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Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse

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Cofounded by senior entrepreneur Shai Morag, Israeli identity management startup Oak is emerging out of stealth with $60 million in seed funding.

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DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO

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DeepSeek, the Chinese large language model developer, is said to be preparing for a 2027 IPO debut as it also looks to raise around $1.5 billion in new funds at a $71 billion valuation.

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Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids

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Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without the distractions of a smartphone.

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Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

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The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.

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Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn

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Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.

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Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits

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The new startup raised $300 million co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures.

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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise

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Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.

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Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups

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In this week’s episode of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen talks with Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson about the headwinds facing early-stage founders today and the most common mistakes founders should avoid in order to get funded.

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Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation

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A new $20 billion valuation would be a giant step up from the $10 billion valuation it reached in October.

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Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

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Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on Github by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs.