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OpenAI Acquires AI Chip Startup Solaris Silicon for $2B
OpenAI's largest acquisition to date brings an in-house inference chip team in-house, signaling a direct challenge to NVIDIA's grip on AI compute.
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This AI Startup Just Raised $500M to Replace Google Search
Exa, formerly known as Metaphor Systems, has closed the largest Series B in AI history with a bold mission: building the first AI-native search engine that could challenge Google's dominance.
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Y Combinator's Summer 2026 Batch: The 10 Most Interesting Companies
From AI-powered drug discovery to autonomous construction robots, YC's latest batch showcases the cutting edge of startup innovation. We picked the ten companies to watch.
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Why Enterprise AI Startups Are the Hottest Investment in 2026
Venture capital is flooding into startups that sell AI tools to businesses. With $47 billion invested in the first half of 2026 alone, enterprise AI has become the fastest-growing category in tech.
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From Garage to $1B: How Perplexity Became the Anti-Google
The inside story of how a small team of ex-Google and ex-DeepMind researchers built the fastest-growing search product in two decades — and why Google is finally paying attention.