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09/04/2025

Productivity software giant Atlassian just acquired The Browser Company for $610M, after reports that OpenAI and Perplexity had also explored buying the startup. The target? Dia, an AI-first browser that transforms passive web browsing into an intelligent workspace for knowledge workers. Instead of juggling endless tabs, imagine a browser that actually understands your workflow—scheduling meetings, reviewing designs, updating projects. This could fundamentally change how millions work online.

Atlassian, the provider of team collaboration and productivity software, has acquired The Browser Company, the creator of the Dia and Arc browsers, in an all-cash transaction valued at $610M. The acquisition aims to deliver the browser for knowledge work in the AI era, transforming how professionals...

09/03/2025

While stablecoins processed more than Visa and Mastercard combined in 2024, most digital money still can't buy you coffee. Rain just closed a $58M Series B to fix that, becoming the first platform to settle card transactions directly in stablecoins on Visa's network. With 10x growth this year and partners going from launch to $1M in transactions within 30 days, discover why top VCs are betting on the future where your crypto actually works like real money.

Traditional payment systems process transactions through layers of intermediaries, creating delays and costs that hold back global commerce. While stablecoins processed $27.6T in 2024 alone—more than Visa and Mastercard combined—most of this digital money remains trapped in wallets, unable to be...

09/02/2025

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 9/2/2025 featuring funding details for Predoc, Parable, and much more.

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 9/2/2025 featuring funding details for Predoc, Parable, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.

09/02/2025

While global trade moves over $5.3T in goods annually, most importers still manage shipments through emails and spreadsheets—until now. Former Rappi product leader Valentina Jordan just raised $7M for Nauta, an AI platform that's already helping major brands like New Balance and L'Oréal cut costs by 80% and boost productivity by 30%. With clients across seven countries, discover how this logistics orchestration platform is giving operators control over the uncontrollable in global trade.

Global logistics faces unprecedented complexity as U.S. trade in goods surpasses $5.3T annually, with imports from Asia and Latin America alone exceeding $2.3T. Despite this massive scale, most importers still rely on emails, spreadsheets, and fragmented legacy systems to manage intermodal shipments...

09/02/2025

The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/30/25 featuring funding details for Atomic, Eyebot, Barti, and sixteen other deals representing $1.3B in new funding that you need to know about.

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/30/25 featuring funding details for Atomic, Eyebot, Barti...

09/01/2025

5 new deals and $115M+ invested into NYC startups for the week. NYC Tech News for the week ending 8/30 featuring news for Rain, InstaLILY AI, AI Optics, Boost My School, Nauta, and much, much more.

With so much going on in the city’s thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 8/30 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuri...

08/29/2025

A volunteer firefighter at 15 witnessed firsthand how outdated equipment buying processes hurt America's communities - so he built the solution. Garage just closed a $13.5M Series A led by Infinity Ventures to modernize the $1T municipal equipment market. With departments in all 50 states already using the platform and AI-powered features like instant appraisals, discover why this startup is becoming the backbone for America's essential services.

Local governments across America struggle with managing expensive, specialized equipment purchases and sales through outdated methods like local auctions and Facebook groups, often limiting their reach to nearby buyers and sellers. Fire departments and municipalities face tight budgets while equipme...

08/28/2025

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/28/2025 featuring funding details for Rain and much more.

08/28/2025

America has forgotten how to build great things, but Dirac remembers. While factories return home through reshoring, one startup just raised $10.7M from Founders Fund and Coatue to solve manufacturing's biggest bottleneck: turning engineering files into executable instructions. With early customers like Ancra Aircraft seeing 95% time reductions and a strategic Siemens partnership already in place, discover how BuildOS is giving manufacturers the intelligence layer they need to compete globally.

American manufacturing faces a critical knowledge crisis as factories return home through reshoring efforts. While the U.S. produces just 1.5 submarines per year, China manufactures over 10 monthly, highlighting the urgent need to modernize production processes that still rely on printed PDFs, outda...

08/27/2025

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/27/2025 featuring funding details for InstaLILY AI, Boost My School, and much more.

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/27/2025 featuring funding details for InstaLILY AI, Boost My School, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.

08/27/2025

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/26/2025 featuring funding details for Nauta, AI Optics, and much more.

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/26/2025 featuring funding details for AI Optics, Nauta, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.

08/25/2025

The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/23/25 featuring funding details for Ontic, Pylon, Medallion, and sixteen other deals representing $1.7B in new funding that you need to know about.

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/23/25 featuring funding details for Ontic, Pylon, Medalli...