Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies spent months lobbying for a 10-year ban on state AI regulation. The Senate voted 99-1 to kill it. Meta, Microsoft, and venture capital firms learned that money can't buy everything in Washington.
Grammarly bought email app Superhuman for an undisclosed sum, part of its plan to build an AI productivity empire. With $1 billion in fresh funding, the grammar company wants to put AI agents at the center of your workday.
Good Morning from San Francisco, Cloudflare just declared war on freeloading AI bots. The company that handles 20% of internet
Unframe, powered by a $50M debut, promises to deliver AI solutions within hours, challenging traditional months-long processes.
The Israeli startup brings serious credentials. CEO Shay Levi previously co-founded Noname Security, which Akamai bought for $500 million. He's joined by COO Larissa Schneider and VP R&D Adi Azarya.
Unframe already serves dozens of large enterprises and claims millions in annual revenue. Their platform lets companies test AI solutions before paying - a sharp break from traditional enterprise software models.
The funding comes from heavy hitters in venture capital: Bessemer Venture Partners, TLV Partners, Craft Ventures, Third Point Ventures, SentinelOne Ventures, and Cerca Partners.
"For too long, businesses hungry to innovate have been slowed by costly legacy software," Levi says. "We've built a platform that lets companies save time, cut costs, and modernize operations."
Bessemer partner Amit Karp backs this vision: "Unframe flips enterprise AI on its head by quickly providing customized software based on exact needs."
The company will use the new funds to expand globally and speed up product development. Their goal? Become the go-to partner for all enterprise AI needs.
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A Marine-led startup that reads stress patterns in voices just raised $60M from ex-CIA chief David Petraeus. Clearspeed detects fraud and security risks without listening to words - just tone and hesitation patterns across any language.
Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati raised $2 billion for her new AI company, shattering every seed funding record. Her six-month-old startup is now worth $10 billion without shipping a product. The deal shows how the exodus of top talent from OpenAI is creating well-funded competitors.
Former Cisco executives have developed a solution geared towards preventing unexpected IT emergencies, aiming for uninterrupted operations.
Perplexity AI, known for providing direct answers instead of traditional search links, is nearing a $14 billion valuation. Yet beneath the soaring numbers lies a pressing question: Can its novel approach truly reshape how we search the internet?
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