Startups News 30 October 2025

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

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

Meta description: 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

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

Bitcoin Rebound, CBDC Ban, NFT Revival – Inside Crypto’s 48-Hour Whirlwind (Sept 23–24, 2025)

Hong Kong Just Opened the Liquidity Floodgates: HashKey’s CaaS launch, Kraken tie‑up and a $500M IPO plan supercharge the city’s crypto reboot

The in‑depth story A policy pivot to unlock liquidity Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has taken its most market‑opening step since launching a full licensing regime for virtual‑asset trading platforms (VATPs): allowing licensed exchanges to link local order

5 November 2025

Blockchain · Cryptocurrency · Finance · Hong Kong · NASDAQ:COIN · Startups

Anthropic’s Private Shares Soar to $185 Amid AI Frenzy – $183B Valuation, Major Deals & $1.5B Lawsuit

Anthropic’s Record-Breaking Rise: $13B Mega-Funding, Big Tech Deals & the AI Showdown in 2025

Anthropic Developments and News as of November 3, 2025 In summary, Anthropic in late 2025 stands as a centerpiece of the global AI drama – a startup-turned-goliath with extraordinary funding, big-tech allies, and cutting-edge AI models, all vying to shape

3 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business Trends · Startups · Tech Industry · Venture Capital

MultiSensor AI’s Wild Stock Ride: Major AI Deal Sparks 42% Surge, $14M Funding Triggers 50% Plunge – What’s Next for MSAI?

Recent News: Big Deal Euphoria and a Sudden Selloff Late October 2025 brought whiplash-inducing news for MultiSensor AI shareholders. On October 14, the Houston-based company announced a major U.S. deployment deal: an unnamed “global leader in logistics and e-commerce” began

31 October 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Investment · NASDAQ:MSAI · Startups · Stock Market · Technology News

Lyzr Raises $8M and Lands Accenture’s AI Backing – Is “Agentic AI” About to Explode?

Lyzr’s Innovative AI Platform and Funding Lyzr is a New Jersey–headquartered startup (with its tech team largely in Bengaluru) building infrastructure for “agentic AI” – autonomous AI agents that can execute business tasks with little human oversight. In practice, Lyzr’s

30 October 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business Innovation · NYSE:ACN · Startups · Technology News · Venture Capital

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