Thomas Reardon, the former Meta executive who built the Neural Band wristband, is raising capital for a new startup called Flourish at a target valuation of $2.
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.
Breakout Ventures eyes neuroscience and AI with new fund
The venture capital firm has $114 million to invest
Ground Effect Ventures
Operator-led venture capital investing in Signal-Rich NeuroTech and High Impact Medtech.
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There's a new role every startup is desperate to fill:"Head of IRL"And they're paying $150–$250,000/year for the right personEvery startup is looking for someone to host events and build critical relationships with the stakeholders around the companyLike VCs, talent, and… pic.twitter.com/qswZ1Wy9Ri— Andrew Yeung (@andruyeung) December 10, 2025
The Effective-Altruism Comeback
Out of the spotlight, the movement has been preparing for the soon-to-be AI rich to donate billions.
Building our way: Announcing our Series C - Linear
Today, I’m happy to share that we’ve raised an $82M Series C at a $1.25B valuation. The round includes both primary and secondary funding, led by Accel with continued support from Sequoia and 01A, and joined by new partners Seven Seven Six, Designer Fund, Indie.vc, TK Ventures, Soleio, Jeff Weinstein, Ilkka Paananen, and Lauren & Vlad Loktev.
Startups Target the Tricky Task of Making AI Seem More Human
Simulated human behavior companies raise millions
Exclusive | Mind-Blowing Growth Is About to Propel Anthropic Into Its First Profitable Quarter
The startup expects a 130% revenue surge to $10.9 billion in the June quarter and its first operating profit, defying skeptics of the AI boom.
UC San Diego Awarded $4.85M to Grow NEMAR into HPC Hub for Neuro-AI
NIH funding will expand NEMAR's AI capabilities, integrate petabyte-scale neuroelectromagnetic datasets with SDSC supercomputing, and support new foundation models for brain research and broader community access.
OpenAI Announces $122 Billion Additional ‘Committed Capital’, and Announces Their ‘Superapp’ Plan for the Future
I don’t see the path from here to there, where *there* is a justification for a trillion-dollar-ish valuation.
Anthropic and Wall Street giants prepare $1.5 billion project to sell AI to businesses – Oninvest
Investors in the project include Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, The Wall Street Journal has learned
Inside the UMG-backed patent portfolio targeting AI music derivatives: A technical blueprint for the walled garden model? - Music Business Worldwide
An entity linked to UMG has been building a patent portfolio around AI-music infrastructure…
Sequoia-backed security startup Vanta will see its valuation soar past $2 billion in new funding round, sources say
Sequoia-backed Vanta is raising a new round of funding that values the startup at more than $2 billion, Business Insider has learned.
Pricing
Workers AI is included in both the Free and Paid Workers plans and is priced at $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons.
Humanity AI Announces More Than $18 Million in New Grants to Shape AI for the Public Good - Humanity AI
Humanity AI Announces More Than $18 Million in New Grants to Shape AI for the Public Good Pooled philanthropic fund […]
