Melius, a New York-based AI platform for generating ad campaigns, images and videos, has secured $25 million in total funding, comprising a $20 million Series A led by CRV and a $5 million seed round led by General Catalyst. The company said it surpassed $1 million in annualized revenue within two months of emerging from…

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Insider Brief Valon Technologies, an AI-native operating system for regulated finance, has raised $150 million in Series D funding at a $2.3 billion valuation, doubling its previous valuation, with new investor Ribbit Capital joining existing backers including Andreessen Horowitz. The funding will accelerate development of ValonOS and its AI agents, which handle mortgage servicing tasks…

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Axya, an AI-powered procurement platform for manufacturers, has secured $17 million CAD in Series A funding led by McRock Capital, with participation from Yamaha Motor Ventures and existing shareholders including the Business Development Bank of Canada’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and Real Ventures. The company has also established a new banking relationship with CIBC to…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}, and welcome to our 3,941 new readers. OpenAI has spent 2026 turning math into its favorite proving ground, from a handful of solved problems in August to a Millennium Prize claim in September. The latest chapter is all about volume.…

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OpenAI is under fresh scrutiny after a long-serving safety employee resigned with a public warning about the company’s culture, even as it pushes ahead with new display ads in ChatGPT and invisible watermarks on AI-generated text in the European Union. David Robinson, who led the writing of the safety reports accompanying OpenAI’s major product launches…

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Insider Brief Boston Dynamics named former Amazon AI executive Rohit Prasad as CEO, saying his experience building large-scale AI products will support its push to integrate more advanced AI into robotic systems and expand its Physical AI strategy. Prasad spent 12 years at Amazon, most recently as senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa…

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Insider Brief Supabase, an open source Postgres development platform, has announced $150 million in new funding led by GIC, with Alphabet’s growth fund CapitalG, IronArc and SquarePeg participating, just four months after its $500 million Series F, with the round also providing liquidity for employees. The company is now adding more than 1 million users…

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Palo Alto-based PaleBlueDot AI, an intelligence infrastructure platform provider, has secured $200 million in Series C financing at a $3.2 billion valuation. The round was led by ComputeCore, with participation from B Capital and other investors. The company plans to use the new capital to expand its operations and accelerate development efforts as demand for…

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Meta has introduced Muse Gadgets, an open source project that lets developers build their own hardware connected to Muse, its personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms and shops on users’ behalf. The company is providing open source firmware and a Linux SDK, along with starter ideas such as adding a color e-ink…

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Falcon AI, the technology company behind AI-native law firm Falcon Law, has secured €1.5 million in pre-seed funding, one of the largest rounds for a Belgian legal-tech startup. The round was led by Syndicate One, with participation from Stelena Capital, Greenpark Investment Partners, RDY Ventures and France’s Source Ventures. Former Allen & Overy global senior…

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