Startups News 11 November 2025

Anthropic News Roundup: IPO Prep, $1B Claude Code Milestone and New AI Risks (Dec 5–7, 2025)

SAN FRANCISCO — December 7, 2025 — Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI models, has entered December with a burst of news that spans blockbuster deals, fresh warnings about AI risks, and growing speculation about a 2026 IPO. Over

7 December 2025

ByteDance Valuation Soars to $480 Billion: What TikTok’s Parent Is Really Worth in 2025

Key takeaways Where ByteDance’s valuation stands today In late November 2025, a private share auction involving Chinese venture firm Capital Today sent ByteDance’s implied valuation soaring to about $480 billion. The firm bought roughly $300 million worth of shares from a

5 December 2025

Business · Market Analysis · Social Media · Startups · Technology

SpinItUp Raises ₹50 Lakh Pre-Seed on Zee TV’s Ideabaaz to Power India’s DJ Creator Economy

Mumbai, December 5, 2025 — SpinItUp, an interactive music-commerce startup that lets club-goers pay to request songs during live DJ sets, has raised ₹50 lakh in a pre-seed round at a reported ₹10 crore valuation from Zee TV’s Ideabaaz Titans

5 December 2025

DJ Culture · Entrepreneurship · Indian Business · Music Industry · Startups

Kalshi Soars to $11 Billion Valuation: How a $1 Billion Mega-Round and a Former Ballerina Are Redrawing the Prediction Market Map

New York — December 2, 2025 Kalshi, the U.S.-regulated prediction market that lets people trade on the outcome of real‑world events, has raised a stunning $1 billion Series E at an $11 billion valuation, more than doubling its price tag

2 December 2025

Business News · Entrepreneurship · Finance · Prediction Markets · Startups

Elon Musk Backs Indian Talent and H‑1B Visas, Tells Founders “Be a Bully”

Elon Musk has used a high‑profile appearance on Zerodha co‑founder Nikhil Kamath’s “People by WTF” podcast to deliver a three‑part message that resonates across India and the US: America has “benefitted immensely” from Indian talent, the H‑1B visa should be fixed rather

30 November 2025

Elon Musk · Immigration · Leadership · NASDAQ:TSLA · Startups · Tech Industry

AI Startup Valuations Are Tripling in Months as Mega-Rounds Flood Healthtech and Deep Tech

In 2025, AI startup valuations are doubling and even tripling within months as 49 US AI companies secure $100M‑plus rounds and healthcare AI startups dominate new funding — a boom that is now raising serious bubble concerns. A funding boom

30 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Deep Tech · Healthtech · Startups · Venture Capital

Onton Raises $7.5M to Expand AI Shopping Platform Beyond Furniture as AI Commerce Race Heats Up

San Francisco — November 26, 2025 — AI commerce startup Onton has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to expand its AI-powered shopping platform beyond furniture into categories like apparel and consumer electronics, as competition to own AI-driven product discovery intensifies across retail. GlobeNewswire+2TechCrunch+2 A

27 November 2025

AI · E-Commerce · Investment · Startups · Technology News

Aussie Founders Land $5.2 Billion Exit as Palo Alto Networks Snaps Up Chronosphere After Cloudflare Outage

Published: November 25, 2025 Australian entrepreneurs Martin Mao and Rob Skillington have clinched one of the biggest tech exits of the year, agreeing to sell their observability startup Chronosphere to US cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks in a deal worth

25 November 2025

Acquisitions · Cloud Computing · Cybersecurity · NASDAQ:PANW · Startups · Tech News

Ramp Hits $32 Billion Valuation as Lightspeed-Led $300 Million Round Accelerates Its AI Finance Push

New York-based fintech Ramp has vaulted to a $32 billion valuation after closing a new $300 million primary funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, alongside an employee tender offer that lets staff cash out part of their equity. The

17 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business News · Fintech · Startups · Venture Capital

Jeff Bezos Returns to the CEO Seat: Inside Project Prometheus, the $6.2 Billion AI Manufacturing AI Startup

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is stepping back into an operational role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new AI startup with $6.2 billion in funding that aims to transform manufacturing for computers, cars, and spacecraft. Here’s what we know so

17 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Leadership · NASDAQ:AMZN · Startups · Technology

Alembic Raises $145M for Causal AI as Accenture and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo Back Marketing’s New Supercomputer

San Francisco–based AI startup Alembic Technologies has closed a $145 million Series B round to scale its causal AI platform and build what it claims is one of the fastest privately owned supercomputers in the world. The funding is led

16 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business News · Marketing Technology · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:ACN · NYSE:DAL · Startups · Venture Capital

SoftBank Sells Entire Nvidia Stake for $5.83 Billion to Double Down on OpenAI and AI Infrastructure

Published: November 11, 2025 TOKYO — SoftBank Group Corp. said it has exited Nvidia in full, selling 32.1 million shares for $5.83 billion in October as part of a broader “monetize-and-redeploy” push into artificial intelligence—including a multibillion‑dollar commitment to OpenAI

11 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Investments · Startups · Technology

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