Funding
Wonder Raised $650 Million to Make Dinner a Robot-Mediated IPO Problem
Wonder raised $650 million at a $9 billion valuation to scale robot kitchens, food halls, AI, and delivery. The ambition is real. So is the burn.
Funding
Mio Raised €1.9 Million to Become Slack's AI Chief of Staff
Mio wants to turn Slack into a place where follow-ups actually happen. A slightly unnerving AI coworker pitch with a surprisingly practical wedge.
Startups
Guthrie AI Raised $4 Million to Make Glazing Bids Less Medieval
Guthrie AI raised $4 million to help glazing contractors bid faster with virtual assistants and workflow automation. Extremely niche, oddly lovable, and more practical than most AI theater.
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.