AI
Ollama Raised $65 Million to Turn Your Laptop Into an AI Data Center
Ollama's new round says local and open-weight AI is no longer a hobby. It is becoming enterprise plumbing, with fewer tokens and more GPU invoices.
Funding
Marker Raised $13 Million to Make AI Writing Feel Less Like Cheating
Marker raised $13 million to build an AI writing tool for drafts, revisions, and half-formed thoughts. Earnest, stylish, and surprisingly sane about the craft.
Startups
Aardaia Raised €5 Million to Breed a Protein Potato for a Nervous Continent
Aardaia just raised €5 million to turn a forgotten tuber into Europe's homegrown protein crop. Strange pitch, serious science, and better timing than it has any right to have.
Startups
Norm Ai Raised $120 Million to Put a Hall Monitor in Every Prompt
Norm Ai's $120 million Series C bets regulated enterprises want AI wrapped in lawyers, audit trails, and outcome pricing. Annoyingly, that sounds rational.
Startups
Even Realities Raised $150 Million to Put AI on Your Face Without Filming Everyone
Even Realities raised $150 million for camera-free smart glasses. The privacy-first pitch is smart. The face-computer trust problem is still very real.
Startups
Reed Semiconductor Raised $100 Million to Keep AI Servers From Browning Out
Reed Semiconductor's $100 million round says the AI boom is now financing power delivery. Annoying, essential, and far more strategic than it sounds.
Startups
Taktile Raised $110 Million So Banks Can Let AI Touch the Scary Buttons
Taktile raised $110 million to automate high-stakes banking and insurance decisions. The pitch is serious, the controls matter, and the weirdness tax is real.
Startups
Cadence Raised $100 Million So Medicare Can Stop Treating Chronic Care Like a Calendar Invite
Cadence raised $100 million to turn chronic care into clinician-supervised AI logistics. The need is real, the economics are compelling, and the Medicare math is finally getting weird.
Boston Tech
AbbVie Bought Apogee for $10.9 Billion Because Waltham Made Eczema Dosing Less Annoying
AbbVie is buying Waltham-based Apogee for $10.9 billion, turning a long-acting eczema antibody into Boston biotech's latest serious exit.
Startups
Odyssey Raised $310 Million to Turn Physics Into a Cloud Bill
Odyssey just raised $310 million to build AI world models, lean into AWS Trainium, and test whether simulating reality is a real business.
Funding
Twenty Raised $100 Million to Industrialize Cyberwar. The Euphemisms Have Left the Building.
Twenty raised $100 million to build offensive cyber systems for the U.S. and allies. The market is real, the mission is serious, and the startup language has acquired battle rhythm.
Funding
Sarvam Raised $234 Million So India Can Stop Renting Its AI Brain
Sarvam pulled in $234 million to build sovereign AI for India with HCLTech at its side. The pitch is serious, the market is real, and the capital bill is gloriously national-scale.