Funding
TurboHire Raises $6 mn in Series A to Drive AI-Led Hiring Transformation
The funding will also support the company’s global expansion and deepen product capabilities.
AI Startups
Perplexity Caught Using Stealth Bots to Bypass Website Blocks
Perplexity’s stealth activity occurred across tens of thousands of domains, involving millions of requests per day.
AI Startups
Bengaluru-Based Metaforms Raises $9 mn to Scale AI-Powered Market Research Automation
The funding will be used to triple its engineering and AI research teams in India.
AI Startups
Kombai Launches AI Agent Built Specifically for Frontend Developers
Kombai also features best-in-class Figma interpretation abilities and has built-in coding best practices for 30+ frontend libraries.
AI Startups
Astra AI Shuts Down Just Months After Backing from Perplexity AI Founder
Hegde cited internal disagreements with fellow co-founder Ranjan Rajagopalan over the startup’s growth pace.
AI Models
OpenAI Says New Experimental Model Wins Gold at International Math Olympiad
Despite the breakthrough, OpenAI has stated that it does not plan to release the model anytime soon.
AI Startups
Another AI Startup Shuts Down After Intense Pivoting
CodeParrot raised $500,000 to develop a Visual Studio Code extension
AI Startups
OpenAI Debuts Powerful ChatGPT Agent to Tackle Complex User Tasks
The agent goes beyond answering questions—it can schedule events, generate presentations, run code, and even plan meals or build research-backed reports.
AI Startups
You.com Debuts Web Search & News API on AWS Marketplace for Agentic AI Builders
The API delivers real-time web search, news coverage, and structured data optimised for AI workflows.
AI Startups
Voice‑AI Startup Navana.ai Raises ₹7 Cr to Scale Indian‑Language Bots
The fresh capital will be directed toward R&D and product deployment.
AI Startups
xAI Announces ‘Grok for Government’ with $200 mn U.S. Government Deal
Offering includes Grok 4, Deep Search, Tool Use, and customised models for classified applications.
AI Startups
Cognition Scores Windsurf After Mega-Deals With Google & OpenAI Fizzle
Windsurf brings $82 million in annual recurring revenue, boasts over 350 enterprise clients, and hundreds of thousands of daily users.