Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

DeepL buys Mixhalo to push translation into live events and venues

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

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

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

AI unicorn Sarvam raised $234M at a $1.5B valuation, led by HCLTech, as India pushes for sovereign AI and homegrown models.

Salesforce is buying AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B to boost Agentforce and expand enterprise AI agents.

Malaysia’s AI messaging app Respond.io raised $62.5M to expand in North America and Europe and accelerate acquisitions.

SpaceX agrees to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60B in stock, expanding Musk’s AI push days after the company’s blockbuster IPO.

Probably raised $9M to build AI reliability tools that prevent hallucinations with deterministic validators and smaller models.

SpaceX valuation tops $2.7T after a stock rally and Cursor acquisition, passing Amazon in a market driven by AI and infrastructure bets.

AI notetakers maker Plaud says it shipped 2 million devices and topped $100M in ARR, signaling real traction for AI hardware.