Hardware data platform Nominal hits $1B valuation with $80M from Founders Fund

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - US-based engineering software company Nominal has raised $80 million in new funding, bringing its valuation to $1 billion.…

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VAST Data Unveils Unified AI Operating System in NVIDIA, CrowdStrike Partnerships

Jon Swartz / techstrong - VAST Data has launched a fully CUDA-accelerated artificial intelligence (AI) data stack developed in collaboration with NVIDIA Corp., one of several deals announced Wednesday. The move transforms the VAST AI Operating System into a unified platform capabl…

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London-based SurrealDB raises additional €19 million to scale multi-model database for AI applications

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - SurrealDB, a UK company developing a multi-model, AI-native database, has secured an additional €19 million ($23 million) in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total investment to-date (including Seed) to €37 million ($44 million). Chalfen Ventures …

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Western Digital is Sold Out of Hard Drives for 2026

msmash / slashdot - Western Digital's entire hard drive manufacturing capacity for calendar year 2026 is now fully spoken for, CEO Irving Tan disclosed during the company's second-quarter earnings call, a stark sign of how aggressively hyperscalers are locking down storage s…

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Italian AviationTech startup Intuos raises €720k to scale fleet operations platform internationally

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Rome-based startup Intuos, the developer of an integrated platform for aircraft fleet operators that combines operational software and IoT devices with ML-based analytics, has closed a €720k investment round following its expansion in Europe and South Afr…

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Matia Raises $21M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Matia, a Miami, FL-based provider of a unified data operations platform, raised $21M in Series A funding. The round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from existing investors Leaders Fund, Secret Chord Ventures, Cerca Partners, Caffei…

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Can Databricks IPO after $7B raise at $134B valuation?

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - San Francisco-based data and AI company, Databricks, has raised more than $7 billion in new funding, combining around $5…

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Snowflake bypasses Microsoft to strike multiyear deal with OpenAI

Paul Gillin / siliconangle - Snowflake Inc. today said it has struck a $200 million, multiyear partnership with OpenAI Group PBC to bring enterprise-grade generative artificial intelligence models directly into its data platform, deepening a relationship that until now had largely fl…

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VR used to help understand how people respond when self-driving taxis go wrong

techxplore - What would you do if you were in a self-driving taxi and another passenger fell seriously ill? What if a fire broke out, or the vehicle stopped in the wrong place? What would you need to manage the situation with no driver to help?

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Oracle unveils $50B fundraising plan to fuel AI data center ambitions

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Oracle Corp. has given investors another reason to be nervous after revealing a plan today to raise between $45 billion and $50 billion this year, in order to fund the buildout of more data center capacity for artificial intelligence workloads. The cloud …

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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

Caroline Haskins / wired - A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.

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ClickHouse Raises $400 Million to Expand AI-Focused Data Infrastructure Platform

PYMNTS / pymnts - ClickHouse, a provider of data infrastructure for artificial intelligence systems, raised $400 million in a Series D funding round. The company will use the new capital to expand its offerings in real-time data analytics, data warehousing, observability, …

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Cloudflare acquires Human Native for AI data marketplace

Berry Zwets / techzine - Cloudflare has acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace that connects creators and developers. The acquisition should make it easier for AI companies to find and purchase valuable content, while content creators retain control over their work and rec…

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Snowflake to acquire Observe observability platform

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Snowflake signed a definitive agreement on January 8, 2024, to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases since inception, pending regulatory approval. The deal aims to integrate Observe’s product for unified collection and st…

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Protege Raises $30M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Protege, a NYC-based AI data platform generating access to real-world data, raised $30M in Series a funding. Backers includes Footwork, CRV, Bloomberg Beta, Flex Capital, Shaper Capital, and more. The financing expanded the $25M Series A from August 2025 …

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Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub Secures €5M To Unlock Industrial Data For Modern Factories

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub (UMH), an open-source industrial data management platform for modern factories, has raised €5 million to accelerate its goal of building a foundational data layer for global manufacturing. The funding round was led b…

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California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint

Jackson Chen / engadget - Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, shortened to DROP, that allows residents to request t…

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Databricks Raises >$4B Series L at $134B Valuation

FinSMEs / finsmes - Databricks, a San Francisco, CA-based Data and AI company, raised a >$4 billion Series L investment, valuing it at $134 billion. The round was led by Insight Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management with additiona…

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Google Releases Gemini 3 Powered Deep Research Agent to Developers via API

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has released its Deep Research agent to developers via the Interactions API, undercutting OpenAI with low pricing and open-sourcing the DeepSearchQA benchmark.The post Google Releases Gemini 3 Powered Deep Research Agent to Developers via API appea…

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