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Enterprise data pipeline startup DataBahn raised a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $59M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/30/databahn-raises-40m-ai-agents-queue-enterprise-telemetry/…

Cybersicherheit: Kritische Infrastrukturen holen auf, doch „Risiko-Zone“ wächst
Ein Enisa-Bericht zeigt deutliche Fortschritte durch die NIS2-Richtlinie, warnt aber vor wachsenden digitalen Gefahren in den Sektoren Raumfahrt und Transport.

Cybersicherheit: Kritische Infrastrukturen holen auf, doch „Risiko-Zone“ wächst
Ein Enisa-Bericht zeigt deutliche Fortschritte durch die NIS2-Richtlinie, warnt aber vor wachsenden digitalen Gefahren in den Sektoren Raumfahrt und Transport.

rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted

Sixteen Day 3 NFL draft picks who could compete for starter snaps as rookies in 2026 https://www.nfl.com/news/sixteen-day-3-nfl-draft-picks-who-could-compete-for-starter-snaps-as-rookies-in-2026

Picogrid, which is building a hardware and software integration layer for military systems, raised a $45M Series A led by Bessemer (Barratt Dewey/Tectonic Defense)
https://www.tectonicdefense.com/exclusive-picogrid-raises-45m-series-a/

Exclusive: Picogrid Raises $45M Series A 
Picogrid is proving that teamwork really does make the dream work. This morning, the El Segundo-based hardware and software integration startup announced

Encore AI, which studies companies' customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents, raised a $30M Series A led by Team8, Planven, and The Garage (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/encore-ai-raises-3…

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls | TechCrunch
The startup analyzes calls, messages and CRM data to identify effective sales techniques and turn them into playbooks for AI agents.

AI coding startup 8090 raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; founder Chamath Palihapitiya announces that he will lead the company as CEO (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/chamath-palih…

Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role | TechCrunch
VCs remain thirsty to fund AI coding startups. This one, founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, is no exception.

ETH Zurich spinout ZuriQ, which is developing trapped-ion quantum computing processors based on a 2D architecture, raised a $25.5M seed led by Quantonation (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/07/28/zuriq-raises-255m-to-scale-its-b…

ZuriQ raises $25.5M to scale its breakthrough 2D quantum architecture
Swiss quantum computing startup ZuriQ has raised $25.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its trapped-ion quantum processors. The round was led by Quantonation, with participation from Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures, and existing investors. The investment follows the company's $4.2 million pre-seed round in 2025.Founded as a spin-out from ETH Zürich, ZuriQ is developing a new generation of trapped-ion quantum processors designed to overcome the scalability …

London-based Inforcer, which helps managed service providers handle their clients' Microsoft 365 accounts, raised a $50M Series C led by Insight Partners (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/info

Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks | TechCrunch
London-based Inforcer just closed a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners.

Google-backed nuclear fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1B, after raising a $1.8B Series B in 2021 and $863M in 2025, and plans a 2030s launch (Zachary Skidmore/DatacenterDynamics)
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news

Google-backed fusion firm CFS raises $1bn in equity financing
Has now raised $4bn, the most of any fusion company