Insider Brief Multiply Labs raised $75 million in Series B funding to expand its robotic manufacturing platform for cell and gene therapies and other advanced biologics, bringing total funding to more than $100 million. AstraZeneca Ventures, Lingotto, Legend Biotech and Strange Ventures joined returning investors Casdin Capital, Lux Capital and Founders Fund in leading the…

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Bain Capital Ventures has raised $1.6 billion for its 11th fund to invest in early-stage companies across AI infrastructure, applications, physical AI, security, science and services. Bain Capital partners, employees and related entities are among the largest investors in Fund XI, which exceeded its target, alongside pensions, endowments and foundations, according to the firm. BCV…

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Planted has raised $31.8 million to expand its fleet of autonomous construction robots and launch Sage, its next-generation system for building solar projects. Sage is expected to enter the field in late 2026 and deliver more than twice the field productivity of Planted’s existing robots. According to the California-based company, Piva Capital and RA Capital…

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Insider Brief Google researchers developed Dream-RSI, a framework that uses an AI agent’s search history to improve future exploration while reducing the cost of automated discovery. The system tests alternative search strategies by replaying recorded outcomes, then deploys the strongest strategy without changing the underlying AI model. Across eight algorithm, mathematics and GPU programming tasks,…

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Meta introduced a new subscription service, Meta One, offering expanded AI usage and premium features across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, alongside a separate announcement allowing AI agents to set up and manage WhatsApp Business messaging. Together, the moves reflect Meta’s broader effort to monetize its Muse AI models following its 2025 investment in Scale AI,…

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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, speaking at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference, rejected characterizations of AI as an “alien mind,” insisting it remains fundamentally hardware and software built by humans and therefore controllable through engineering rather than new legislation. He argued that existing market forces already pressure companies against releasing unsafe products, suggesting firms should pace…

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Decimal AI, a customer engineering platform for technical support teams, has raised $4 million in seed funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and Kearny Jackson, with participation from Atlassian Ventures, Weekend Fund, and individual backers including former Stripe COO Claire Johnson. The company also introduced its Customer Engineering Platform, designed to bring engineering-level technical understanding into…

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Profound, a startup building marketing software to help brands appear in AI search results, has raised a $180 million Series D round at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after closing a $96 million Series C. Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins led the new round, with existing investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures…

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OpenAI’s global policy chief, Chris Lehane, told reporters that the company has been collaborating with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for several weeks, confirming earlier reporting on the coordination. Lehane made the comments while in Washington working with lawmakers on catastrophic AI risks. The disclosure follows an essay published by Anthropic CEO…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}, and welcome to our 4,056 new readers. Diogo Almeida helped build the methods that taught AI to talk to people — the research behind ChatGPT. His next model can’t generate text at all… By design. TypeSafe’s Jev is a new…

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