
AI Startup Perplexity Sees Valuation Soar Amid Investor Frenzy
AI search startup Perplexity is experiencing a massive surge in its valuation, with some offers reaching as high as $50 billion amid a frenzied investor climate.
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AI search startup Perplexity is experiencing a massive surge in its valuation, with some offers reaching as high as $50 billion amid a frenzied investor climate.

AI recruiting firm Mercor has reached a $10 billion valuation, making its three 22-year-old founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the world.

Sequoia Capital has led a new investment round in AI startup Rogo Technologies, valuing the company at $750 million as it aims to automate investment banking tasks.

A researcher from secretive AI startup Thinking Machines Lab has challenged the industry's focus on scale, arguing the path to superintelligence is through 'superhuman learners'.

Anjney Midha, a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is leaving to launch a new startup focused on the high-demand AI compute market.

An angel investor explains why he decided to back AI startup ElevenLabs, now valued at $6.6 billion, after just a 30-minute meeting with its co-founder.

AI infrastructure startup Fal.ai has secured approximately $250 million in a new funding round, pushing its valuation to over $4 billion just months after its last raise.

Sesame, an AI startup from the founders of Oculus, has raised $250 million in a Series B round to develop a conversational AI companion for smart glasses.

Medical AI startup OpenEvidence has raised $200 million in a new funding round, achieving a $6 billion valuation as its platform now supports 15 million consultations monthly.

Internal Amazon documents show AI startups are shifting spending to AI models and tools, delaying investment in traditional AWS cloud services.

AI startup Flint has launched with $5 million in seed funding from investors including Accel and Sheryl Sandberg's fund to build self-updating websites for businesses.

Fueled by its success in the AI boom, Nvidia has dramatically increased its venture capital activity, investing in over 50 startups in 2025 alone to shape the AI ecosystem.