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New: Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois is in talks to lead a $100 million funding round into buzzy defense tech Mach Industries. Big vote of confidence for the LA-based startup, that could value it as high as $400M. forbes.com/sites/davidjea…

Three-year-old startup Doppel is building AI agents that automatically analyze 100 million alerts of fake profiles and malicious ads every day. Now it has raised $35 million in new funding to help enterprises fight cybercrime. forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

This weeks RSA conf was all about how AI + Agents are transforming Cyber Security for CISOs. Enter Doppel and its Founders Kevin Tian & Rahul Madduluri CONGRATS on the $35M series B! Thanks to Rashi Shrivastava Forbes for telling the story forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

SCOOP: AI startup Decagon, which is building customer service-focused agents, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, multiple sources told Forbes. With the great Iain Martin. forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

Sources: Decagon, which is building customer service-focused AI agents, is in talks to raise $100M in new funding led by a16z and Accel at a $1.5B valuation (@rashishrivast18 / Forbes) forbes.com/sites/rashishr… techmeme.com/250502/p29#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

New: Hustle culture has always been ingrained in Silicon Valley’s DNA. Now as AI booms, some startups are requiring 6 or 7 day work weeks. One of them is Mercor, a $2 billion recruitment unicorn founded by Thiel Fellows. With Iain Martin forbes.com/sites/richardn…

"The irony of a six or seven day work week for AI companies is that many have hyped artificial intelligence’s promise to spawn a new era of productivity, leading to predictions of a shorter work week." forbes.com/sites/richardn…

Scoop: Databricks is in advanced talks to buy Postgres startup Neon for about $1 billion, sources tell me Upstarts Media. The deal could go higher with employee retention. Paid subscribers just got the story and context in their inboxes. Join them 👇 upstartsmedia.com/p/scoop-databr…

OpenAI has now agreed to buy Windsurf formerly Codeium for about $3 billion, its largest acquisition yet. Bloomberg first broke the news of talks several weeks ago. Win for Kleiner, General Catalyst, Greenoaks. Scoop with Rachel Metz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: Legal AI startup Legora (formerly Leya) is in talks to raise $85 million in funding at a $675 million valuation. General Catalyst and Iconiq are leading the deal. With Iain Martin forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

Legal AI Startup Legora In Talks To Raise New Funding At A $675 Million Valuation forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

Sources: Legora, whose AI software helps lawyers draft contracts, review and analyze documents, and more, is in talks to raise $85M at a $675M valuation (@rashishrivast18 / Forbes) forbes.com/sites/rashishr… techmeme.com/250506/p48#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

New: Meta is recruiting former national security officials to bolster its military ambitions, months after allowing its Llama AI model to be used for military use. forbes.com/sites/davidjea…

Fantastic read. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

“Meta is seeing every other big tech firm and reading the tea leaves, seeing that maybe the expected windfall from civilian use of AI is not going to appear,” said Shana Marshall, who focuses on international affairs at George Washington University. Great story by David Jeans.

NEW: Shield AI is one of defense tech’s most hyped startups, largely thanks to its V-BAT drone. But last year, a grisly injury involving a U.S. service member threw the $5 billion company off course. forbes.com/sites/davidjea…

Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’ and files for insolvency ft.com/content/9fdb4e…

BREAKING: OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s secret AI company io for $6.5 Billion and will develop a slew of devices. Ive, in his return to hardware, and LoveFrom will oversee OpenAI design. All the details, including interviews with Ive, Sam Altman & others — bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Business Insider confirmed our scoop that Legora has raised at a $675 million valuation. businessinsider.com/legal-ai-start…

More details about the deal between OpenAI and #AI hardware startup io + legendary $AAPL designer Jony Ive's career and net worth in my latest, with Matthew Durot for Forbes: forbes.com/sites/phoebeli…