August 20, 2026
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Daniel Levi

Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.


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DeepSeek raises V4 API prices by up to 1,100% just as Chinese AI startup launches DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Daniel Levi Posted On August 13, 2026


DeepSeek is making its newest AI model more expensive almost as soon as it arrives. The Chinese AI startup said Thursday it will raise API prices for its V4-Pro and V4-Flash models, with increases ranging from 50% to 1,100% depending […]


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Anthropic secretly downgraded Claude users to a weaker AI model without telling them, sparking developer backlash
Daniel Levi Posted On August 12, 2026


Anthropic is facing a trust problem over Claude Fable 5 after users learned that the company could quietly intervene in certain conversations without telling them, including routing some requests away from its most capable, widely released AI model. The backlash […]


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CodeRabbit raises $143M at $1.5B valuation to manage the AI-generated code explosion
Daniel Levi Posted On August 12, 2026


AI can now write code faster than humans can reasonably review it. That imbalance is creating a new problem for software teams, and investors are betting CodeRabbit can become the layer that keeps the flood under control. CodeRabbit has raised […]


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Team8 raises $365 million to back AI-native startups across cybersecurity, infrastructure, fintech, and digital health
Daniel Levi Posted On August 12, 2026


Team8 has raised $365 million in new capital, giving the venture firm fresh ammunition to bet on startups building the infrastructure, security, financial technology, and healthcare systems needed as AI moves deeper into the enterprise. The new capital includes $265 […]


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Goldman Sachs to acquire ETF provider Neos for $2.3 billion in asset management push
Daniel Levi Posted On August 12, 2026


Goldman Sachs is making another big bet on the booming ETF market. The Wall Street giant has agreed to acquire Neos Investments for up to $2.25 billion, a deal that will push its active ETF assets to roughly $80 billion […]


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David Sacks’ Craft Ventures targets $1 billion for first new fund since leaving White House
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2026


David Sacks is back raising serious money in Silicon Valley. Craft Ventures, the venture capital firm co-founded and led by Sacks, is seeking roughly $1 billion for a new fund, marking its first major fundraising effort since the billionaire investor […]


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Joby Aviation acquires defense tech startup Resonant Sciences for $500 million as it expands beyond air taxis
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2026


Joby Aviation is making a $500 million bet that its future will extend far beyond flying passengers across congested cities. The electric air taxi maker said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Ohio-based defense technology startup Resonant Sciences for roughly […]


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Flagler Health raises $50M Series B to build the AI operating system for $400 billion musculoskeletal care market
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2026


Flagler Health has raised $50 million in Series B funding to tackle one of healthcare’s expensive but less visible problems: doctors spending much of their day doing work that has little to do with treating patients. The New York-based startup […]


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OpenAI completes $7 billion employee share sale at $852 billion valuation ahead of potential IPO
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2026


OpenAI has completed a roughly $7 billion secondary share sale that gives current and former employees a chance to turn some of their paper wealth into cash, as the ChatGPT maker moves closer to what could become one of the […]


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Anthropic is adding invisible watermarks to Claude’s AI-generated text that can be detected even after you copy and paste it
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2026


Is this the beginning of the end of AI-generated text as we know it? Since the launch of ChatGPT nearly four years ago, the volume of AI-generated text has exploded, fueling predictions that machine-generated content could eventually surpass human-created text […]


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Palmer Luckey’s startup bank Erebor in talks to raise $1.5 billion at $8 billion valuation
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2026


Palmer Luckey-backed startup bank Erebor is in advanced talks to raise roughly $1.5 billion at an $8 billion pre-money valuation, a massive jump for a young lender created in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. The valuation is eye-catching. […]


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Corma raises $60M to build defensive cybersecurity AI as AI-powered attacks surge
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2026


AI models are getting frighteningly good at attacking computer systems. Defending those same systems is proving much harder. That widening gap is the problem Corma wants to solve. The cybersecurity AI startup has raised $60 million in seed funding led […]


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Former Citadel trader’s startup WashWise raises $1.2M to reinvent laundry with ‘dry shampoo for clothes’
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2026


Most people have a chair, hook, or corner of the bedroom reserved for clothes that occupy an awkward middle ground: worn once, too clean for the washing machine, but not quite fresh enough to put back in the closet. Former […]


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Meta launches new AI model Muse Glimmer as Zuckerberg urges U.S. to remove barriers to open-source AI
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2026


Meta is putting open-source AI back at the center of its strategy. The company on Monday unveiled Muse Glimmer, a new open-weight AI model built to run agentic tasks on a Mac or PC using a single graphics card. Mark […]


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Legal AI startup Harvey in talks to raise $500 million at $15.5 billion valuation after revenue surge
Daniel Levi Posted On August 7, 2026


Legal AI startup Harvey is in advanced talks to raise at least $500 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, just five months after investors valued the four-year-old company at $11 billion, according to an exclusive report from The Information. The […]


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Crypto Has Spent Years Searching for Its Killer Use Case. AI Agents May Finally Be It
Daniel Levi Posted On August 7, 2026


Crypto spent more than a decade trying to convince humans they needed digital wallets, programmable money, and payment networks that never close. AI agents may flip that equation. They could become the first major class of users for whom those […]


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Nvidia-backed Firmus raises $2 billion at $10.5 billion valuation to build AI factories across Asia-Pacific
Daniel Levi Posted On August 7, 2026


Firmus Technologies has raised $2 billion in fresh equity at a valuation above $10.5 billion, nearly doubling the Australian AI infrastructure startup’s valuation in just four months as investors pour billions into the physical infrastructure behind the AI boom. The […]


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SoftBank’s $2B investment in Intel delivers $8.2B windfall as OpenAI takes a backseat
Daniel Levi Posted On August 6, 2026


SoftBank’s massive bet on artificial intelligence paid off this quarter, but the biggest winner wasn’t OpenAI. It was Intel. The Japanese investment giant reported a 1.3 trillion yen, or roughly $8.2 billion, gain on its Intel holdings during its fiscal […]


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China’s Unitree targets IPO at $9 billion valuation as humanoid robot race heats up, DeepSeek invests $20.8M
Daniel Levi Posted On August 6, 2026


China’s humanoid robot race is heading to the public markets. Unitree has priced its Shanghai initial public offering at 150.8 yuan ($22.34) per share, giving the Hangzhou-based robotics company a valuation of roughly 61 billion yuan, or $9.04 billion. The […]


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Defense-tech startup Hadrian raises $1.37B at nearly $8B valuation to scale AI-powered factories
Daniel Levi Posted On August 6, 2026


Hadrian has raised $1.37 billion in fresh funding at a $7.87 billion valuation, more than quadrupling its valuation since January as investors pour record sums into startups rebuilding America’s defense manufacturing base. The Series D was co-led by WCM Investment […]


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