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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 24): Island, DeepSeek & Lovable
AI startups raised big on September 24, 2026: Island's $400M at $6.4B, Enveda's $311M, Ema's $77M, plus DeepSeek's $1B run rate and Lovable at $600M ARR.
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Startup news and analysis: who is raising, who is launching and which companies are moving the needle. Coverage of the funding rounds, exits and strategies shaping the startup economy, written for founders and operators. Profiles of the founders and teams behind the biggest moves round out every edition.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 22): Harvey's Open-Weight Pivot & Spott
Harvey's gross margin fell to negative 50% before it moved to open-weight Kimi K3, plus Spott, BCI-Sonics, CellPoint, Benford and AI Hospitality raised.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 23): Snorkel, Cyera & Firecrawl
AI startups to watch on Sep 23, 2026: Snorkel triples to $3.5B, Cyera adds $400M from Goldman, Mirendil jumps 5x, and Firecrawl banks $75M.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 21): Temporal, Impulse & Ridgeline
Five AI startups moves to watch: Temporal's $550M round at $12.55B, Impulse Space's $808M, Ridgeline's $250M and Cornelis' $205M for AI networking.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 19): EVAS, Factory & PrismML
AI startups to watch September 19: EVAS RISC-V chips, Factory at a $5B valuation and PrismML fitting a 27B model on a phone. Five moves worth watching.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 18): Crusoe, Emulate & Arcee
AI startups to watch on Sep 18, 2026: Crusoe's $3.9B round at $30.9B, a one-month-old DeepMind spinout chasing $700M, and Arcee's $1B open-weight bet.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 17): Factory, D-Robotics & Anew Labs
AI startups raised $931M in 24 hours: Factory hit a $5B valuation, China's D-Robotics took $400M for robot chips, and ByteDance's Anew Labs landed $290M.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 16): Hang Ten, Arcee & TypeSafe
AI startups to watch on Sep 16, 2026: Vishal Sikka's Hang Ten adds $53M, Arcee hits a $1B valuation, and TypeSafe exits stealth with $40M.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 15): Profound, AIUC & Delos Data
AI startups raised $320M in 24 hours: Profound's $180M unicorn round, AIUC's $40M agent audits and Delos Data's $100M. Four moves worth watching today.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 14): Motive, Mecka & YC Deep Tech
AI startups for Sep 14, 2026: Motive raises $1.3B and pulls its IPO, Mecka AI nears a $500M valuation, and YC goes hard tech.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 13): Mecka AI, Motive & Arlequin
AI startups to watch on Sep 13, 2026: Mecka AI's robot data bet, Motive's $1.3B raise, and Arlequin's non-LLM push for high-stakes decisions.
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AI Startups to Watch (Sep 12): Cohere, XDOF & Kinetix
AI startups to watch on Sep 12, 2026: Cohere nears a $20B round, XDOF's robot data bet, and Kinetix's $70M humanoid push in China.