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Topic: fundraising

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Explore our coverage of fundraising — 12 curated articles, summaries, and related resources from the Inblix archive.

Databricks wanted $1B, got $15B in demand — so it raised $5B at a $190B valuation — Inblix summary
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Databricks wanted $1B, got $15B in demand — so it raised $5B at a $190B valuation

TechCrunch AI · Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Databricks didn't plan to raise $5 billion. It planned to raise $1 billion. But when The Information reported in June t...

Cognition Eyes $40B Valuation Months After Hitting $26B for Devin — Inblix summary
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Cognition Eyes $40B Valuation Months After Hitting $26B for Devin

TechCrunch AI · Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Cognition is back in the fundraising conversation barely three months after locking in a $26 billion valuation. The mak...

Accel quietly closes $550M India fund despite $350M still unspent — Inblix summary
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Accel quietly closes $550M India fund despite $350M still unspent

TechCrunch AI · Aug 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Accel just closed a fresh $550 million India fund, an eye-catching move given that the firm is sitting on more than 55%...

Smallest.ai lands $13M to make voice agents that actually interrupt you — Inblix summary
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Smallest.ai lands $13M to make voice agents that actually interrupt you

TechCrunch AI · Jul 31, 2026 · 2 min read

Most AI voice agents still sound like they're buffering their personality. Smallest.ai, a startup founded in late 2024,...

Ilya Sutskever’s SSI lands billions from Nvidia to scale its secretive superintelligence bet — Inblix summary
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Ilya Sutskever’s SSI lands billions from Nvidia to scale its secretive superintelligence bet

TechCrunch AI · Jul 27, 2026 · 2 min read

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence just ended two years of near-total silence, and the reason is a check from Nvid...

Prentis, with Reid Hoffman's backing, aims for $1B valuation to automate office drudgery — Inblix summary
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Prentis, with Reid Hoffman's backing, aims for $1B valuation to automate office drudgery

TechCrunch AI · Jul 24, 2026 · 2 min read

A new startup called Prentis is entering the crowded field of AI that can use a computer like a human, and it's doing s...

Reid Hoffman-backed Prentis eyes $1B valuation to automate office drudgery — Inblix summary
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Reid Hoffman-backed Prentis eyes $1B valuation to automate office drudgery

TechCrunch AI · Jul 24, 2026 · 2 min read

A new AI lab called Prentis is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, aiming to make the mundane par...

Elon Musk leaves OpenAI board, 5 new donors join — Inblix summary
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Elon Musk leaves OpenAI board, 5 new donors join

OpenAI Blog · Jul 20, 2026 · 2 min read

Elon Musk is stepping down from OpenAI's board of directors, though he'll keep writing checks and offering advice. The...

OpenAI Goes Full Capitalism With a 100x Safety Net — Inblix summary
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OpenAI Goes Full Capitalism With a 100x Safety Net

OpenAI Blog · Jul 19, 2026 · 3 min read

OpenAI just tore up the standard Silicon Valley playbook by inventing a corporate structure that’s a strange beast: a '...

Databricks hits $188B valuation after $3B raise, its 4th round in 18 months — Inblix summary
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Databricks hits $188B valuation after $3B raise, its 4th round in 18 months

TechCrunch AI · Jul 18, 2026 · 2 min read

Databricks just pulled off something that would have seemed absurd two years ago. The company announced a fresh funding...

OpenAI admits its nonprofit roots can't fuel the AGI race — Inblix summary
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OpenAI admits its nonprofit roots can't fuel the AGI race

OpenAI Blog · Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read

OpenAI’s board has finally said the quiet part out loud: the structure that launched the company in 2015 cannot power i...

DeepSeek seeks $71B valuation weeks after $7B raise — Inblix summary
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DeepSeek seeks $71B valuation weeks after $7B raise

The Decoder · Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read

DeepSeek is already back for more. The Hangzhou-based AI lab is in early talks with investors for a new round at a $71...