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Kastle, an applied AI company focused on financial services, has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round
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Papaya, an AI agent optimization startup, joins Y Combinator’s Fall 2026 batch with a platform designed to improve quality, cost and latency.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Nvidia-backed CoreWeave plans to raise $3B through convertible debt and up to $2.92B through a stock sale as AI infrastructure demand grows
Spacetech
Cognition CEO Scott Wu has denied a report that SpaceX approached the AI coding startup about an acquisition, saying the company is not for sale.