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Ridge AI Emerges from Stealth with $2.6M Pre-Seed for AI-Native Analytics That Prove a Product Team’s Value in Hours

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Ridge AI announced its emergence from stealth and a $2.6 million pre-seed funding round led by Madrona, with participation from TheFounderVC and a group of angels that includes founding leaders from Tableau, Trifacta, and Streamlit. Built on decades of data visualization research and open-source technology, the company enables B2B software companies to […]

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Ticket savings of up to $500 this week for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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Starting today, you have 5 days to save nearly $500 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. This offer disappears Friday, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here to secure these low rates.

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Alcatraz Announces $50M in Funding to Replace the Badge With Your Face — Without Sacrificing Privacy

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A Cupertino-based startup founded by a former Apple Face ID engineer has built the new standard for physical security — and announced a $50 million raise to bring it to the world. Alcatraz, which makes an AI-powered physical access control system that authenticates employees without collecting personal data, has closed a $50 million Series […]

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Moonbounce Launches with $12M to Give Organizations Real-Time Control Over AI Behavior

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Moonbounce, the AI control engine that ensures systems behave exactly as designed at any scale,launched with $12 million in funding. Lead investors include Amplify Partners and StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP), with participation from angel investors PrimeSet and Josh Leslie, former CEO of Cumulus Networks and Gremlin. As generative AI scales across industries, […]

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Anthropic Updates Pricing Model for Claude Code, Restricts Third-Party Tool Usage

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Anthropic has announced changes to how its AI coding assistant Claude Code is used with third-party tools, introducing a new pricing structure aimed at managing growing demand. The company confirmed that, effective April 4, subscribers can no longer apply standard usage limits to external tools such as OpenClaw, with additional usage now billed separately on […]

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daydream Secures $15M Series A to Build the World’s Best AI-Native Agency for SEO

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Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — daydream, a leading AI-native agency for organic search, announced a $15 million Series A funding round led by WndrCo, along with First Round Capital and Basis Set Ventures. The round brings daydream’s total funding to $21 million and will be used to accelerate hiring, product development, and go-to-market expansion. “We are thrilled […]

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Rosella Raises $3.7M to Deploy AI Agents Across Commercial Insurance Workflows

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Rosella, an AI-native commercial insurance brokerage, has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding to modernize insurance operations through automation. The round was led by Peak XV Partners and Intact Private Capital, as the company targets inefficiencies across the $215 billion U.S. commercial insurance brokerage market. Co-founded by Sean Stuart, Rosella is focused on applying AI […]

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