AI startup valuation

Samsung is reportedly in talks to back Mistral at a €20bn valuation, signaling how device makers want deeper control over enterprise AI supply.

8090 Labs, an AI coding startup tied to investor and operator Chamath Palihapitiya, has raised a $135 million Series A and named Palihapitiya as CEO, according to TechCrunch and other media reports. The move pairs a large early-stage financing with a hands-on leadership change at a time when competition in AI coding tools is intensifying and investors are concentrating capital around startups that claim they can turn code generation into repeatable enterprise software workflows.