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European AI infrastructure company Nebius nabs $700M from Nvidia, Accel, others

Fundraising /

Nebius, the publicly-traded European AI infrastructure company formerly known as Yandex N.V., has raised $700 million in financing to power its U.S. expansion. The financing included “dozens of very well known investors,” Nebius CEO Arkady Volozh (pictured above) told TechCrunch in a press briefing today. While all the names will be revealed when the paperwork […]

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The race isn’t over for European AI startups and the upcoming ‘agentic revolution’

Enterprise /

The top U.S. tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Apple have deep enough pockets to spend tens of billions of dollars on AI development and infrastructure. Next in rank are heavy hitters like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, which are spending billions on AI. Then there are a handful of challengers, like Mistral and

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Accel eyes stake in India’s Truemeds at $330 million valuation

Commerce /

According to half a dozen sources, Accel, the global venture firm, is in advanced discussions to lead a funding round of $30 million to $40 million in Truemeds, an Indian online pharmacy that’s focused on providing customers with more affordable generic alternatives to costly branded medications. The talks are currently centered on a proposed valuation

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Open source BI platform Lightdash gets Accel’s backing to bring AI to business intelligence

Startups /

Lightdash, a business intelligence (BI) platform and open source alternative to Google’s Looker, is lifting the lid on a new product that allows companies to train “AI analysts” specific to individual teams’ use-cases, enabling anyone in a company to query aggregate business data. To help, the 4-year-old startup also on Tuesday announced that it has

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TPG nears $150M funding in India’s Eruditus at $2.3B valuation

Startups /

Eruditus, an Indian edtech startup, is in advanced stages of talks to secure about $150 million in new funding, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in what would be the largest fundraise by an Indian education firm in years. TPG, a major private equity player, is discussing to lead the investment, the sources

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CData, which helps orgs use data across apps and build AI models, snaps up $350M

Enterprise /

Artificial intelligence startups continue to dominate the headlines with immense venture capital rounds, but there’s enough opportunity out there for companies building tools that make it easier to work with data-heavy applications like AI. That’s especially true for organizations that may still have one foot (or both feet) in the legacy data camp.  In one

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Accel turns to rural India in hunt for future unicorns

Venture /

Accel, one of the most prolific e-commerce and marketplace investors in India, is making a contrarian move by turning its focus to smaller towns and villages in search of future unicorns. The venture firm argued on Wednesday that these areas, which it refers to as “Bharat,” represent a significant market ripe with opportunities for entrepreneurs

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France leads the pack for Generative AI funding in Europe, London has 3X the number of GenAI startups

AI /

Like it or hate it, artificial intelligence – especially generative AI – is the technology story of 2024. OpenAI, with its rollouts of viral services like ChatGPT and billions in funding, may have gobbled up the lion’s share of attention and money so far. But according to a new report out from top VC Accel

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Accel leads $4M investment in Egyptian corporate cards platform Swypex

Fintech /

Cards are gaining ground in Egypt, with over 30 million in circulation (prepaid cards, particularly, are seeing more use than debit and credit cards combined). This surge in card usage, about 14% in the last four years, is primarily due to the incentives introduced by fintech companies and banks, attracting millions of Egyptian consumers who

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