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Female-led ShanX Medtech secures €15M to launch rapid, one-hour diagnostics aimed at slowing antibiotic resistance and transforming infection care.
Bessemer-backed Luxury Presence raises $37M to develop an AI ‘relationship engine’ designed to supercharge real estate agents’ pipelines and modernise client engagement.
London-based MAIA Technology secures £4M to modernise portfolio management for hedge funds with AI-driven, cloud-native tools built for today’s complex markets.
Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub raises €5M to overhaul the fragmented data layer in global manufacturing and accelerate industrial IoT adoption.
Elon Musk’s xAI closes a $20B funding round, overshooting its initial $15B target and lifting the AI startup’s valuation to more than $230B amid intense investor demand.
US-based Swap has raised $100M from DST Global and ICONIQ to unify fragmented global e-commerce operations with a single, AI-driven logistics and returns platform.
At CES 2026, Nvidia unveils its Rubin platform, Vera CPU, GR00T robotics stack and Alpamayo L4 autonomy, tightening its grip on the AI and autonomous systems race.
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