CARPL.ai Raises USD 10 Million in Series A Funding Led by IFC

AI and Infrastructure Surge Korean startups raised over $70 million this week across AI, logistics, and defense sectors, signaling maturation in deep-tech commercialization. COMEUP Stars 2026 drew a record 621 applicants—up 11% year-over-year—with US expansion leading at 44%, reflecting intensified global ambitions. From tabular AI foundations to agentic commerce platforms, this week showcased Korea’s pivot…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The most consequential experience work happens before design, in a room where the people who own each part of the customer’s path agree on what the company does, who it serves and what the customer needs to understand first. The experience your customers have is…

Waze has personality, thanks to its colorful, cartoony design, big icons, and in-your-face alerts. It also has fun, quirky features. You can stream music through the built-in audio player (Spotify, anyone?), pick a voice “sidekick” like Halo’s Master Chief or comedian Nate Bargatze, and set a mood that will be displayed to other Wazers. For…

The ongoing Phase II trial is being conducted as part of a DAIR approach and is fully enrolled. Credit: PaeGAG / Shutterstock.com. Trellis Bioscience has closed a $9m Series C funding round to support the completion of its ongoing Phase II clinical trial evaluating calpurbatug (TRL1068), a monoclonal antibody candidate for chronic prosthetic joint infections…

Google DeepMind today released three new proprietary AI models it says are among its most token-efficient yet: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The models aim to make AI agents faster, smarter, and cheaper at scale. Google is pricing Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 per one million input tokens and…

Tesla is opening up Gigafactory Berlin’s doors to external innovators as it looks to supercharge its European supply chain. A new accelerator program is inviting battery tech startups to deploy their custom hardware and solutions straight onto active factory floors to fix bottlenecks and optimize output. Tesla has just launched the Battery Cell Giga Challenge,…