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AfterQuery hits $3.2B valuation in record Y Combinator ascent

AI training data startup AfterQuery reportedly jumps to a $3.2B valuation, marking one of Y Combinator’s fastest unicorn ascents.

Fambot launches an AI chief of staff for families, using email, calendars and WhatsApp to help parents track schedules and chores.

AI search startup Clipto raised $15 million at a $250 million valuation as it expands local file search, privacy features and AI agent support.

Circleback is adding a free meeting note-taker tier with unlimited transcription to attract users in a crowded AI productivity market.

Vijay Pande explains why his new AI biotech firm is making fewer bets, using AI internally and focusing on healthcare delivery and trials.

Lambda’s AI debt spree includes a $1 billion loan to buy Nvidia chips for Microsoft, highlighting the boom in AI infrastructure financing.

Artist scraping hit Cara in August, but the first scraper is now helping build Lantern, an open-source tool to track AI dataset use.

AI assistant startup Instinct raised $250 million in Series B funding, reaching a $2.5 billion valuation amid privacy concerns.

Bill Gates backs a robot tax and Human Reserved jobs, adding new urgency to the robot tax debate over AI, labor and policy.

Physical AI startups are booming, but robotics still lacks the data and reliability needed for a true breakthrough in physical AI.