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Earlyasset raises $2 million to tackle venture liquidity

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Earlyasset emerges from stealth with $2 million pre-seed backing to build infrastructure for broader private market share sales.
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Multiplier buys Oxygen Advisors in sixth global deal

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Multiplier expands in New Zealand with Oxygen Advisors buyout as the startup-focused accounting firm joins its global roll-up.
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FLORA launches FAUNA for creative teams with USD $52 million

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FLORA unveils FAUNA visual AI canvas for creative teams, alongside reusable workflows and Image Editor, after raising USD $52 million.
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Harness ranked No. 24 on Fortune's innovation list

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Harness says its AI tools tackle the post-code bottleneck as it lands No. 24 on Fortune's 2026 innovation list, alongside rapid growth and new funding.
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Ferveret study says waterless cooling lifts AI efficiency

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Ferveret study with UCLA says waterless cooling boosts AI compute efficiency 15% and cuts training times while using no water.
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Hapana rebuilds fitness platform after USD $7.25 million

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Hapana unveils rebuilt fitness software platform after USD $7.25 million Microequities-led round, targeting multi-site operators with AI tools.
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Harvey raises USD $200 million in AI legal funding

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Harvey wins USD $200 million as investors back its plan to turn legal AI from chat tools into workflow-running agents.
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Zapier & Rillet launch finance workflow integration

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Zapier and Rillet join forces to link ERP and 8,000 apps, aiming to cut finance teams' manual work in closes, approvals and reconciliations.
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Meliora buys Backchat Media to expand into New Zealand

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Meliora acquires Auckland-based Backchat Media, gaining a New Zealand foothold and bolstering its APAC digital strategy and content offering.
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Novee launches AI red teaming tool for LLM app risks

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Novee unveils an autonomous AI red teaming tool to probe LLM apps for prompt injection, jailbreaks and other emerging security flaws.
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Rocketlane raises USD $60m to expand AI services platform

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Rocketlane secures USD $60m Series C to accelerate global rollout of Nitro, its AI-driven professional services execution platform.
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Origin raises USD $30 million to streamline global benefits

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Origin secures USD $30 million to scale its AI-driven platform simplifying fragmented global employee benefits for large multinationals.
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Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents

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Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.
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Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million, expands to US & UK

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Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million pre-seed to grow US and UK presence and scale AI-led integrations for co-managed enterprise IT.
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Scanabull raises NZD $1.1 million for cattle weighing tech

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New Zealand agritech startup Scanabull raises NZD $1.1 million to scale smartphone-based 3D cattle weighing for beef farmers.
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Heidi launches wearable Remote device for clinicians

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Heidi debuts a wearable Remote microphone for clinicians, aiming to improve AI scribe accuracy in noisy, offline and rural care settings.
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Oasis raises USD $120 million for AI access control

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Oasis raises USD $120 million to expand its AI-first access control platform for non-human identities across large enterprises.
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Obin AI raises USD $7 million to power agentic finance

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Obin AI exits stealth with USD $7 million to build auditable AI agents for heavily regulated financial workflows and asset managers.
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Robinhood fund buys into Stripe, AI start-up ElevenLabs

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Robinhood Ventures Fund I adds Stripe and ElevenLabs stakes to give retail investors listed access to late-stage private tech firms.
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Native raises USD $42m for cloud security control plane

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Cloud security startup Native launches from stealth with USD $42m to unify preventive, intent-based controls across major public clouds.