Warhound Emerges With $200M to Clone and Edit Military Dogs
A defense startup tied to Colossal Biosciences and Anduril founders plans to breed, clone and gene-edit US working dogs, with a first delivery expected in about two years.
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Thrive Therapies lands $7.7M to put clinicians in schools
The Dallas company delivers therapy and behavioral care to students with disabilities in more than 200 schools and districts. LiveOak Ventures led the round.
Tractian raises $130M Series D at a $1.4B valuation
The Atlanta maintenance-AI company says the round, led by Sapphire Ventures, will fund a push from predicting machine failures to tracking the full health of industrial equipment.
Main Street America Survey Finds Owners More Confident
A fall survey of 1,568 small business owners links rising profits to higher confidence, while new customers and cash flow remain the top worries.
Mach9 lands $34M Series A for AI drafting of civil engineering plans
Mach9, founded by engineers from Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, raised a $34 million Series A co-led by First Round Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Blacksmith hits $1 billion valuation with Sequoia-led Series C
Blacksmith, founded in 2024 to run code builds and tests, raised $66 million in a Series C led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total funding to $125 million.