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Exclusive | AI Chip Startup Etched Is in Talks for $20 Billion Valuation
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Exclusive | AI Chip Startup Etched Is in Talks for $20 Billion Valuation

A secretive AI chip startup is in advanced fundraising talks that would value it at $20 billion without having shipped a single product to customers, marking the most aggressive bet yet on unproven semiconductor technology at a moment when the industry's largest players are pouring hundreds of billions into chip factories. Etched, which has designed processors specifically optimized for AI inference rather than the training that has dominated Silicon Valley's attention, is drawing interest from major investors who believe the company has cracked a problem that Nvidia and custom chip makers have struggled to solve. The valuation would instantly place Etched among the world's most valuable hardware startups, despite minimal public evidence that its technology works at commercial scale.

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Making Money with AI Agents
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Making Money with AI Agents

by Promatic Ai Tools & Trends — Promatic AI Tools & Trends — Save Time, Earn Money, Work Smarter

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I Sold My Salon Equipment to Buy a Laptop.
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I Sold My Salon Equipment to Buy a Laptop.

by Khennyomolola Zenesis — The honest, unfiltered founder story behind FieldNote AI — told by the last person anyone expected to build it. I want to start this…

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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors

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Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star
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Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star

Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: astrology. The AI startup announced on Thursday that it has acquired the...

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Corgi’s $4B Valuation: What AI Founders Should Learn From the Fastest Funding Frenzy
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Corgi’s $4B Valuation: What AI Founders Should Learn From the Fastest Funding Frenzy

by Thrillax — How one AI insurance startup’s explosive rise reveals the opportunities and risks of hypergrowth.

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AWS's Randery: European AI startups are nearly tripling revenue
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AWS's Randery: European AI startups are nearly tripling revenue

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Why 90% of AI Startups Will Fail by 2028
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Why 90% of AI Startups Will Fail by 2028

by Token Economy Ai — Capital is a liability, thin wrappers are temporary features, and the $100M compliance moat just killed early-stage innovation.

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How to Make Money Online with AI in 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how people earn money online. AI tools help people write, design, create videos, and build online… Continue reading on Medium »

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What an Actual Path to $500 With AI Might Look Like
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What an Actual Path to $500 With AI Might Look Like

by AI Side Hustle Labs — Making your first $500 with AI is not usually about finding a magical tool, building a complicated app, or creating an entire business…

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Easiest AI Side Hustle that makes Real Money(2026)
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Easiest AI Side Hustle that makes Real Money(2026)

There’s a genre of AI side hustle video that’s quietly taken over a corner of YouTube: build a one-job utility website (a random name… Continue reading on Medium »

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Stripe in talks to buy buzzy AI-model marketplace OpenRouter
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Stripe in talks to buy buzzy AI-model marketplace OpenRouter

The startup based in New York was most recently valued at $1.3 billion, but could fetch around $10 billion in a sale.

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Will.i.am, Kahoot, ElevenLabs founders back AI powered literacy platform imagi in $4.5m seed round

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10 Markets to Target for Your Next $10K MRR App
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10 Markets to Target for Your Next $10K MRR App

by Caspar Bannink - AI Engineer — Your next app does not need millions of users to reach $10K MRR. It needs a painful recurring workflow and a small group of businesses…

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5 Claude Prompts To Make You $500/day
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5 Claude Prompts To Make You $500/day

Everyone talks about making money with AI, but most people never get past asking it basic questions. Continue reading on Medium »

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Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal for AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter

Coming soon: ClosedRouter! Congratulations to the founders, I guess ...

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Interview. Ukrainian AI startup Zeely raised $1M from Deel and is preparing Zeely 2.0

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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage

AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures. The acquisition brings Poke’s conversational style and...

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Startup Telli Raises $15 Million to Replace Call Centers With AI Agents

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