Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better composites.
Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.
Board, the startup building what it calls “together tech” designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures.
In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisition.
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Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup’s final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO.
CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can’t copy H1’s unique doctor data.
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