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China’s AI investment boom just got another major vote of confidence. Kling AI, one of the country’s most popular AI video generation platforms, has secured more than $2.8 billion in fresh funding from a group of investors led by tech […] The post Kling AI raises $2.8B at $15B valuation with backing from Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu first appeared on Tech Startups.

Daniel Levi · 3 Jul 2026

The race to replace smartphones with AI-powered wearables is attracting fresh investment. Even Realities, a smart glasses startup founded by former Apple engineer Will Wang, has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B funding round, lifting the company’s valuation to […] The post Apple veteran’s AI smart glasses startup Even Realities hits $1B valuation in $150M funding round first appeared on Tech

Daniel Levi · 6 Jul 2026

It’s Monday, July 6, 2026, and the future stopped arriving one breakthrough at a time. It’s now hitting all at once—in the form of autonomous cyberattacks, geopolitical chip wars, trillion-dollar infrastructure bets, and policy decisions that could reshape every startup […] The post Top Tech News Today, July 6, 2026 first appeared on Tech Startups.

Nickie Louise · 6 Jul 2026

Artificial intelligence has already reshaped drug discovery. Katalyze AI is betting the next opportunity lies deeper inside pharmaceutical companies, where scientists and manufacturing teams still spend countless hours piecing together data from disconnected systems before critical decisions can be made. […] The post Katalyze AI raises $10.5M to bring agentic AI to pharma manufacturing and life sc

Daniel Levi · 6 Jul 2026

The race to build the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence is driving another multibillion-dollar acquisition. Solstice Advanced Materials, the specialty chemicals company spun off from Honeywell, has agreed to acquire Element Solutions in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $14.5 billion, […] The post Honeywell spinoff Solstice to acquire Element Solutions in $14.5B deal to expa

Daniel Levi · 6 Jul 2026

The AI boom is getting more expensive by the month, and even the world’s richest tech companies are turning to Wall Street to pay the bill. Fresh off a $17.5 billion borrowing deal with banks in March, Amazon is now […] The post Amazon seeks another $25B from bond sale as AI spending pushes Big Tech deeper into debt first appeared on Tech Startups.

Daniel Levi · 7 Jul 2026

It’s Tuesday, July 7, 2026, and the tech industry is no longer racing on a single track. AI labs are locking down chips, power, and data centers. Startups are raising Wall Street-sized debt rounds. Governments are scrambling to regulate systems […] The post Top Tech News Today, July 7, 2026 first appeared on Tech Startups.

Nickie Louise · 7 Jul 2026

DeepSeek is making one of its biggest strategic moves yet. The Chinese AI startup that stunned the industry early last year with its low-cost reasoning models is now developing its own AI chip, signaling a desire for greater control over […] The post DeepSeek is building its own AI chip to cut reliance on Nvidia and Huawei, report first appeared on Tech Startups.

Daniel Levi · 7 Jul 2026

Google is placing another major bet on nuclear fusion, joining a €411 million ($468 million) funding round for German startup Proxima Fusion as Europe pushes to secure a place in the global race to commercialize fusion energy. The investment gives […] The post Google backs Proxima Fusion in $468M funding round to build Europe’s first commercial fusion power plant first appeared on Tech Startups.

Daniel Levi · 7 Jul 2026

Identity has become one of the biggest targets in cybersecurity, and attackers are using AI to move faster than ever. Barracuda is betting that managed service providers need a simpler way to defend customers against those threats. On Tuesday, the […] The post Barracuda acquires Evo Security to strengthen AI-powered identity security for MSPs first appeared on Tech Startups.

Nickie Louise · 7 Jul 2026