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Startup Funding News Today, September 24, 2026: 50Skills, ByteAsk, Pilgrim, Kasvu Therapeutics, Puxi Optoelectronics & More

Today’s startup funding activity centers on a different kind of scarcity: biosecurity, specialized semiconductors, proprietary healthcare data, vertical AI workflows, and the infrastructure needed to run increasingly capable software inside real businesses. The largest newly surfaced financings are coming from China’s […] The post Startup Funding News Today, September 24, 2026: 50Skills, ByteAsk, Pilgrim, Kasvu Therapeutics,…

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Browser security startup Island raises $400M at $6.4B valuation to defend against rogue AI agents

Browser security startup Island has raised $400 million at a $6.4 billion valuation as companies confront a new security problem: AI agents that can browse websites, access corporate systems, handle files, and take actions with far less human supervision. The […] The post Browser security startup Island raises $400M at $6.4B valuation to defend against…

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Norton maker Gen Digital in talks to acquire GoDaddy in potential takeover, Financial Times reports

Gen Digital, the cybersecurity company behind Norton and Avast, has approached GoDaddy about a potential acquisition that could bring one of the internet’s largest domain registrars under the same roof as some of the best-known names in consumer security.The Financial […] The post Norton maker Gen Digital in talks to acquire GoDaddy in potential takeover,…

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Oracle invokes force majeure to shield itself from massive, controversial AI data center project; shares sink 5%

Oracle has invoked force majeure protections tied to Project Jupiter, a massive planned AI data center in New Mexico, seeking to limit its financial exposure if the facility misses its 2028 opening target. The move sent Oracle shares down 5% […] The post Oracle invokes force majeure to shield itself from massive, controversial AI data…

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 23, 2026: Accel, JPMorgan, S32, T. Rowe Price, Y Combinator & More

Venture money today is not clustering around generic AI applications. It is moving toward companies that control something harder to reproduce: autonomous systems with battlefield deployment, proprietary biological data, orbital connectivity, regulated clinical workflows, enterprise distribution, and the infrastructure through […] The post Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 23, 2026: Accel, JPMorgan, S32,…

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