Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

NEA’s Tiffany Luck Says AI Is Entering Its ROI Era as Startups Race to Build Personal Agents

NEA partner Tiffany Luck says AI ROI is now the key question as enterprises tighten spending, mix models and chase practical value.

Enterprises are shifting from AI hype to AI ROI, as companies tighten budgets and startups race to prove measurable value.

Robot training data is scarce. XDOF is raising $70 million to build the infrastructure frontier AI labs need for physical AI.

Pramaana Labs raised $27M to use formal verification and LLMs to make AI more reliable for tax, legal, drug discovery and cybersecurity.

World model startup Odyssey raises $310M, reaches a $1.45B valuation and adds Amazon as it shifts to AWS and Trainium.

Pinterest launches Ask Pinterest, an experimental AI shopping app, alongside new AI tools for advertisers and marketers.

The AI IPO boom is reshaping markets as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic drive fresh speculation, capital flows and industry spillovers.

DeepL acquires Mixhalo to expand live translation into conferences, sports and venues, while boosting its U.S. presence.

NewCore raised $66M to secure AI agents identity, giving enterprises new tools to authenticate, govern and revoke digital workers.

AI layoffs are soaring as tech profits rise, fueling skepticism that automation is a cover story for overhiring and cost-cutting.