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    South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses; plus, Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

    2026/05/19 | 8 mins.
    A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.

    Also, AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.
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    Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware; plus, Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA-deferred founders

    2026/05/18 | 5 mins.
    Hardware company Atech raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding, including from a16z’s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers.

    Plus, Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those who have deferred MBAs.
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    Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby; plus, Cerebras raises $5.5B, then stock pops $108%

    2026/05/15 | 7 mins.
    Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

    Also, a year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras.
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    Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante; plus, Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B

    2026/05/14 | 7 mins.
    Legal tech startups, including Clio, which just hit $500 million in ARR, are seeing massive customer adoption.

    After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thrive and a16z, it says.
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    Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen

    2026/05/13 | 4 mins.
    The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million.
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