Nickie Louise

1 week ago | techstartups.com | Nickie Louise

It’s Thursday, May 29, 2025—and we’re back with your daily funding rundown, charting the capital flows, emerging startups, and strategic bets that signal where tech is headed next. Today’s batch is nothing short of diverse, both in geography and ambition. From Grammarly locking in a stunning $1 billion infusion to expand its AI-powered productivity suite to AusperBio’s $50 million push for a hepatitis B cure, the momentum across sectors is undeniable.

1 week ago | techstartups.com | Nickie Louise

REplace, a startup using AI to streamline how renewable energy and data center projects get off the ground, has raised $2.1 million in funding. The platform helps developers and investors find optimal sites in seconds—a process that normally takes months—by crunching through more than 50 factors like landowner data, grid proximity, permitting hurdles, and market conditions.

1 week ago | techstartups.com | Nickie Louise

Bubblemaps just rolled out public access to V2, its most advanced upgrade yet. The onchain analytics platform, already popular across crypto communities, now works live on Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Tron, and ApeChain. With this version, users can track token flows, wallet clusters, and trading patterns in real time, with zero coding required. Two standout features—Magic Nodes and Time Travel—bring new depth to onchain sleuthing. Magic Nodes help surface hidden relationships between wallets.

1 week ago | techstartups.com | Nickie Louise

Just a few months after it sent shockwaves through the tech industry, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is back with another surprise—this time, it didn’t make a sound. Without an official announcement or media push, DeepSeek quietly uploaded an upgraded version of its reasoning model to Hugging Face, a public AI repository. It’s the latest move from the company that made headlines earlier this year after its original R1 model outperformed heavyweights like Meta and OpenAI.

1 week ago | techstartups.com | Nickie Louise

It’s Wednesday, May 28, 2025—and we’re back with your daily funding rundown, tracking the latest capital flows, rising startups, and bold bets shaping the future of tech. Today’s lineup is a global cross-section of ambition. From Elon Musk’s Neuralink securing $600 million for brain-computer interfaces to a $50 million Series A in AI infrastructure, it’s clear the appetite for frontier tech hasn’t slowed.