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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Almost All About AI

Joanna Glasner

October 2, 2026

This week’s list of the largest U.S. startup funding rounds was pretty much all about AI. That includes the biggest financing — a $1 billion round...

Startups • Venture

Your Investors Can Make Or Break Your Startup. Here’s Who Founders Actually Need On Their Cap Table

Guest Author

October 2, 2026

For startup founders, the goal shouldn’t be assembling a cap table filled with whoever was willing to invest, but rather intentionally constructed...

Artificial intelligence • Robotics • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Venture

Nautical And Marine Startups See Stepped-Up Funding

Joanna Glasner

October 2, 2026

Over the past year, venture backers have poured close to $3 billion into good-sized rounds for marine-related startups in sectors ranging from...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Job market • Politics and regulation • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

Reporter’s Notebook: Europe’s Sovereign AI Push Needs Customers As Well As Capital

Gené Teare

October 2, 2026

ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ News Research Lead Gené Teare moderated panels and spoke with leaders building Europe and the Middle East’s AI ecosystems at HumanX in...

Artificial intelligence • Fintech • Real estate & property tech • Startups • Venture

Exclusive: Homeward Raises $120M To Help Homeowners Buy And Sell More Quickly As Housing Market Stalls

Mary Ann Azevedo

October 1, 2026

Homeward, a startup that helps homeowners buy before selling their existing homes or get cash offers for their properties, has raised a $120 million...

Artificial intelligence • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

The IPO Window Is Opening Selectively; Readiness Will Decide Who Gets Through

Guest Author

October 1, 2026

The 2026 IPO market is reopening selectively, favoring large companies that spent the slowdown strengthening their financial reporting, governance...

Clean tech and energy • Startups • Venture

Nuclear Startup Funding Is Up, But The Sector’s Public Markets Take A Bearish Turn

Joanna Glasner

October 1, 2026

So far in 2026, investors have poured more than $6 billion into companies focused on developing both fission and fusion nuclear energy technology and...

Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

Tiny Health Raises $33M To Explore What Gut Data Can Reveal About Future Health

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 29, 2026

Austin-based Tiny Health has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round led by B Capital to help it meet growing demand for its at-home...

Artificial intelligence • Cloud computing • Real estate & property tech • Robotics • SaaS • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

This Early Groq Investor Expects Half Her Bets To Fail

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 28, 2026

In an interview with ÂÜÀòÊÓƵ News, Sandhya Venkatachalam, founder and managing partner of Axiom Partners, discusses why she looks beyond familiar...

Artificial intelligence • Communications tech • Cybersecurity • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Startups • Venture

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Cybersecurity, AI And Health Take The Lead 

Joanna Glasner

September 25, 2026

This week delivered a bountiful supply of big startup funding rounds, led by two $400 million financings for cybersecurity unicorns and large...

Artificial intelligence • E-commerce • Enterprise • Fintech • Job market • Layoffs • Media & entertainment tech • Public Markets • Startups • Transportation & Logistics • Workplace

Tech Layoffs Outpace 2025 As Big Companies Shift Spending To AI

Mary Ann Azevedo

September 25, 2026

From January through August, U.S. tech layoffs reached at least 94,046, up 16.8% from 80,486 in the same period of 2025. Interestingly, and...