Business & Industry

Slate Auto closes a $650 million Series C led by TWG Global, bringing total funding to roughly $1.4 billion as the startup prepares to manufacture affordable electric trucks at a converted Indiana factory.

Shareholders of both Coursera and Udemy voted over 99% in favor of combining into a single platform serving 245 million learners, with FTC clearance already secured and closing expected in the second half of 2026.

Los Angeles-based WOW launches the EON network across Inglewood's sports district, combining digital displays with real-time traffic and emergency messaging for five million annual visitors.

Halter closes a $220 million Series E led by Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $2 billion as its AI-powered GPS collars for cattle replace physical fencing across three countries.

Oracle terminates an estimated 18 percent of its global workforce via early-morning emails with no prior warning, freeing up to $10 billion in cash flow to finance a $156 billion AI infrastructure expansion even as the company reports a 95 percent jump in quarterly net income.

The Redmond, Washington-based startup closed a $170 million Series A led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, valuing the company at $1.1 billion as it prepares to launch more powerful orbital compute satellites carrying Nvidia Blackwell chips.

CoreWeave secures a $21 billion expansion of its Meta partnership through 2032, bringing total commitments to $35.2 billion and reducing customer concentration risk ahead of NVIDIA Vera Rubin deployments.

Podcast creator earnings on Patreon grew 33 percent year-over-year to $629 million, making podcasting the platform's largest revenue category for the second consecutive year.

The OpenTelemetry-native observability startup closes a $110M Series B at a $1B valuation, betting that AI agents will replace manual incident response.

American Ocean Minerals Corporation and Odyssey Marine Exploration announced an all-stock merger valued at approximately $1 billion, creating one of the largest deep-sea mining companies as the US accelerates efforts to secure seabed critical minerals.

Greenphyto's S$80 million, AI-powered indoor facility in Jurong West can produce 2,000 metric tons of vegetables per year, arriving as the global vertical farming market hits $7.5 billion and Singapore revises its food security goals.

Newsletter platform beehiiv now offers podcast hosting with IAB-compliant analytics and zero revenue cuts, intensifying its competition with Substack and Patreon as creator economy platforms converge on multi-format distribution.