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Matan Grinberg, CEO and co-founder of Factory, accused a former adviser to its board of sharing confidential information with Cognition before joining it, while Chris Degnan denied the accusation and said he resigned when he informed Grinberg that he had accepted the new position. The dispute highlights the risks of conflicts of interest when startup board advisers work with direct competitors.
Temporal Technologies’ $550 million funding round topped the list of the largest U.S. startup rounds between September 12 and 18, 2026, followed by Impulse Space’s $308 million funding. The list included companies in AI infrastructure, space, networking, energy, and biotechnology.