Leading artificial‑intelligence companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral and several cloud and semiconductor firms have partnered with Paris‑based incubator Station F to launch F/ai, a new accelerator for European AI startups. The three‑month program, run twice a year, will support 20 early‑stage companies per cohort with a curriculum focused on rapid commercialization and will provide more than $1 million in credits for access to AI models, compute and other services. The initiative aims to help European founders bring revenue‑generating products to market faster and narrow the gap with U.S. and Chinese competitors. Read more →

AI video‑generation startup Runway announced a $315 million Series E financing round that lifted its valuation to $5.3 billion. The new capital will fund the pre‑training of next‑generation world models and expand the company’s research, engineering, and go‑to‑market teams. Runway’s latest model, Gen 4.5, delivers high‑definition video from text prompts with native audio, long‑form generation, character consistency, and advanced editing tools, outperforming competing offerings from Google and OpenAI on key benchmarks. The company also broadened its compute capacity through a partnership with CoreWeave and is seeing growing interest from gaming and robotics sectors. Read more →

Humans&, a startup founded by veterans of Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Google DeepMind, is building a foundation model focused on social intelligence and team coordination. The company raised a large seed round to develop a “central nervous system” that can help people collaborate, make group decisions, and interact with AI in a more conversational way. The model will be trained with long‑horizon and multi‑agent reinforcement learning to remember users, understand motivations, and act as connective tissue across organizations. While the product is still in development, the team aims to own the collaboration layer rather than plug into existing tools. Read more →

OpenAI announced a strategic investment in Merge Labs, a neurotechnology startup co‑founded by Sam Altman. The company aims to develop non‑invasive brain‑computer interfaces that use ultrasound to read and modulate neural activity. Backed by OpenAI and other investors, Merge Labs plans to combine AI, ultrasound technology, and novel molecular approaches to create accessible, high‑bandwidth interfaces without implanting hardware into brain tissue. The partnership signals OpenAI’s expanding focus on frontier hardware and AI tools that could accelerate progress in brain‑machine communication. Read more →

Simular, a startup developing AI agents that can directly control Mac OS and Windows computers, announced a $21.5 million Series A round led by Felicis with participation from NVentures and other investors. The company released version 1.0 of its Mac agent and is collaborating with Microsoft on a Windows version as part of the Windows 365 for Agents program. Founded by former Google DeepMind researchers Ang Li and Jiachen Yang, Simular’s technology, dubbed “neuro‑symbolic computer‑use agents,” aims to curb LLM hallucinations by generating deterministic code for repeatable tasks. Early customers include a car dealership and homeowners’ associations. Read more →

Boop, a new travel‑tech startup founded by former Meta and Microsoft AR/VR lead Nancy Li Smith, is rolling out an AI‑driven platform that transforms real‑world trip data into shareable, bookable itineraries. By capturing users' location and photo metadata, the app creates shoppable travel guides that friends and creators can copy and personalize. Boop also embeds affiliate links, allowing creators to earn commissions on bookings. Backed by investors from TripAdvisor, Marriott and Expedia, the company raised a pre‑seed round and is launching on a mobile invite‑only basis with a public waitlist. Read more →

Israeli startup Milestone, which builds a data platform to link generative AI tool usage with engineering outcomes, announced a $10 million seed round led by Heavybit and Hanaco Ventures. The round also saw participation from Atlassian Ventures and a group of high‑profile angels, including GitHub co‑founder Tom Preston‑Werner. Milestone’s customers such as Kayak, Monday and Sapiens will gain visibility into AI‑driven productivity, feature‑delivery speed and bug attribution, helping enterprises measure return on AI investment. The company’s team blends founders Liad Elidan and Stephen Barrett with a focus on enterprise‑scale solutions. Read more →

Israeli startup Onfire has closed a $20 million financing round led by Grove Ventures and TLV Partners, with participation from Sumitomo’s IN Venture and LeumiTech77. The company, founded by former Unit 8200 veterans Tal Peretz, Shahar Shavit and Nitzan Hada, uses AI to mine public developer forums for buying intent signals, then matches those signals to the commenters’ employers and decision‑makers. Onfire’s platform layers budget‑cycle data to help B2B sales teams time outreach, and its early customers include ActiveFence, Aiven, Cyera, Port and Spectro Cloud. The new capital will fund AI, R&D and sales hires as the firm expands its U.S. go‑to‑market operation. Read more →

Sumble, a San Francisco startup founded by former Kaggle leaders Anthony Goldbloom and Ben Hamner, emerged from stealth with $38.5 million in seed and Series A financing. The company uses a knowledge graph backed by large language models to pull public data from the web and deliver contextual sales intelligence, including technographic details, organizational charts, and project insights. Since its April launch, Sumble has signed 19 enterprise customers such as Snowflake, Figma, Wiz, Vercel and Elastic, with roughly 30% of users on a paid Pro plan. Growth has been driven by word‑of‑mouth adoption inside organizations, and the startup now faces competition from established sales‑intelligence vendors. Read more →

