STRIPE STARTUP BATTLEFIELD: 48 HOURS TO APPLY
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Australian founders have two days left to apply for Stripe x Startup Battlefield, a competition launching August 19 in Sydney. The winner secures guaranteed entry to TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.
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Two leading European launch startups announced new funding rounds this week. Meanwhile, the Pallas-1 rocket approaches its debut flight.
Robot data startup XDOF, which exited stealth three months ago, is in talks to raise a Series B round at a $1.2 billion valuation. The funding marks a rapid scaling trajectory for the early-stage company.
AI compute provider Nscale is pursuing $3.5 billion in pre-IPO financing as it prepares for a public market debut. The funding push follows the company's recent $45 billion deal with AI safety firm Anthropic.
Gimlet Labs, a platform that distributes AI workloads across multiple chip types, secured $300 million in Series B funding led by a16z. The raise values the company at $3 billion, just six months after closing an $80 million Series A.