Paxos is acquiring crypto wallet startup Fordefi in a deal valued at over $100 million. The move signals growing institutional demand for DeFi access among Paxos’ enterprise clients like PayPal and Nubank.
E-commerce startup funding has plummeted from $94 billion in 2021 to just $7.3 billion in 2025, even as U.S. holiday spending is expected to cross $1 trillion for the first time. The shift reveals where venture capital is really betting on retail’s future.
Momentic has secured $15 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven software testing platform. The company already counts Notion and Webflow among its 2,600 users. This funding signals growing investor confidence in AI’s role in quality assurance.
Berlin-based NexDash has raised €5 million in seed funding just three months after its founding. The startup aims to consolidate and electrify Europe’s aging diesel truck fleets through its AI-powered operating system and Trucking-as-a-Service model.
Jeff Bezos is back in an operating role leading Project Prometheus, a $6B AI startup focused on engineering and manufacturing. Meanwhile, regulatory landscapes are shifting in Europe and the US, creating new opportunities and challenges for AI companies.
A new AI startup is upgrading sentiment analysis to understand not just what people say, but how they say it. ReadingMinds uses a unified neural model that preserves emotional cues from tone, pacing, and pitch. The system aims to make emotionally intelligent AI accessible to smaller businesses.
Perplexity has launched its Comet AI browser on Android, bringing most desktop capabilities to mobile. The browser features tab-aware search, voice queries, and built-in ad blocking, with iOS coming soon.
The health tech startup is building a “medical intelligence” AI model trained by doctors to provide personalized health guidance. With backing from Redpoint and a16z, they’re betting big on AI-driven preventive care.
Barcelona-based Dost has raised €6.7 million in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures to expand into the UK market. The AI-powered financial automation platform has processed over 4 million transactions with 95% accuracy for 150+ enterprise customers across Europe. CEO Adam Barbera has relocated
A major Cloudflare outage disrupted services worldwide including Spotify, X, ChatGPT and Microsoft Teams. The incident highlights the fragility of depending on a handful of infrastructure giants and why resilience matters more than ever.
