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EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15 million Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5 million (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Moltbook mania explained The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton…

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Lotus, which uses AI to provide free 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35 million Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $41 million (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Lotus, which uses AI to provide free 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35…

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Denver-based Northslope, which creates custom AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

Nathalie Breymeyer / Axios: Denver-based Northslope, which creates custom AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22 million Series A…

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Checkbox, an AI startup that aims to automate legal procedures, raised a $23 million Series A led by Touring Capital; Checkbox has over 100 customers including SAP and PepsiCo (Anastasia Santoreneos/Forbes Australia)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 30, 2026

Anastasia Santoreneos / Forbes Australia: Checkbox, an AI startup that aims to automate legal procedures, raised a $23 million Series…

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Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules in more than 60 countries, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $32 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo / This week in Fintech: Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules…

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Anthropic is set to raise around $20 billion, led by Singapore’s GIC and Coatue, double the targeted amount, at a valuation of $350 billion (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 27, 2026

Featured Podcasts Acquired: The NFL (2026 update) Discover the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies and how you can…

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London-based enterprise AI video startup Synthesia raised a $200 million Series E round led by GV at a $4 billion valuation, up from $2.1 billion after raising $180 million in January 2025 (Nat Rubio-Licht/The Deep View)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 26, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: 5 Questions to Ask When Your Product Stops Growing | Jason Cohen (2x unicorn founder) Interviews…

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Entropy, a decentralized crypto custodian that raised a $25 million seed led by a16z in June 2022, is shutting down after "several pivots and two rounds of layoffs" (Zack Abrams/The Block)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 26, 2026

Zack Abrams / The block: Entropy, a decentralized crypto custodian that raised a $25 million seed led by a16z in…

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AheadComputing, which is developing a revolutionary RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, has raised $30 million in Seed2 funding led by Eclipse, Toyota and Cambium, for total funding of $53 million (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 21, 2026

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: AheadComputing, which is developing a revolutionary RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, has raised $30 million in…

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Preply, a language learning marketplace founded in Ukraine, raised a $150 million Series D led by WestCap at a valuation of $1.2 billion; the startup has an office of 150 people in kyiv (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 21, 2026

Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Preply, a language learning marketplace founded in Ukraine, raised a $150 million Series D led by…

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The Anthropic myth adds to concerns about increasing workload for open source maintainers, as many have already faced a ‘crazy’ number of bug reports (Chris Stokel-Walker/Bloomberg)

Salesforce announces Headless 360, an initiative that will allow AI agents to access Salesforce platform features through APIs, MCP tools or CLI commands (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Global DRAM supply is expected to meet only 60% of demand through 2027; memory will reach around 40% of low-end smartphone manufacturing costs by mid-2026, up from 20% currently (Nikkei Asia)

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Chinese lidar maker Hesai, a key supplier of Nvidia’s ADAS, announces EXT lidar, calling it the first in the industry to integrate spatial and color sensing (Reuters)

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EnFi, which makes AI agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications, raised a $15 million Series A led by Fintop, bringing its total funding to $22.5 million (Tatiana Bautzer/Reuters)

Lotus, which uses AI to provide free 24/7 primary care in 50 languages, raised a $35 million Series A led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $41 million (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Denver-based Northslope, which creates custom AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)

Checkbox, an AI startup that aims to automate legal procedures, raised a $23 million Series A led by Touring Capital; Checkbox has over 100 customers including SAP and PepsiCo (Anastasia Santoreneos/Forbes Australia)

Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules in more than 60 countries, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $32 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

Anthropic is set to raise around $20 billion, led by Singapore’s GIC and Coatue, double the targeted amount, at a valuation of $350 billion (Financial Times)

London-based enterprise AI video startup Synthesia raised a $200 million Series E round led by GV at a $4 billion valuation, up from $2.1 billion after raising $180 million in January 2025 (Nat Rubio-Licht/The Deep View)

Entropy, a decentralized crypto custodian that raised a $25 million seed led by a16z in June 2022, is shutting down after "several pivots and two rounds of layoffs" (Zack Abrams/The Block)

AheadComputing, which is developing a revolutionary RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, has raised $30 million in Seed2 funding led by Eclipse, Toyota and Cambium, for total funding of $53 million (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)

Preply, a language learning marketplace founded in Ukraine, raised a $150 million Series D led by WestCap at a valuation of $1.2 billion; the startup has an office of 150 people in kyiv (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)