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Today's Product Hunt launches highlight startups tackling ownership, education, and hiring with AI.

• Willow delivers a local-first Mac agent with...

European defense AI unicorn Helsing closed an $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation, dwarfing recent peer rounds. Weeks earlier it...

Two AI startups announced small funding rounds today, underscoring continued appetite for early-stage AI ventures.

• HyperDev raised $1M pre-seed...

Anthropic is rolling out rupee pricing for Claude in India—its second-largest market at 5.8% of global usage—with Pro listed at ₹2,000 monthly when billed annually, yet notably without UPI support unlike OpenAI.

This week's notable deals totaled $1.8B across 17 rounds.

• SambaNova raised $1.0B for its complete AI platform
• Prime Intellect secured $130M for...

Two independent users reported that the official Grok CLI from xAI uploaded their user or home directories to company servers without consent.

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Munich-based defence AI firm Helsing closed a $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation, highlighting surging investor interest in European AI...

YIVTOL delivered its first batch of S-ZERO single-seat ultralight eVTOLs to U.S. customers on July 11, completing rapid multi-state flight tests from...

Apple acquired assets and hired key talent from SigScalr, the team behind open-source observability platform SigLens, underscoring big tech's appetite for niche infrastructure tools. The deal closed March 12, with SigLens now archived on GitHub.

• Q2 2026 saw continued heavy investment in AI chips, with edge silicon re-emerging alongside dominant data center infrastructure
• 18 companies...

Workflowy launches its Android app today, delivering a minimalist note-taking and outlining tool for organized thinking.

• Infinite nesting and...

Startups are tailoring digital finance tools to regional needs across Indonesia and Latin America.

• JULO raises fresh capital from existing...

SpaceX shares plunged over 30% from their $225.64 peak to around $145 after debuting at $135 and briefly making it the world's fifth-largest public...

Helsing raised $1.8bn in Series E funding at an $18bn valuation, marking one of Europe's largest startup rounds as investor demand for AI defense tech...

Four new AI launches tackle core startup workflows:

• AIBA delivers autonomous web browsing via parallel sub-agents and token-capped optimization.
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Reformed reached $70M annualized revenue in 20 months with a lean 14-person team via DTC subscriptions, raising an oversubscribed $22M Series A led by IRIS Ventures en route to a $100M run rate target.

Swyftx projects that AI-native microbusinesses in the expanding gig economy will settle $262 billion in stablecoin payments by 2033, driven by solo...

Augmodo’s $21M raise at a $350M valuation accelerates its shift from retail shelf tracking to AI-powered Smartbadges serving the broader physical...

Kalshi Pro launches as a dedicated trading terminal for high-volume speculators, delivering advanced order books, live trade feeds, multi-leg contract...