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Cassandre Coyer / Bloomberg Law: Alabama AG Steve Marshall launches an investigation into OpenAI's security procedures following the Hugging Face breach in July — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall launched…
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 — Funding to physical AI…
James Nani / Bloomberg Law: Google wins a bankruptcy auction with a $10M bid to acquire deidentified business data, software code, and more from Spirit Airlines to improve its AI models — Google LLC won a…
Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: Chip giants participated in startup funding rounds collectively surpassing $250B YTD; Nvidia leads the sector in deal volume with a record 59 funding rounds — Anyone with a stock…
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: ClearJet, whose AI-enabled logistics service connects shippers with unused cargo capacity on commercial flights, raised a $25M Series B led by Edison Partners — ClearJet, an…
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Freehand, which builds AI agents to manage supply chain spend and operations for Fortune 500 companies, raised a $75M Series B, after a $25M Series A in 2024 — Enterprise AI…
Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high — Seed funding trends tell us a lot…
Rocio Fabbro / Bloomberg Law: Google says it appreciates the engagement by the Trump administration and US government on the EU's $1B fine; Trump called the fine “illegal” — Google says in a statement…
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Venture funding of fintech startups grew 22.7% YoY in H1 2026 to $28.6B globally, but deal count fell 25.7% and funding fell 17.3% vs. H2 2025's $34.6B funding — Venture…
Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: European startups raised $24B in Q2, up 66% YoY and the strongest quarter in four years; UK startups raised $10.4B, above Germany's $3.2B, and France's $2.4B — In Q2, Europe…
Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding hit a record $510B in H1 2026, with OpenAI and Anthropic accounting for $217B, or 43% of the total; in Q2, VCs put $205B into 5,000+ startups — Global…
Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: In Q2, there were thirteen $1B+ US venture-backed startup exits, either through acquisition or IPO, the most exits since the 2021 market peak — Startup exits valued at $1 billion…
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: XCures, which uses AI to streamline patient data and medical records, raised a $46M Series B at a $127M post-money valuation, bringing its total funding to $76M — XCures, a…
Alex Ebert / Bloomberg Law: Florida sues TikTok for allegedly violating its social media regulations for minors and state consumer protection laws by showing “X-Rated” content to minors — TikTok Inc…
Bloomberg Law: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raised $355M, including $100M from a16z crypto — Blockchain builder Digital Asset Holdings LLC raised $355…
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Denver-based Scotch, which makes AI-powered payments tools for liquor retailers, raised a $20M Series A from VMG Partners, following a $10M seed in 2024 — Scotch, an AI-native…