Month: June 2025

H Company COO steps down two weeks after new CEO appointed Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mike-benchimol-h-coo-stepping-down/

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr has raised $100 million in an all-equity Series B round led by General Catalyst, as the startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields

Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on their copyrighted works.

Brad Feld on “Give First” and the art of mentorship (at any age) Brad Feld has spent decades operating by a simple principle: Give without expecting anything in return. This philosophy goes beyond traditional pay-it-forward thinking, he says. It’s about helping others, knowing only that meaningful connections and opportunities will

Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/sam-altman-comes-out-swinging-at-the-new-york-times/

Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M Investors are pouring big bucks into these two rival prediction markets. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/kalshi-closes-185m-round-as-rival-polymarket-reportedly-seeks-200m/

Synthflow AI raises $20M to transform the global conversational AI market Germany-based Synthflow AI, the voice AI platform for automated phone calls, has closed a $20 million Series A investment round to drive the next wave of enterprise adoption for AI voice agents. This follows the company’s seed round last

Snyk acquires AI security pioneer Invariant Labs for a new era in AI safeguards Developer security platform Snyk has acquired  AI security research firm and early pioneer in developing safeguards against emerging AI threats, Invariant Labs. Invariant Labs has built Guardrails, a transparent security layer at the LLM and agent

Enter lands €20M to green European homes German platform for energy-efficient renovations and digital building intelligence, Enter has raised €20 million in Series B funding. This brings its total funding since founding in 2020 to €40 million.  Returning investors include Coatue, Target Global, noa (formerly A/O Proptech), Partech, and Foundamental,

Project A closes €325M Fund V, boosting total assets to €1.2B European VC firm Project A today announces the successful close of its oversubscribed €325 million Fund V, increasing its total assets under management to €1.2 billion.  Project A aims to be the trusted partner for Europe’s most ambitious entrepreneurs