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Nexus raises $4.3M seed from General Catalyst and Y Combinator to enable non-technical enterprise teams to deploy AI agents in weeks.

California startup EnerVenue has raised $300M led by Full Vision Capital to scale its nickel-hydrogen battery tech from space to grid-scale energy storage.

Rivian spinoff ALSO hits $1B valuation with a $200M Series C led by Greenoaks and a commercial partnership with DoorDash.

Afreshed acquired Munich-based Etepetete & secured a mid-seven-figure investment from Raiffeisen-Holding NÖ-Wien, taking 25.1%, to expand organic rescue-box model across Germany.

Oracle began laying off thousands of employees on 31 March 2026 via 6 a.m. termination emails across the US, India, Canada, and Mexico.

myStoria has raised $1.625M seed to build an AI + human care coordination platform covering fertility, PCOS, endometriosis, and perimenopause.

Open-source orchestration platform Kestra raises $25M Series A led by RTP Global. The Paris-founded company has grown enterprise revenue 25x.

Standing Ovation raises 30M Series B round, to commercialise its precision-fermentation casein made from dairy waste.

Airbnb adds private car transfers to its in-app services, partnering with UK-based Welcome Pickups across 125+ cities.

Enkei raises a pre-seed at 3M valuation to commercialise ReCeramix, a circular architectural surface material made from >90% construction waste.