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The Scale ReportMecka AI Targets $500M Valuation in Sequoia Capital Led Round
The data collection startup aims for a $500 million valuation as it races to provide essential motion training sets for humanoid robots.
The Scale ReportListen Labs Abandons $1.5 Billion Funding Round for Salesforce Acquisition Talks
The AI customer research startup walked away from a signed term sheet with Menlo Ventures as buyout talks reach an estimated $2 billion.
The Scale ReportCognition Lands $2 Billion at $48 Billion Valuation as AI Coding Market Heats Up
The maker of Devin nearly doubles its valuation in four months, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and Founders Fund.
The Scale ReportNscale Seeks $3.5 Billion in Pre-IPO Financing Backed by Nvidia
The British compute provider is negotiating convertible debt and vendor funding ahead of a potential public listing this month.
The Scale ReportRobotics Data Startup XDOF Nears $1.2 Billion Valuation in Fast-Tracked Series B
The Berkeley spinout is negotiating a massive new round led by 8VC as annualized revenue approaches $50 million.
The Scale ReportCrusoe Secures $3 Billion at $30 Billion Valuation as AI Data Center Demand Surges
The infrastructure provider has tripled its valuation in under a year while preparing for a potential public listing.
The Scale ReportThinking Machines in Talks to Raise $1 Billion at $40 Billion Valuation
Existing investor Accel is in discussions to lead the round for Mira Murati's AI lab, which commands a steep multiple on its $100 million run rate.
The Scale ReportPalo Alto Networks Buys IT Automation Startup Console for $500 Million
The cybersecurity vendor is absorbing agentic IT workflows into Cortex, handing quick returns to Thrive Capital and its own CEO.
The Scale ReportAfterQuery Hits $3.2 Billion Valuation as Fastest Unicorn in Y Combinator History
The AI training data startup expanded tenfold in five months on soaring demand for expert workflow datasets.
The Scale ReportClipto Secures $250 Million Valuation to Index Unorganized Video Archives
The profitable media search startup raised $15 million to bring on-device semantic search to local files and external AI models.
The Scale ReportBlue Voice Raises $6 Million to Put Legal AI in Police Cruisers
Founded by a Harvard Law dropout, the startup aims to cut down on field errors by indexing local statutes and department manuals.
The Scale ReportBiotech Investors Bet Big on the Search for Baldness Treatments
Decades without a new approved hair loss drug have fueled triple-digit rallies for clinical-stage developers.
The Scale ReportApple Acquires Silent-Speech Startup Q.ai in Reported $1.6 Billion Deal
The buyout reunites Apple with PrimeSense founder Aviad Maizels and brings advanced facial-motion sensing into the hardware fold.
The Scale ReportNvidia, Stripe Lead Multi-Billion Dollar Acquisition Wave for Open AI Ecosystem
Reported 13 billion dollar bid for Hugging Face caps an aggressive land grab for developer platforms and open-weight infrastructure.
The Scale ReportLambda Lands $1B in Debt to Buy Nvidia Chips for Microsoft
The short-term borrowing package arranged by JP Morgan reflects a broader surge in debt-fueled AI infrastructure spending.
The Scale ReportPhoto App Retro Secures $21 Million Series A at Nine-Figure Valuation
The ad-free platform, founded by former Instagram engineers, looks to capitalize on growing fatigue with algorithmic feeds.
The Scale ReportPasqal Debuts on Nasdaq Following $360 Million SPAC Merger
The French neutral-atom quantum developer plans to use the capital injection to accelerate its fault-tolerant hardware roadmap.
The Scale ReportStripe Acquires Clerky to Cement Its Grip on Early-Stage Startup Infrastructure
The payments giant picks up the legal document platform behind nearly a quarter of Silicon Valley seed financings.
The Scale ReportNvidia Nears $12.9 Billion Takeover of Hugging Face, Reports Say
The reported acquisition would hand the semiconductor giant direct control over the open-source AI ecosystem's primary software hub.
The Scale ReportNutrafol Co-Founder Giorgos Tsetis Deploys Nearly $40 Million via Great Things Family Office
The investment vehicle pledges 20 percent of realized profits to philanthropy while backing later-stage tech companies like Anthropic and SpaceX.
The Scale ReportShein Eyes Public Debut at Steep Discount to $100 Billion Peak
The fast-fashion heavyweight is seeking a market debut at under a third of its previous valuation while pivoting to brand acquisitions.
The Scale ReportSiFly Aviation Secures $20 Million to Scale Autonomous Drone Platforms
Shield Capital leads the Series A round to fund domestic manufacturing of long-endurance electric aircraft and docking systems.
The Scale ReportAI Assistant Startup Instinct Targets $2.5 Billion Valuation in Series B
The task-automation startup is seeking $250 million to expand its consumer agent platform amid emerging privacy questions.