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Simular, which develops AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5 million Series A round led by Felicis; Simular released version 1.0 for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 7, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The 100-person AI lab that has become Anthropic and Google’s secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge…

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Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communications training software, raised a $40 million Series B led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the startup at more than $300 million (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 6, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI Device Wars heats up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix acquires Warner Brothers The Big Technology Podcast…

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Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a wearable pendant-like AI that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33 million (Echo Wang/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: OpenAI calls it a “Code Red” + Which model should I use? + Slop’s Hard Fork…

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Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, has raised an $18 million seed led by Team8 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, has raised $18 million…

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A profile of Klay, whose app will allow users to remake songs using AI; Klay has raised around $10 million and is the first AI startup to ink deals with all three major labels (Abram Brown/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 29, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: NVIDIA panic mode?, OpenAI funding hole, Ilya mystery revenue plan The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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German company Quantum Systems, which sells surveillance drones used by Ukraine, has raised 180 million euros, tripling its valuation to 3 billion euros since May (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 27, 2025

Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: German company Quantum Systems, which sells surveillance drones used by Ukraine, has raised 180 million euros,…

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Clover Security, whose AI agents connect to developer platforms like GitHub to predict and detect security vulnerabilities, raised $36 million led by Notable Capital and Team8 (Sam Sabin/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 27, 2025

Sam Sabin / Axios: Clover Security, whose AI agents connect to developer platforms like GitHub to predict and detect security…

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Coverbase, an AI sourcing and risk platform provider, raised a $16.5 million Series A round led by Canapi Ventures, bringing its total funding to $20 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 27, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Coverbase, an AI procurement and risk management platform provider, raised a $16.5 million Series…

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Amazon-backed nuclear reactor developer X-energy has raised $700 million led by Jane Street, bringing its total funding to $1.4 billion, to build 150 SMRs in the US and UK (Jamie Smyth/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 24, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: She sold her startup for $500 million, here’s her next idea Grit explores what it takes to…

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Flexion, which is building a complete autonomy stack for humanoid robots, raised a $50 million Series A from DST Global Partners, NVentures and others, after a seed of more than $7 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 23, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: A Guide to Difficult Conversations, Building Trusted Teams, and Designing a Life You Love | Rachel…

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OpenAI deploys Lockdown Mode, an optional security setting designed to give users advanced protection against rapid injection attacks by limiting certain features (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a "short term" agreement "to ensure we have transitional capacity to meet growing customer demand" for Gemini Enterprise (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Marvell and Flex, a contract electronics manufacturer, will join the S&P 500; MRVL jumps more than 6% after hours after closing 16.74% lower amid heavy selling (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

More than 20 European news publishers file suit seeking more than 640 million euros from Google following an EU ruling that allows anyone harmed by Google’s advertising market abuses to seek damages (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

US officials discussed taking government stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman floated the idea; Altman met with Bernie Sanders on Wednesday (Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: raised

Simular, which develops AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5 million Series A round led by Felicis; Simular released version 1.0 for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communications training software, raised a $40 million Series B led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the startup at more than $300 million (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a wearable pendant-like AI that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33 million (Echo Wang/Reuters)

Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, has raised an $18 million seed led by Team8 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

A profile of Klay, whose app will allow users to remake songs using AI; Klay has raised around $10 million and is the first AI startup to ink deals with all three major labels (Abram Brown/The Information)

German company Quantum Systems, which sells surveillance drones used by Ukraine, has raised 180 million euros, tripling its valuation to 3 billion euros since May (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

Clover Security, whose AI agents connect to developer platforms like GitHub to predict and detect security vulnerabilities, raised $36 million led by Notable Capital and Team8 (Sam Sabin/Axios)

Coverbase, an AI sourcing and risk platform provider, raised a $16.5 million Series A round led by Canapi Ventures, bringing its total funding to $20 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Amazon-backed nuclear reactor developer X-energy has raised $700 million led by Jane Street, bringing its total funding to $1.4 billion, to build 150 SMRs in the US and UK (Jamie Smyth/Financial Times)

Flexion, which is building a complete autonomy stack for humanoid robots, raised a $50 million Series A from DST Global Partners, NVentures and others, after a seed of more than $7 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)