recycling facilities and major consumer brands track materials in real time — and it's now eyeing aggressive expansion across North America and Europe.
AI
Climate Tech
Startups
Jul 29, 2026
Dwelly Raises $170M to Double Down on Property Rollups
UK proptech startup Dwelly has secured $170m from EQT Growth and General Catalyst to continue acquiring letting agencies and embedding AI across their operations. The round signals surging investor confidence in the 'AI rollup' model — acquiring traditional businesses and transforming them with proprietary software.
Proptech
AI
Venture Capital
Jul 29, 2026
Bot-Detection Startup Spur Raises $200M From Insight
Spur Intelligence has closed a $200 million funding round led by Insight Partners, backing its technology for distinguishing legitimate human traffic from automated bots. The raise signals growing enterprise demand for sophisticated bot mitigation as AI-powered scraping and fraud scale rapidly.
Cybersecurity
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 29, 2026
Recursive Superintelligence Signs $410M Amazon Deal
AI startup Recursive Superintelligence has committed the bulk of its fundraising capital to a massive compute agreement with Amazon, signaling how aggressively new entrants are betting on infrastructure access as the core competitive advantage in the race toward advanced AI.
AI
Startups
Cloud Computing
Jul 28, 2026
AI IPO Billionaires Are Coming; Nonprofits Take Note
With Anthropic and OpenAI expected to go public soon, hundreds of newly wealthy employees could unleash what some estimate as $15 billion a year in additional philanthropic giving. Nonprofits ranging from AI safety labs to global health organizations are already hiring, automating, and networking furiously to position themselves for the windfall — but competition is fierce and nothing is guaranteed.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 28, 2026
Enigma Raises $70M Seed Round to Simplify Robot Control
Enigma has closed a massive $70M seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital to make controlling robots as intuitive as adjusting a volume dial. The startup is betting that simplified human-robot interaction is the missing link in industrial and consumer robotics adoption. Sarah Guo's Conviction Partners also joined the round.
Robotics
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 27, 2026
UK Pension Giants Back £1bn Scale-Up Tech Fund
A consortium of UK pension funds, including Railpen and Nest, is working with the British Business Bank to launch a £1bn Scale-Up Fund aimed at backing homegrown tech companies. The move comes amid growing pressure to reduce British startups' dependence on foreign late-stage capital — and just weeks after France moved to block UK access to the EU's rival €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund.
Venture Capital
Startups
UK Tech
Jul 27, 2026
Europe's Answer to TBPN Just Raised $1.6M
A European live tech news network has closed a $1.6 million seed round backed by Axel Springer, LadBible, and angels from OpenAI and DeepMind. The raise signals growing appetite for TBPN-style live programming outside the US, with the network now announcing its largest expansion to date.
Media
Startups
AI
Jul 27, 2026
Why Kimi Sent Silicon Valley Into a Panic
Moonshot AI's Kimi model triggered a wave of anxiety across Silicon Valley and Wall Street. We break down what's really driving the alarm around Chinese AI, and what it means for founders and investors navigating an increasingly competitive landscape.
AI
Chinese AI
Startups
Jul 25, 2026
Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus Raise $100M for New AI Lab
Prentis, a new AI lab co-founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga founder Mark Pincus, is in talks to raise $100 million. The startup is betting that automating everyday computer tasks will become a bigger AI use case than code generation. Here's what we know about their thesis.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 24, 2026
Silicon Valley Is Splitting Over Chinese Open-Weight AI
A fierce debate has erupted between America's AI giants and its startup community over Chinese open-weight models. The conflict pits safety concerns and IP protection against startup access, open-source ideals, and the economics of building on affordable AI infrastructure.
AI
Open Source
Policy
Jul 24, 2026
General Catalyst Tops Y Combinator in Q2 Fintech Deals
For the first time in several quarters, General Catalyst edged out Y Combinator as the most active investor in fintech rounds of $5 million or more. The shift comes amid a strong — if slightly cooling — first half for global fintech funding, which topped $28.6 billion.
Fintech
Venture Capital
AI
Jul 24, 2026
Scape Raises $3.2M to Build an AI-Native Email Inbox
Y Combinator-backed Scape has emerged from stealth with $3.2M to replace the 25-year-old email interface with an AI inbox that drafts responses, manages attachments, and surfaces only what needs your attention. Founded by two 23-year-old Swedes, the Stockholm startup counts General Catalyst, FundersClub, and angels from OpenAI, Google, and Spotify among its backers.
AI
Startups
Productivity
Jul 23, 2026
Billion-Dollar Rounds Now Dominate Global Venture Capital
Mega-rounds of $1 billion or more now account for 60% of all global startup funding in 2026 — and 73% in the U.S. alone. With 23 such rounds already closed this year, the trend is accelerating fast, reshaping what venture capital actually means.
Venture Capital
AI
Startups
Jul 23, 2026
Travis Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B in a16z Round
Atoms, the robotics and industrial AI company founded by Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, has closed a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Uber is also participating as an investor, adding a notable strategic dimension to the raise. The company has positioned itself around using AI to modernize industrial operations, though specific details about its technology remain scarce.
AI
Robotics
Venture Capital
Jul 23, 2026
Revolut Launches Secondary Sale at $115B Valuation
Revolut has confirmed a new secondary share sale valuing the fintech giant at a reported $115 billion — up from $75 billion just last year. The sale gives employees a rare liquidity event as Revolut continues its aggressive global expansion.
Fintech
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 23, 2026
Menlo's Matt Murphy on Why Anthropic Is Winning
Anthropic hit a $47 billion revenue run rate by May 2026, up from $9 billion in 2025. Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy — who led the company's $500M Series D — says the growth trajectory is unlike anything he's seen in 25 years of investing, and the reasons go well beyond model quality.
AI
Venture Capital
Startups
Jul 23, 2026
telli Raises $15M Seed for AI Customer Ops Agents
Berlin-based telli has closed a $15M seed round led by Redalpine to scale its multi-channel AI agent platform for customer-facing operations. The company's agents already handle millions of conversations across voice, chat, SMS, WhatsApp, and email — and it's now doubling down on its AI coworker, Charlie.
AI
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 22, 2026
Glow Exits Stealth at $1.2B, Targets AI Agent Security
Glow has emerged from stealth with a $1.2 billion valuation, setting its sights on a new class of endpoint security threats created by the widespread adoption of AI agents and developer tooling inside enterprises. The startup argues that legacy endpoint protection was never designed for a world where autonomous agents execute code, access APIs, and traverse internal systems at scale. Here's what the launch signals for enterprise security.
Enterprise AI
Cybersecurity
Startups