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<p>Rising-star defense tech Mach Industries has announced a new $100 million round from Khosla, Bedrock and Sequoia.</p>

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<p>The Navy&#8217;s chief technology officer, Justin Fanelli, says he has spent the last two and a half years cutting through the red tape and shrinking the protracted procurement cycles that once made working with the military a nightmare for startups. </p>

<p>Meta’s deal to sort-of but not really acquire AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual.</p>

<p>Iconiq pursued Chime because the founders were focused, and didn’t get distracted by &#8220;shiny new objects.&#8221; </p>

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<p>Tesla alleges that Zhongjie Li stole confidential trade secrets and used them to launch a robotics startup a week after he left Tesla. </p>

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<p>WordPress.com owner Automattic has added another communication-focused startup to its lineup: relationship-management app Clay.</p>

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