Tech Startups https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Airlock Digital Completes Independent IRAP Assessment at the PROTECTED Level Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 19, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, ICONIQ, JPMorgan Chase, Prosus & More Nvidia in talks to invest in AI data startup Mercor at $20 billion valuation Rundoo raises $30M to help independent retailers take on Home Depot and other big-box chains with AI Replit launches ‘Free Mode’ with OpenAI, letting users build AI apps without burning credits Prevalent AI raises $22M to fix the enterprise data problem holding back AI agents Top Tech News Today, August 19, 2026: Apple, LandSpace, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Samsung, Unitree, Z.ai & More Former Ping Identity and CyberArk Executives Join AppViewX to Scale Machine and Agent Identity Security China’s LandSpace lands reusable rocket booster, closing the gap with SpaceX Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 18, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Tiger Global & More HireQuotient’s EasySource Delivers 65% Reduction in Time to Fill, for North America’s PE-Owned Retail Giant Crypto Genesys Goes Live on 1win in Limited Platform Release Washington DC’s Online Casino Bill Is Not a Land Grab. The Bottleneck Is Federal $21 billion AI chip startup Etched takes on Nvidia, poaches its engineers and lands Jane Street Reach Capital raises $265 million fund to invest in AI startups across learning, health, and work Best Online AML Certification Courses for 2026, Compared for Working Professionals Google buys 100 million Spirit Airlines emails and 500 million teams chats for $10 million to train AI models Velaura AI raises $110M series A at $1B+ valuation to tackle AI’s growing power problem Top Tech News Today, August 18, 2026: Apple, Baidu, ByteDance, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Xiaomi & More OpenAI launches ChatGPT for teens with parental controls and guardrails amid growing AI safety concerns Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 17, 2026: Accel, DST Global, Intel Capital, Menlo Ventures, Mirae Asset Capital, Valor Capital & More Tech Startups Databricks raises $5 billion at $190 billion valuation as revenue run rate tops $7 billion Dimension Energy secures $857M to scale distributed solar platform across the U.S. Digital Collectibles With Real Stakes: Inside the CS2 Skin Economy Wispr Flow raises $280M at $2 billion valuation to expand AI voice platform Top Tech News Today, August 17, 2026: Anthropic, GE, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Stripe, Unitree & More Stripe acquires OpenRouter for over $7 billion, more than 5X its valuation three months ago OpenMatter Network to Take Verification Message to Belgrade Blockchain Week 2026 BiggerZ: Building a Fairness-First Crypto Casino, Sportsbook and Prediction Markets Platform HireQuotient Extends AI Recruiting Capabilities to Paylocity Customers in Frontline Industries The Basics of Startup Finance Every Entrepreneur Should Understand Goldman Sachs in talks with investors on Nvidia’s $500 billion AI financing deal that could turn compute into Wall Street’s next asset class What Client Reviews Can Tell You About Choosing the Right SEO Agency China’s AI startup Z.ai says open-source GLM-5.3 beats Anthropic’s Mythos 5 in cybersecurity test VINclarity Publishes Investigation Into Alleged Scam and Fraud Reputation Attack Across Search and AI Top Tech News Today, August 14, 2026: Apple, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, IBM, Pony.ai, OpenAI, SpaceX, Uber & More OpenAI revenue chief Denise Dresser leaves, second high-profile executive exit this week Alphabet’s $900 million SpaceX bet explodes to $94 billion after IPO, a 100X return Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 13, 2026: Blackstone, Coatue, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Thiel Capital & More Crypto Player Takes Home $1.749M After a Million PSG Bet on 1win Tunnl Named to Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies for 2026 Legal AI startup Legora seeks $10 billion valuation, nearly doubling its worth in just four months Cursor launches Origin, a code hosting platform built for AI coding agents with GitHub sync Anthropic in talks to buy Nvidia-backed AI startup Decart for $6 billion ahead of mega IPO Top Tech News Today, August 13, 2026: Anthropic, DeepMind, Google, Lenovo, Microsoft, SpaceXAI & More Astute raises $1.2M to connect B2B companies with newsletter, podcast, and social creators DeepSeek raises V4 API prices by up to 1,100% just as Chinese AI startup launches DeepSeek-V4-Pro Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 12, 2026: Coatue, Franklin Templeton, CapitalG, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital & More News