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Daniel Levi @ Startups News 2 place · today 11:54 EDT

Brazilian fintech startup PicPay targets $2.46B valuation, plans to raise $434M in long-awaited US IPO

Everyone is talking about AI and crypto IPOs, but Brazil’s fintech scene just sent a reminder that digital banking is back in play. PicPay, one of the country’s biggest consumer finance apps, is heading to Wall Street with plans to ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News 3 place · today 11:16 EDT

AI startup Humans& raises $480M seed at $4.48B valuation as former OpenAI and Google researchers launch frontier AI lab

Everyone is talking about AI taking jobs. A new AI startup says that narrative misses the point. Humans&, founded by former OpenAI and Google researchers, claims its mission is to empower workers, not replace them. Investors are betting big on ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · today 09:52 EDT

Legato raises $7M to let business users build AI apps inside SaaS platforms

Legato is betting that the next wave of AI innovation inside enterprise software won’t come from engineers. It will come from everyday business users. The Tel Aviv–based AI startup has raised a $7 million seed round led by an Israel-based ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · today 09:13 EDT

Emergent raises $70M Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank as AI ‘vibe coding’ startup hits $50M ARR in just 7 months

Four months ago, Emergent was already moving faster than most startups ever will. The YC-backed company had just crossed $15 million in annual recurring revenue and closed a $30 million Series A. Today, it’s back with another milestone: a $70 million ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · today 08:32 EDT

Elon Musk seeks $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in explosive lawsuit, claims he built OpenAI from scratch

Elon Musk just turned up the heat in his legal war with OpenAI and Microsoft. In a court filing Friday, the billionaire said he wants between $79 billion and $134 billion in damages, arguing he is entitled to the “wrongful ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · today 08:03 EDT

Top Tech News Today, January 20, 2026

Technology News Today – Your Daily Briefing on the AI, Big Tech, and Startup Shifts Reshaping Markets It’s Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and here are the top global tech stories shaping strategy, policy, and innovation today. Today’s global tech headlines ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · today 07:40 EDT

Sequoia and Accel-backed Ethos Technologies files for IPO, eyes $1.26B valuation

Wall Street’s insurance IPO streak is far from cooling off. Ethos Technologies, a life insurance startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel, plans to go public with a valuation of up to $1.26 billion. The San Francisco company said it ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/19/2026 13:21 EDT

Top Tech News Today, January 19, 2026

Technology News Today – Your Daily Briefing on the AI, Big Tech, and Startup Shifts Reshaping Markets It’s Monday, January 19, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today, from AI and startups to regulation and Big ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/19/2026 11:51 EDT

Alibaba-backed AI startup Moonshot AI hits $4.8B valuation in new funding round

Alibaba-backed AI startup Moonshot AI is closing a new funding round that values the Chinese startup at $4.8 billion, CNBC reported, citing two people familiar with the deal. The round comes just weeks after the company was priced at $4.3 ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News 1 place · 01/16/2026 16:11 EDT

OpenAI launches ads in ChatGPT as it expands Go Plan and pushes for profitability

OpenAI is about to change how people experience ChatGPT. Starting in the coming weeks, the company will begin testing ads inside its chatbot, marking its first serious move into advertising. The test will focus on U.S. users who are on ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News 2 place · 01/16/2026 12:09 EDT

KuCoin Ranks Top 3 Global Crypto Exchanges by Market Share Growth in 2025, TokenInsight Reports

KCS Defies Market Slump as KuCoin Claims Top Spot in Spot Trading Growth KuCoin is having a strong year, and the numbers back it up. TokenInsight’s newly released 2025 Cryptocurrency Exchange Annual Report places the global crypto platform among the ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News 3 place · 01/16/2026 11:08 EDT

X global outage: Elon Musk’s X goes down worldwide, tens of thousands affected in US, UK, and India

X went dark on Friday, and users noticed it almost immediately. From the U.S. to Europe to Asia, timelines froze, posts failed to load, and many people were locked out of their accounts as the platform suffered a global outage ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 01/16/2026 10:47 EDT

