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Startups are not isolated from the world. However, this week, the financing news felt a positive link from the total news course, as it has somewhat postponed a somewhat postponed process – or perhaps more time to prepare to invest in “planets and community health”, where a new box plans for.

The most interesting startup stories of the week

This week included a departure, lawsuit, disappointing sale, and scientific controversy.

Openai graduatesPrevious Openai Cto Mirati Two prominent new advisors with previous links with Openaii For its new project, AI’s thinking machine laboratory laboratory. As for the co -founder of Openai and the former great scientist Ilya Sutskever, it is Choose Google Cloud’s TPU chips To run the research by the start of the new artificial intelligence, Safe Superintelligence.

Friends and enemiesIt is said that Openai is considering spending $ 500 million on Get IO productsStarting the artificial intelligence devices that Jony Ive is built with Sam Altman, although the two companies may end up in partnership instead. Meanwhile, the Openai fight with Elon Musk, this time with a A suit against her former supporter.

Leave: Communications head Dell HR Tech Company leftHe is accused Spy cultivation At the start of the competitor.

Huge or notThe enormous biological sciences claim that it led to the revival of the severe wolf, but scientists who do not have relationships with the company challenge the claim – and there is still a discussion about his evaluation of $ 10.2 billion and whether it is With less than its value or exaggerated.

U YuIt was not, the British fashion market valued at about $ 700 million, It was obtained for only 154 million dollars in cash By Zozo, based in Japan.

Not very solid: Starting banking services as a solid service It was presented for Chapter 11, bankruptcy protectionQuoted from “large and expensive claims”. It raised approximately $ 81 million, but it faced a legal challenge in 2023 when FTV Capital from series B exposed to the restoration of its $ 61 million investments.

The most interesting VC news and funding news this week

This week was smoother in starting starting lands compared to the stock market, with many ads of deals and boxes.

The road turnsNuro independent driving I got an E series of $ 106 million, with a value of $ 6 billionDecrease from $ 8.6 billion in 2021. The decline in evaluation reflects market trends, but the company may also need less capital because it wanders from delivery robots to license its technology.

Power for people: The basic energy, the backup of the home battery backup in Texas, I collected 200 million dollars B series Under the addition, Andressen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Valor Equity Partners.

Like a tapeSipay, start -based FinTec I collected a series of $ 78 million Rating 875 million dollars to expand outside Türkiye.

Make it rainRaiss Age Age Access Access Rain All shares raised 75 million dollars B series Protect PROSUS, which you plan to use to add credit card and provide products to their offers.

Watch from aboveBRINC Drones, a drone company in Seattle, was founded by the 25 -year -old College College, Blake Residence, The collection of $ 75 million in new financing Leading the project index.

More smooth generation: Krea, an emerging company based in San Francisco helps designers and visual creativity to use tools from many artificial intelligence models, revealed after raising $ 83 million in many segments, including Series of $ 47 million.

Human employment is stillLuxury, a start -up company for Amnesty International Sales, known for the marketing campaign “stopping the employment of humans”, The A series of chain was collected with a value of $ 25 million This will help add 22 members to its 35 team.

Billions under management: Signalfire Close more than a billion dollars in the new capitalRaising its total assets under management to about 3 billion dollars. And leer Hippo She closed its ninth fund with $ 200 millionIncreasing from its eighth fund of $ 140 million, and raising its assets under management to $ 1.4 billion.

Two times magicBerlin -based VC I had a $ 109 million II fund To invest in startups “planetary and social”. Family office that turned into VC Dig Ventures as well Baccalanciously $ 100 million For its second fund, which will be mostly published in Europe to support startups in the early stage of B2B Saas and AI and cloud infrastructure.

Last but not least

The mayor of San Francisco Daniel Lori recently said at the strict Techcrunch event How can the city be more supportive. “I call the owners of projects and say,” How can we keep you here? “How can we return you?” Lori said.