AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch August 17, 2026
AI startups to watch August 17, 2026: a $7B Stripe buyout of OpenRouter, Anthropic's first profitable quarter, an AI store manager that fired a human, Manus.
Startups
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.
Part of the daily AsaanKaroobar publication. New stories are added regularly, so check back for the latest updates.
Latest articles
AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch - August 14, 2026
AI startups raised over $600M in 48 hours: Lovable at $13.3B, Jeff Dean new lab at $10B, CodeRabbit at $1.5B. Five moves reshaping software.
AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch - August 13, 2026
AI startups to watch August 13: Anthropic may buy Decart for $6B, Cognition talks at a $40B valuation, Thrive raises $2B. Five moves reshaping the market.
AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch August 12, 2026
AI startups August 12: Kevin Weil's $150M raise, Manus splits from Meta, Grok Bot launches beta, Suno passes 100M users. Six moves worth watching.
AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch August 11, 2026
A bitcoin miner lands a .1B deal with Anthropic, a hedge fund bets 00M on dethroning ASML, and China's edge-AI startups raise big.
AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch August 10, 2026
Jeff Dean's Discovery Loop, a .5B Anthropic JV, and China's AI chip IPO wave.
AI Startups
AI Startups to Watch August 9, 2026
Harvey chases 5.5B, the red-team lab behind three rogue-model incidents, and China's GPU answer heads to Hong Kong.