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Salesforce's Agentforce passes $1.5 billion in ARR
Agentforce ARR grew more than 240% in a year, while Salesforce as a whole grew 11%.
Read News · Funding 1 min readStability AI raises $76 million, backed by major music groups
The $76 million Series B includes Universal, Sony and Warner's music groups, Electronic Arts and AMD Ventures.
Read News · Funding 1 min readFinance AI makers Moss and Rillet both become unicorns
Berlin-based Moss raised €30 million for finance agents, and Rillet, which builds an AI-native ERP, closed a $100 million round.
Read News · Funding 1 min readOpenAI's CFO says the company will go public in 2027
Sarah Friar told employees OpenAI will be a public company in 2027, or sooner if the business keeps accelerating. Earlier reports had pointed to September 2026.
Read News · Funding 1 min readStripe agrees to buy OpenRouter, the gateway to 400+ models
Reports put the price above $7 billion. OpenRouter raised money at a reported $1.3 billion valuation only months earlier.
Read News · Funding 1 min readWispr raises $280 million at a $2 billion valuation
The Menlo Ventures-led round values Wispr at $2 billion. The company also previewed Canto, its own speech recognition model.
Read News · Funding 1 min readSpaceX closes its $60 billion purchase of Cursor maker Anysphere
The all-stock deal is the largest acquisition of a venture-backed startup on record. Cursor now sits in a new SpaceXAI division.
Read News · Funding 1 min readDatabricks raises $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation
Databricks wanted $1 billion, investors offered $15 billion, and they settled on $5 billion for AI agent products.
Read News · Funding 1 min readLovable raises $400 million, doubling its valuation
Lovable, which lets people build apps with AI, is now valued at $13.3 billion. It hit a $500 million annualised revenue run rate in June.
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