Federato, which provides AI-powered insurance lifecycle software, raised a $100M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, taking its total funding to $180M+ (InsurTech Analyst) https://insurtechanalyst.com/2025/11/18/federato-launches-ai-native-platform-after-100m-series-d/
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Federato, which provides AI-powered insurance lifecycle software, raised a $100M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, taking its total funding to $180M+
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New York-based emergency alerts platform RapidSOS raised $100M led by Apax Digital Funds, a source says at a $1B+ valuation, for US and international expansion (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/rapidsos-is-said-to-top-1-billion-value-with-apax-investment
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New York-based emergency alerts platform RapidSOS raised $100M led by Apax Digital Funds, a source says at a $1B+ valuation, for US and international expansion
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Finland-based NestAI raised €100M led by Finland's sovereign fund Tesi and Nokia to build AI products for defense applications, including for unmanned vehicles (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
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Finland's NestAI lands €100M, partners with Nokia to build AI for defense applications | TechCrunch
Finnish startup NestAI NestAI has struck a partnership with Nokia to build AI products for defense applications and develop "physical AI," which in...
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Finland-based NestAI raised €100M led by Finland
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Alphabet's stock closed at a record high of $299.66 on November 21, continuing a strong recent run after Google's Gemini 3 impressed analysts and consumers (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
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Google closes at a record high
The internet giant has a lot going for it right now....
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Italy's competition authority closes its July 2024 probe into Google's alleged unfair practices over users' personal data after Google adopted remedies (Gianluca Semeraro/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/italy-closes-google-probe-over-unfair-use-personal-data-after-remedies-adopted-2025-11-21/
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Sources: China's Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi models, is raising several hundred million dollars at a ~$4B valuation and is aiming for an IPO in H2 2026 (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chinas-moonshot-ai-raising-fresh-funds-that-could-value-it-at-about-4-billion-20562245?st=opD5kf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Sources: China
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Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash (Karen Freifeld/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-pauses-executive-order-that-would-seek-preempt-state-laws-ai-sources-2025-11-21/
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Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash
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Waymo says California authorized it to operate across the entire Bay Area and Sacramento, and between LA and San Diego, where it plans to expand to in mid-2026 (Aidin Vaziri/San Francisco Chronicle) https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/california-waymo-robotaxi-expansion-21201623.php
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Waymo says California authorized it to operate across the entire Bay Area and Sacramento, and between LA and San Diego, where it plans to expand to in mid-2026
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Figure AI's former head of product safety sues the humanoid robot startup, alleging he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
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Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'
A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product s...
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Analyzing Gemini 3's model card and safety framework report: the model is excellent but the safety report withholds or makes it difficult to understand key info (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
Gemini 3: Model Card and Safety Framework Report
Gemini 3 Pro is an excellent model, sir.
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Analyzing Gemini 3
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