Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down

Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil can’t get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey.

ReelShort made $1.2 billion on werewolf romances. Watch Club wants to do it better.

Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. They’re called “microdramas” — short-form, mobile-first scripted shows designed to be watched vertically on your phone. Think soap opera meets TikTok, complete with secret billionaire romances, disapproving werewolf mothers-in-law, and cliffhangers engineered to keep users tapping. The leading app, ReelShort,… Continua a leggere ReelShort made $1.2 billion on werewolf romances. Watch Club wants to do it better.

Harbinger’s next product will be hybrid emergency vehicles

The young California startup is already building RVs, FedEx vans, and box trucks. Now its hybrid powertrain will underpin ambulances and mobile healthcare units.

Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product

With an overflowing war chest from its recent $5 billion raise, Databricks is buying startups and looking for more. It acquired Antimatter and SiftD.ai.

BKR Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders

BKR Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian toward its $50 million target.

Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP

Doss’s AI-powered inventory management system integrates with existing ERP systems. The Series B round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest.

Flighty’s new update gives you real-time alerts about airport disturbances

Flighty’s new feature will give users real-time updates about why operations at an airport are disrupted.

Vibe-coding startup Lovable is on the hunt for acquisitions

Lovable’s founder said the fast-growing vibe-coding startup is looking for startups and teams to join its company.

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way

Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.

Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen

Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.