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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B to take on OpenAI — VentureBeat

Confirming reports from April, the series B investment comes from the participation of multiple known venture capital firms and investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding, writes Shubham Sharma. 

Wiz raises $1B

Cloud security company Wiz has raised $1 billion in a funding round.

Island raises $175M

Dallas, Texas-based enterprise browser company Island raised $175 million in Series D funding, raising the company's valuation to $3 billion.

Harvey raises $80M

San Francisco, Calif.-based Harvey, a generative artificial intelligence startup specializing in legal services, has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round.

Postman acquires Akita Software

Postman has acquired Akita Software, a firm specializing in system behavior monitoring and observation. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.