Google’s $1.5B ‘Mechanize Deal’ Isn’t an Acquisition, Despite the Headline
Google is negotiating a deal valued at more than $1.5 billion for AI coding startup Mechanize, but independent reporting from…
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Google Weighs $1.5B+ Mechanize Deal as It Loses Jeff Dean to Rival Startup
Google is negotiating a talent-and-licensing deal worth more than $1.5 billion with AI coding startup Mechanize, Business Insider reported August…
DataBahn Raises $40M Series B as Enterprises Rethink What a Data Pipeline Is For
Insight Partners leads a $40 million round for the Dallas startup's "agentic data control plane," a bet that enterprises will…
Scale AI Taps Google Cloud’s deSouza as CEO, Confirms Its Pivot to Apps
Scale AI named Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza as CEO effective August 10, 2026, replacing interim chief Jason Droege as…
Ropedia Raises $22M to Scale Human-Experience Data for Robots
The Singapore startup says its headsets capture first-person video, depth, motion and audio for robot training. The round brings disclosed…
Ropedia Raises $22M Pre-Series A for Physical AI Data Infrastructure
Singapore's Ropedia has closed a $22 million pre-Series A round to build out data infrastructure for physical AI, according to…
kausable Bags €12M Seed to Build ‘Reasoning-First’ AI That Skips Retraining
European startup kausable has raised a €12 million seed round, according to Tech.eu (July 23, 2026), to build frontier AI…
MGX, AIP, BlackRock’s GIP Close $40B Buyout of Aligned Data Centers
A consortium led by Abu Dhabi's MGX, the AI Infrastructure Partnership, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners has completed a $40bn…
Sifted: Mistral Pivots From Anthropic Rivalry to Palantir Playbook
Sifted reports on July 23, 2026 that Mistral is shifting its ambitions from out-building Anthropic's frontier models toward Palantir-style enterprise…
Anna Money Buys Business Data Group and UK Business Forums, Price Undisclosed
UK fintech Anna Money has acquired Business Data Group (BDG) and UK Business Forums (UKBF), Finextra reported July 23, 2026,…