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Exclusive: Lovable, Supercell, Langdock founders back Zero in $10.3m seed round

Zero just secured $10.3M to fix the fragmented AI stack. Founders from Supercell and Lovable are betting that developers need a unified platform, not a mess of disconnected APIs.

By Adrian BoyselSep 15via Sifted
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Kaiko extends Series B funding round to $110 million with S&P Global, BNP Paribas

S&P Global and BNP Paribas just injected more capital into Kaiko, proving that legacy finance is doubling down on professional-grade data infrastructure for the next cycle.

Adrian Boysel· via CoinDeskSep 14
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S&P Global leads strategic investment in crypto data firm Kaiko, extending Series B to $110 million

S&P Global is leading a massive extension into crypto data provider Kaiko, signaling that the bridge between legacy finance and on-chain intelligence is finally hardening into permanent infrastructure

Adrian Boysel· via The BlockSep 14
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Y Combinator Still Busiest Startup Investor In August As Nvidia Ramps Up Its Dealmaking Pace

Y Combinator and Nvidia are dominating the venture landscape, but their diverging strategies reveal a high-stakes tug-of-war between seed-stage volume and late-stage AI dominance.

Adrian Boysel· via Crunchbase NewsSep 14
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Dead Weight On The Cap Table: The Startup Equity Problem Causing Litigation And How You Can Fix It

Standard vesting schedules are failing modern founders, leading to cap table dead weight that invites litigation and ruins funding rounds before they start.

Adrian Boysel· via Crunchbase NewsSep 14
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The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs

YC S24 shows a pivot from software wrappers to hard engineering. We analyze the VCs' top picks and what they mean for the future of building in AI and hardware.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch StartupsSep 13
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Satellite startup Open Cosmos raises €300m amid space frenzy

Open Cosmos just secured 300 million euros to scale their satellite-as-a-service model, marking a significant shift in how we approach orbital hardware and planetary data.

Adrian Boysel· via SiftedSep 14
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Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, narrowing the gap with Ethereum

Solana finally addressed its most annoying bottleneck by tripling transaction sizes. Here is why the 4KB upgrade matters more for builders than simple speed metrics.

Adrian Boysel· via CoinDeskSep 15
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Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data

Mecka AI is hitting a $500M valuation by solving the biggest bottleneck in robotics: the desperate need for high-quality training data to move hardware past simple loops.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch AISep 11
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too

Y Combinator's Garry Tan is calling for a massive shift in how U.S. open-source labs compete with China by using model distillation to build smarter, smaller AI.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch VentureSep 11
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ETH Zurich students build ‘first Swiss humanoid’, eye fundraising

A group of ETH Zurich students developed Xalun, a humanoid robot designed to bypass the complexity of hydraulics for a leaner, software-driven approach to mechanical mobility.

Adrian Boysel· via SiftedSep 14
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Quantum-proof blockchain: why math, not machines, holds the key

Quantum computing is often treated as a ticking time bomb for crypto, but new research suggests the solution isn't better hardware, it is smarter math we already have.

Adrian Boysel· via CoinDeskSep 13
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Hear how AI can engineer nature’s comeback at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

A billion-dollar bet on de-extinction is testing the limits of AI-driven biology. Here is why builders should watch the intersection of generative models and genetic engineering.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch StartupsSep 14
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Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal

Maven Robotics just stepped out of the shadows with $100 million in funding and a plan to replace clunky industrial workflows with smart automation.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch StartupsSep 10
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Dogecoin ETFs struggled for buyers while rival XRP and Solana funds pulled in $3 billion

The shutdown of Bitwise's dogecoin ETF reveals a fundamental flaw in the crypto fund thesis: builders need utility, while institutional products are still chasing memes that won't stick.

Adrian Boysel· via CoinDeskSep 14
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Video Friday: Humanoid Robot Takes On Monkey Bars

New developments in robotics show machines mastering monkey bars and open-source models. The gap between digital intelligence and physical reality is finally closing for founders.

Adrian Boysel· via IEEE RoboticsSep 11
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How This Doctor-Turned-Startup-Founder Decided To Fix The Healthcare Staffing Crunch: Make Employers Apply

Iman Abuzeid flipped the script on healthcare hiring by making hospitals apply to nurses. Here is why her AI-driven approach to staffing is a masterclass for crypto and AI founders.

Adrian Boysel· via Crunchbase NewsSep 11
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Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play

Collaborative Fund's investment in D.C. United signals a shift where venture firms treat pro sports teams as live laboratories for their portfolio startups rather than just vanity assets.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch VentureSep 10
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Furo’s founders left Silicon Valley — and it’s paying off

Furo is proving that Silicon Valley proximity is no longer the prerequisite for U.S. capital, raising $4 million from top-tier VCs while operating out of Berlin.

Adrian Boysel· via TechCrunch StartupsSep 10
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SaaStr AI App of the Week: Sumble. The Kaggle Founders Rebuilt Sales Intelligence Around Context, Not Contacts

Sales intelligence tools have long focused on surface-level data. Sumble, from the founders of Kaggle, shifts the focus to deep organizational context and internal dynamics.

Adrian Boysel· via SaaStrSep 13
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DeFi Development Corp expands Solana treasury to 2.39 million SOL, sets up $300 million CHAD ATM

DeFi Development Corp is aggressively scaling its Solana treasury while launching a massive $300 million ATM offering for CHAD stock, signaling a new era of corporate crypto balance sheets.

Adrian Boysel· via The BlockSep 14
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Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerate as investors pull $449M in three days

Institutional confidence faces a stress test as Bitcoin ETFs see nearly half a billion dollars exit in three days, signaling a shift in how Wall Street manages crypto volatility.

Adrian Boysel· via CointelegraphSep 11
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Why 90% of your DeFi trades are quietly being routed back to Wall Street market makers

The promise of DeFi was to cut out the middlemen, but today most DEX volume is quietly being absorbed by the same Wall Street market makers we tried to leave behind.

Adrian Boysel· via CryptoSlateSep 13
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Robots Are Learning to Feel

Computer vision isn't enough to make robots useful in the real world. New tactile datasets are finally giving machines the sense of touch they need to handle the messy reality of physical labor.

Adrian Boysel· via IEEE RoboticsSep 10