Julia covers startups and venture capital for The Silicon Valley News, from seed to late stage — funding rounds as business events, not press releases.
A new AI-powered platform, Commissary Club, is tackling the complex challenges faced by individuals re-entering society after incarceration, offering tools for employment, housing, and social reintegration.
A newly unsealed complaint from the New York Attorney General claims TikTok provided non-functional safety tools to users while internally acknowledging their ineffectiveness.
The organization behind the widely used LMArena leaderboard is expanding its crowdsourced evaluation platform to tackle the complex challenge of measuring model truthfulness and safety.
Network equipment maker TP-Link faces mounting U.S. regulatory scrutiny as four states file lawsuits alleging hidden security vulnerabilities and ties to foreign adversaries.
Nous Research has launched new AI agents designed for business users, expanding its Hermes Agent platform to automate complex workflows and decision-making for enterprises.
Lyft's multi-million dollar settlement over driver classification leaves core gig economy labor models intact while deferring systemic regulatory reckoning.
Nvidia-backed Lambda is securing up to $4 billion in new capital to expand its specialized AI cloud, positioning itself as a high-performance alternative to traditional cloud providers.
A federal court has rejected a government motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging viewpoint-based social media surveillance targeting labor unions.
Vocca, a voice AI startup, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its automated patient communication platform, aiming to streamline healthcare operations and improve patient access.
In a major product concession to European regulators, OpenAI is introducing invisible watermarks for ChatGPT and Codex outputs in the EU, highlighting the technical challenges of policy compliance.
Backed by Spotify's billionaire founder, health tech startup Neko Health is bringing its automated body scanning clinics to the United States.
The American Copyright Protection Act and the DEFEND IP Act represent a new legislative push to mandate site-blocking, potentially compromising VPN providers and core internet protocols.
A surge in venture capital for marine technology signals a shift toward autonomous vessels and ocean data as the next frontier for industrial and defense applications.
In a fundamental shift for the Android ecosystem, Google has begun allowing third-party app stores and alternative billing systems to operate within the Play Store.
Private capital is pouring into fission and fusion infrastructure to meet AI's massive power requirements, even as public nuclear equities face significant volatility.
A federal judge has halted Utah's effort to mandate local filtering on virtual private networks, ruling that state-level age and geographic restrictions conflict with basic networking protocols.
Kevin Mandia's new venture, Armadin, secures significant funding to advance its 'agent swarm' technology, offering a novel approach to proactive enterprise security testing and defense.
US District Judge Amit Mehta has dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media targeting Google's AI-powered search features.
Flow Engineering is deploying AI agents to automate the complex, manual workflows of hardware engineering, aiming to bridge the efficiency gap between software and physical product design.
Law enforcement in Amsterdam have apprehended a 24-year-old suspect linked to the ShinyHunters syndicate, responsible for massive corporate data breaches.
A new $350 million investment in EliseAI signals a shift toward verticalized AI agents capable of handling complex, industry-specific workflows in real estate and healthcare.
By lifting seed investment caps to $5 million, Peak XV is pivoting its Surge program to help Indian and Southeast Asian startups survive a more rigorous Series A environment.
New York's legal action against Polymarket creates a critical jurisdictional conflict between state gambling enforcement and federal attempts to normalize prediction markets.
The European Commission's newly drafted Kids Act attempts to secure young internet users but risks undermining universal digital privacy through mandatory age gating.
Quartermaster has secured $140 million to advance its AI-powered ocean surveillance technology, aiming to provide real-time awareness over the planet's vast, under-monitored maritime domains. The funding will bolster its platform, which fuses disparate data streams to create a co
A new legal challenge asserts that the Trump administration's use of Truth Social's pay-to-see-posts-first feature violates Americans' First Amendment right to equal access to government communications, creating a two-tiered system for public information.
Nexterity is deploying a compact, multi-bolt robotic system designed to automate the dangerous and labor-intensive process of tightening and loosening bolts in industrial pipefitting, enhancing safety and operational efficiency.
Identity verification startup Baselayer is extending its enterprise fraud engine to establish cryptographic trust, provenance, and permissioning rails for autonomous AI agents.
A federal court has ruled that the Pentagon may legally blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable specific military-grade Claude features, setting a dangerous precedent for state-mandated AI engineering.
Federal authorities have formally intervened to dispute a 120 million euro penalty levied against X under the Digital Services Act, opening an unprecedented transatlantic clash over platform regulation.
Databricks has acquired cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero, integrating its high-performance data manipulation capabilities to enhance the Lakehouse Platform and streamline large-scale data analysis for enterprise users.
Feather is launching a new customizable hardware and software platform designed to simplify robotics development, aiming to establish a standardized ecosystem akin to Android for mobile devices and democratize access for software developers.
A lawsuit filed by British Columbia against OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT's role in a fatal shooting, demands access to the AI's logs and funding for a new school, challenging established notions of product responsibility for generative AI.
Snorkel AI secures $350 million in Series E funding, tripling its valuation to $3.5 billion, as its programmatic approach to AI training data generation becomes indispensable for enterprises navigating the escalating demands of complex AI development.
Material science startup MacroCycle has partnered with Meta to build its first commercial plant, scaling a low-temperature chemical recycling technology that produces virgin-grade polymers for consumer hardware.
The landscape of AI governance is rapidly evolving, marked by a new California executive order, ongoing industry debates on federal oversight, and critical discussions among antitrust experts regarding market concentration and potential exemptions.
As messaging platforms rush to integrate AI features, the industry is increasingly relying on Trusted Execution Environments to protect user privacy. However, these hardware-isolated enclaves introduce critical security vulnerabilities.
After a failed merger with Meta, Manus is pivoting to an independent path, seeking $500 million to scale its specialized AI infrastructure in a crowded, capital-intensive market.
California’s landmark net neutrality protections are under threat as federal authorities condition critical broadband infrastructure funding on the state’s repeal of local open-internet mandates.
Angle Health has achieved profitability and grown to 5,000 customers by leveraging a technology-driven approach to "level-funded" health insurance, offering stability and cost savings to small businesses.