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Silver Lake to merge Cegid and Silae in $11.6 billion software deal as AI reshapes SaaS

Daniel Levi Posted On September 9, 2026

Silver Lake is merging two of Europe’s largest business software companies in an $11.6 billion deal, as AI forces the software industry to rethink what scale looks like. CNBC first reported the deal. The private equity firm plans to merge […]

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Legal AI startup Harvey raises $550M at $15.6B valuation as revenue tops $400M

Daniel Levi Posted On September 9, 2026

Legal AI startup Harvey has raised $550 million at a $15.6 billion valuation, capping a remarkable six-month run that has seen its valuation jump more than 40% as annual recurring revenue climbed past $400 million. The round was co-led by […]

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OpenAI says it solved the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes math problem in 88 hours. Now it faces accusations of stealing researchers’ work

Daniel Levi Posted On September 9, 2026

OpenAI says that it solved the 90-year-old Navier–Stokes mathematics problem in just 88 hours, using 10,000 AI agents and a new artificial intelligence model to crack one of mathematics’ most famous unsolved problems. What should have been a victory lap for […]

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These 10 Types of Startups Are Disappearing as AI Turns Their Products Into Features

Daniel Levi Posted On September 8, 2026

In February 2025, Chegg sued Google, blaming the tech giant’s AI-generated search summaries for losing traffic as the online education company struggled with falling revenue and a stock price that had already lost roughly 99% from its 2021 peak. A […]

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Blee raises $20M Series A to tackle the new AI-generated content compliance problem

Daniel Levi Posted On September 8, 2026

AI has made it remarkably easy for companies to create more marketing content. Reviewing all of that content before it reaches customers is becoming a different story. Blee, a New York-based startup building AI software for marketing compliance, has raised […]

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Veridue raises $4M to cut energy and data center due diligence from weeks to hours

Daniel Levi Posted On September 8, 2026

Veridue, a London-based startup using AI to speed up due diligence for renewable energy and data center deals, has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding as investors pour capital into infrastructure projects that are becoming harder to evaluate. Episode 1 […]

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A Six-Figure Tech Salary Won’t Protect Your Credit Score

Daniel Levi Posted On September 7, 2026

Americans are carrying more than $1.26 trillion in credit card debt, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And with borrowing costs still elevated, credit card mistakes can become painfully expensive when it is […]

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Germany’s Isar Aerospace reaches orbit for the first time: Europe’s emerging rival to SpaceX

Daniel Levi Posted On September 7, 2026

Germany’s Isar Aerospace has reached orbit for the first time, giving Europe a homegrown contender in a commercial launch market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The Munich-based startup’s Spectrum rocket reached orbit on Saturday and successfully deployed its payloads into […]

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Startup Funding News Today, September 7, 2026: Cato, Pixxel, Jet Zero, Navana.ai & More

Daniel Levi Posted On September 7, 2026

Startup funding and venture capital opened the week with a strong tilt toward sovereign technology, physical infrastructure, vertical AI, and industrial automation. The standout deal is Indian space-tech company Pixxel’s $100 million Series C, the largest single funding round raised […]

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Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Acquisition Looks Expensive. It May Actually Be Cheap

Daniel Levi Posted On September 4, 2026

Yesterday, chip giant Nvidia confirmed it has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition after its $20 billion purchase of chipmaker Groq’s assets. Nearly $13 billion is a staggering price for an AI […]

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ByteDance secures $29.6 billion mega loan to fund AI and data center expansion outside China

Daniel Levi Posted On September 4, 2026

ByteDance has secured a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 banks, giving the TikTok owner one of Asia’s largest corporate financing packages this year as it pours more money into artificial intelligence and data center capacity outside China, Reuters reported […]

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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful AI model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities

Daniel Levi Posted On September 4, 2026

OpenAI on Thursday unveiled GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier AI model that CEO Sam Altman says represents a major jump in what people can hand off to artificial intelligence. The release arrives with an unusual twist: Astra is so capable […]

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AI Token Prices Collapse Nearly 60%, Raising Questions About the $600 Billion AI Boom

Daniel Levi Posted On September 3, 2026

AI is getting cheaper at a speed that could reshape the economics of the biggest infrastructure buildout in tech history. Silicon Data’s LLM Token Expenditure Index fell to $0.9665 per million tokens on August 31, down more than half from […]

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Catch emerges from stealth with $5M to build an AI executive assistant that handles admin work for you

Daniel Levi Posted On September 3, 2026

Catch has emerged from stealth with $5 million in seed funding to build an AI executive assistant that can schedule meetings, manage email, book travel, and handle day-to-day administrative work without forcing users to create prompts or build workflows. The […]

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Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.93 billion in its biggest acquisition ever

Daniel Levi Posted On September 3, 2026

Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, its biggest acquisition ever and a deal that gives the AI chip giant control of one of the most important distribution hubs in artificial intelligence. The agreement takes Nvidia far beyond the […]

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Chinese AI startup Moonshot files for $3 billion Hong Kong IPO at $50 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On September 3, 2026

Chinese AI startup Moonshot has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong and is seeking to raise about $3 billion, Reuters reported Thursday. The Beijing-based company, best known for its Kimi large language model, has been valued […]

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How Is New Technology Making It Easier to Play Casino Games

Daniel Levi Posted On September 2, 2026

While some of the most popular casino games have been around for centuries, the latest technology has grabbed our attention in recent years. By combining classic gameplay with modern touches, online casinos have made it easier to get started. Easier […]

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Uber lays off 3,300 employees,10% of workforce, in biggest job cuts since 2020 as robotaxi competition intensifies

Daniel Levi Posted On September 2, 2026

Uber is cutting about 3,300 employees, roughly 10% of its global workforce, in its largest round of layoffs since the pandemic. This time, a collapse in ride demand isn’t driving the cuts. Uber is slimming down as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi […]

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp backs former Ukraine Defense Minister’s new defense tech Startup

Daniel Levi Posted On September 2, 2026

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is launching a defense technology startup with an unusually prominent first backer: Palantir CEO Alex Karp. Karp will become the venture’s first lead investor, according to Fedorov’s press office. CNBC reported that the investment amount […]

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Dropbox hack exposes 5,000 accounts as hackers access and download users’ files

Daniel Levi Posted On September 2, 2026

Dropbox said hackers compromised around 5,000 user accounts last month, gaining unauthorized access to its cloud storage service and, in some cases, viewing and downloading files. The breach traces back to a legacy connection with Lenovo ID, exposing a weak […]

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