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Freeform Raises $67M Series B to scale its 'AI-native' metal manufacturing platform
Freeform raised $67 million in Series B funding to scale its AI-powered metal 3D-printing platform, with its next-generation Skyfall system set to expand capacity 25x and produce thousands of kilograms of parts daily starting in 2026.
Feb 20, 2026
Synthetic data startup simmetry.ai secured €330K for its computer vision training platform
German synthetic data startup simmetry.ai raised €330,000 from NBank to expand its platform that generates photorealistic, annotated synthetic data for training computer vision models in agriculture, food production, and industrial applications.
Feb 13, 2026
OpenAI names Josh Achiam its "chief futurist" after disbanding its mission alignment team
OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team, which communicated the company's mission to employees and the public, and reassigned its leader Josh Achiam to a new "chief futurist" role. Achiam described the new role as involving "studying how the world will change in response to AI".
Feb 12, 2026
Cerebras' Series H was partially funded by two special vehicles raised by Benchmark
Benchmark Capital raised $225 million through two special vehicles to invest in AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems' $1 billion Series H. backing the company's massive wafer-scale chips that compete with Nvidia.
Feb 10, 2026
Reddit suggests it sees AI search as a major growth opportunity
Reddit is positioning AI-powered search as its next major growth opportunity. The company saw its Reddit Answers feature surging from 1 million to 15 million weekly users in 2025. Although Reddit's AI search is not yet monetized, the company called it "an enormous market and opportunity".
Feb 7, 2026
ElevenLabs raises $500M at $11B valuation, more than tripling its value in a year
ElevenLabs raised $500 million at an $11 billion valuation, tripling its valuation from a year ago. The startup also reported $330 million in ARR from enterprise voice AI adoption, and ambitious plans to expand its presence in global markets as it builds momentum towards an eventual IPO.
Feb 6, 2026
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6, featuring "agent teams" and expanded capabilities
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 with "agent teams" that enable multiple agents to work in parallel on complex tasks, a 1 million token context window, and direct PowerPoint integration, expanding the model's appeal beyond software developers to knowledge workers across industries.
Feb 5, 2026
Arcee AI released a 400B-parameter open source Llama 4 Maverick challenger
Arcee AI, a 30-person US startup, released Trinity Large, a 400B-parameter open source model that rivals Meta's Llama 4 Maverick, addressing concerns about China's dominance in open-weight models and uncertainty around US companies' commitment to open source AI.
Jan 31, 2026
A new benchmark backed by Mercor shows AI agents struggle with real workplace tasks
A new benchmark called APEX-Agents reveals that leading AI models still cannot reliably perform complex tasks requiring context-switching and multi-domain reasoning. APEX-Agents tests performance on tasks simulating real-world scenarios, with no tested model surpassing 24% accuracy in the benchmark.
Jan 29, 2026
Meta cuts off teens' access to AI characters amid safety concerns
Meta is pausing teen access to AI characters globally across its apps while developing a safer version with parental controls, amid mounting legal pressure over child safety concerns.
Jan 27, 2026
Symbolic.ai Partners with News Corp to Deploy AI Publishing Platform
Symbolic.ai has partnered with News Corp to deploy its AI publishing platform in newsrooms, starting with Dow Jones Newswires, where early testing showed up to 90% productivity gains for complex research tasks.
Jan 24, 2026
BioticsAI's AI-powered fetal abnormality detection software has been cleared by the FDA
BioticsAI, a 2023 TechCrunch Disrupt winner, has received FDA clearance for its AI software that detects fetal abnormalities in ultrasound imaging. The startup plans to expand its presence across healthcare systems in the U.S.
Jan 21, 2026