After years of stagnant revenue and a 50% staff cut, Replit revived its fortunes by launching the Replit Agent, an AI‑powered coding assistant. The shift from serving professional developers to targeting non‑technical knowledge workers unlocked rapid revenue growth, leading to a $250 million funding round, a $3 billion valuation, and annualized revenue in the $150 million range. Enterprise customers now drive high‑margin earnings, while the company bolsters safety after a high‑profile database mishap. Replit faces competition from AI labs but bets on its unique focus and infrastructure to stay ahead. Read more →

Smartphone startup Nothing announced the close of its Series C funding round, raising $200 million led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors such as GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF and Tapestry, as well as new strategic backers Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures. The capital brings the company’s total funding to over $450 million and values it at $1.3 billion. Founder Carl Pei said the money will fund an AI‑first device slated for next year, while the firm continues to build its supply chain, expand global sales and develop AI‑enhanced software experiences. Read more →

Rulebase, a Y Combinator‑backed startup founded by Nigerian engineers Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, has closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round led by Bowery Capital. The company’s AI “agent coworker” automates back‑office functions such as compliance, quality assurance and dispute handling for financial‑service firms. Already deployed at U.S. business bank Rho and a Fortune 50 financial institution, the platform integrates with tools like Zendesk, Jira and Slack, evaluates 100 % of customer interactions, and claims cost reductions of up to 70 % and escalation cuts of up to 30 %. Rulebase plans to expand its workflow automation into fraud investigation, audit preparation and regulatory reporting. Read more →

Smartphone startup Nothing announced the close of its Series C funding round, raising $200 million led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors such as GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF and Tapestry, as well as new strategic backers Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures. The capital brings the company’s total funding to over $450 million and values it at $1.3 billion. Founder Carl Pei said the money will fund an AI‑first device slated for next year, while the firm continues to build its supply chain, expand global sales and develop AI‑enhanced software experiences. Read more →

Smartphone startup Nothing announced the close of its Series C funding round, raising $200 million led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors such as GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF and Tapestry, as well as new strategic backers Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures. The capital brings the company’s total funding to over $450 million and values it at $1.3 billion. Founder Carl Pei said the money will fund an AI‑first device slated for next year, while the firm continues to build its supply chain, expand global sales and develop AI‑enhanced software experiences. Read more →

Rulebase, a Y Combinator‑backed startup founded by Nigerian engineers Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, has closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round led by Bowery Capital. The company’s AI “agent coworker” automates back‑office functions such as compliance, quality assurance and dispute handling for financial‑service firms. Already deployed at U.S. business bank Rho and a Fortune 50 financial institution, the platform integrates with tools like Zendesk, Jira and Slack, evaluates 100 % of customer interactions, and claims cost reductions of up to 70 % and escalation cuts of up to 30 %. Rulebase plans to expand its workflow automation into fraud investigation, audit preparation and regulatory reporting. Read more →

Rulebase, a Y Combinator‑backed startup founded by Nigerian engineers Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, has closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round led by Bowery Capital. The company’s AI “agent coworker” automates back‑office functions such as compliance, quality assurance and dispute handling for financial‑service firms. Already deployed at U.S. business bank Rho and a Fortune 50 financial institution, the platform integrates with tools like Zendesk, Jira and Slack, evaluates 100 % of customer interactions, and claims cost reductions of up to 70 % and escalation cuts of up to 30 %. Rulebase plans to expand its workflow automation into fraud investigation, audit preparation and regulatory reporting. Read more →

Smartphone startup Nothing announced the close of its Series C funding round, raising $200 million led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors such as GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF and Tapestry, as well as new strategic backers Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures. The capital brings the company’s total funding to over $450 million and values it at $1.3 billion. Founder Carl Pei said the money will fund an AI‑first device slated for next year, while the firm continues to build its supply chain, expand global sales and develop AI‑enhanced software experiences. Read more →

Rulebase, a Y Combinator‑backed startup founded by Nigerian engineers Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, has closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round led by Bowery Capital. The company’s AI “agent coworker” automates back‑office functions such as compliance, quality assurance and dispute handling for financial‑service firms. Already deployed at U.S. business bank Rho and a Fortune 50 financial institution, the platform integrates with tools like Zendesk, Jira and Slack, evaluates 100 % of customer interactions, and claims cost reductions of up to 70 % and escalation cuts of up to 30 %. Rulebase plans to expand its workflow automation into fraud investigation, audit preparation and regulatory reporting. Read more →

Rulebase, a Y Combinator‑backed startup founded by Nigerian engineers Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, has closed a $2.1 million pre‑seed round led by Bowery Capital. The company’s AI “agent coworker” automates back‑office functions such as compliance, quality assurance and dispute handling for financial‑service firms. Already deployed at U.S. business bank Rho and a Fortune 50 financial institution, the platform integrates with tools like Zendesk, Jira and Slack, evaluates 100 % of customer interactions, and claims cost reductions of up to 70 % and escalation cuts of up to 30 %. Rulebase plans to expand its workflow automation into fraud investigation, audit preparation and regulatory reporting. Read more →

Smartphone startup Nothing announced the close of its Series C funding round, raising $200 million led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors such as GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF and Tapestry, as well as new strategic backers Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures. The capital brings the company’s total funding to over $450 million and values it at $1.3 billion. Founder Carl Pei said the money will fund an AI‑first device slated for next year, while the firm continues to build its supply chain, expand global sales and develop AI‑enhanced software experiences. Read more →