BTCC surpasses $5.7B in tokenized gold trading volume as crypto investors flock to safe havens

Gold is back in fashion. This time, it’s trading on-chain. BTCC, the world’s longest-operating cryptocurrency exchange, just closed 2025 with $5.72 billion in tokenized gold trading volume. That milestone signals a sharp shift in how crypto traders hedge risk, blending ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/16/2026 09:49 EDT

Top Tech News Today, January 16, 2026

Technology News Today – Your Daily Briefing on the AI, Big Tech, and Startup Shifts Reshaping Markets It’s Friday, January 16, 2026, and today’s global tech headlines reveal how deeply technology is reshaping geopolitics, infrastructure, and corporate strategy. From rising ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 01/16/2026 09:19 EDT

Iran succeeds in partially jamming and degrading Starlink, pushing Elon Musk’s satellite network to its limits

Iran’s sweeping crackdown on dissidents is turning into one of the toughest real-world stress tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink. The satellite internet service, which has become a lifeline during government-imposed blackouts, now finds itself locked in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/16/2026 07:31 EDT

Cloudflare acquires UK startup Human Native to build AI data marketplace for content creators

Who gets paid when AI trains on your work? Cloudflare thinks it finally has an answer. The internet infrastructure company said Thursday it has acquired Human Native, a U.K. AI startup that runs a marketplace connecting AI developers with content ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 18:00 EDT

Top Startup and Tech Funding News – January 15, 2025

It’s Thursday, January 15, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s deals highlight escalating investor conviction in infrastructure-scale AI, secure autonomous systems, and deep-tech platforms that are shaping human–machine integration. From AI-native video creation ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 13:05 EDT

German AI startup Parloa raises $350M, triples valuation to $3B in just 8 months

German AI startup Parloa just pulled off one of the fastest valuation jumps in Europe’s AI scene. The eight-year-old company has raised $350 million in a Series D round, tripling its valuation to $3 billion in less than a year. ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 10:57 EDT

From Green Beret to CEO: How Gene Yu built a $21M cybersecurity startup after losing his identity

What happens when your entire identity disappears overnight? For many military veterans, leaving the service can mean losing more than a uniform. It can mean losing structure, purpose, and the tight-knit community that once shaped everyday life. The transition can also ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 10:40 EDT

Algoz Taps Wealth Management Alliance to Introduce Its AiQP Meta Fund in Southeast Asia

Algoz Technologies, a quantitative strategies and investment management firm with over $250 million in assets under management, has partnered with Singapore-regulated Wealth Management Alliance Pte Ltd (“WMA”) to launch the AiQP Meta Fund in Southeast Asia. The new fund is ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 09:42 EDT

Slips raises $3.5M as peer-to-peer betting gains momentum to challenge traditional sportsbooks

Slips just closed a $3.5 million seed round, and it’s doing something few betting startups dare to try: cutting out the house entirely. The round was led by Las Olas Capital and Sunset Bay Capital, with backing from Andrew Schwartzberg, ... Read more

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 08:18 EDT

Top Tech News Today, January 15, 2026

Technology News Today – Your Daily Briefing on the AI, Big Tech, and Startup Shifts Reshaping Markets It’s Thursday, January 15, 2026, and today’s tech landscape shows just how fast the stakes are rising across AI, infrastructure, and global regulation. ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/15/2026 07:26 EDT

AI video startup Higgsfield raises $80M at $1.3B valuation as demand for generative video surges

Higgsfield just vaulted into unicorn territory, and it did so at a moment when investors can’t pour money into AI video startups fast enough. The San Francisco-based AI startup announced it has raised $80 million in a Series A extension, ... Read more

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 01/14/2026 16:40 EDT

Top Startup and Tech Funding News – January 14, 2025

It’s Wednesday, January 14, 2026, and today’s funding landscape reflects growing confidence in AI-native robotics, security automation, and deep science ventures addressing energy and healthcare bottlenecks. From billion-dollar bets on general-purpose robot brains to quantum-resilient encryption for crypto networks, investors ... Read more

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