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Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.
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Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.
Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.
StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.
The San Francisco startup closed a Series C funding round led by Antonio Gracias' firm Valor, which is a major backer of xAI.
According to CEO Helen Gu, the biggest problem facing the industry today is not just monitoring and diagnosing where AI models go wrong — it's also diagnosing how the entire tech stack operates now that AI is part of it.
The first StrictlyVC of the year will be coming to San Francisco before you know it. There are still a few tickets available to join us and our stacked speaker lineup April 30, so register today!
Slate Auto's latest funding round was led by existing investor TWG Global, a firm run by LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter.

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

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Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there and why the opportunity starts well before the main stage.
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On a recent episode of Equity, we talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them from passive investors into active participants.
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Moonbounce has raised $12 million to grow its AI control engine that converts content moderation policies into consistent, predictable AI behavior.