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The full archive of AI startup and funding news tracked by AI Market Watch. Page 28 of 41.

Moltbook hosts 1.5 million autonomous AI agents powered by the OpenClaw framework, which has secured 114,000 GitHub stars. This platform facilitates agent-to-agent networking where bots independentlyFeb 1, 2026
Apple acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion, its biggest deal since Beats. Led by Face ID pioneer Aviad Maizels, the 100-person team specializes in silent speech and facial movement iFeb 1, 2026
Deepgram has secured 130 million dollars in Series C funding at a 1.3 billion dollar valuation to scale its real-time voice AI infrastructure. This milestone, backed by strategic leaders like SAP andFeb 1, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for approximately 2 billion USD, its second-largest deal in history. 📈 The startup specializes in decoding silent speech by tracking facial skin micro-movemeFeb 1, 2026
Apple acquired Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai for an estimated 2 billion dollars, marking its largest acquisition since Beats and a major leap in multi-modal design. By integrating 100 specialized engiFeb 1, 2026
Stockholm-based Brickanta secured 8 million USD in Seed funding led by Northzone to scale its agentic AI operating system for pre-construction. The platform uses autonomous agents to parse complex bidFeb 1, 2026
OpenAI has acquired healthcare startup Torch for approximately 100 million dollars to bolster its ChatGPT Health initiative. Torch specializes in normalizing fragmented lab results and medical recordsFeb 1, 2026
Botsync secured additional Series A funding from SGInnovate following 230 percent revenue growth and one million production trips in 2025. This capital fuels SyncOS, a vendor-agnostic platform orchestJan 31, 2026
Sixfold has raised 30 million dollars in Series B to scale agentic AI, supporting 265 billion dollars in gross written premium. Zurich North America saves 2 hours per submission, with quote times dropJan 31, 2026
Apple acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for approximately 2 billion dollars, its largest deal since Beats, to integrate pioneer whisper-speech technology. Led by Face ID veteran Aviad Maizels, the team usJan 31, 2026
ServiceNow integrated Anthropic Claude as the default for its Build Agent, enabling 29,000 employees and targeting 50% faster customer implementation. This deal embeds high-reasoning agents into 80B wJan 31, 2026
Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.5, a multimodal 1-trillion parameter model trained on 15 trillion tokens that reportedly outperforms GPT-5.2 in reasoning. This release introduces Agent Swarm technoloJan 31, 2026
London-based AI startup Granola is in talks to raise over 100 million dollars led by Index Ventures at a 1 billion dollar valuation. This 4x jump from its 250 million dollar valuation in May 2025 highJan 31, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly US$2 billion, its largest deal since the US$3 billion Beats purchase in 2014. The startup specializes in silent speech tech, interpreting facial mJan 31, 2026
WealthAi has secured 837k Euro in pre-Seed funding to launch the first AI-native operating system for private banks and family offices. With 1 in 3 wealth professionals currently relying on 10 or moreJan 31, 2026
Munich-based Arctis AI has raised 1 million Euro in pre-seed funding to automate construction contracts. 🏗️ Using agentic AI, the platform converts static PDFs into dynamic systems, cutting manual revJan 31, 2026
1Buy.AI has raised 3.9 million USD in seed funding to build an AI operating system for the 2.3 trillion USD electronics procurement market. Led by 100Unicorns, the platform replaces manual workflows wJan 31, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly 2 billion USD, its largest acquisition since the 2014 Beats deal. This strategic move reintegrates Face ID pioneer Aviad Maizels to deploy machineJan 31, 2026
Intersect secured ¥300 million in pre-Series A funding co-led by SBI Investment and ALPHA to scale Askhub, an AI agent platform for professional services. The system utilizes Exploration-Augmented GenJan 31, 2026
GoCanopy secured 2.1 million EUR in seed funding led by ISAI to scale its AI operating system for institutional real estate. 🏢 The platform uses agentic human-in-the-loop AI to unify fragmented documeJan 31, 2026
Neurophos secured 110 million dollars in Series A to launch the Tulkas T100 OPU, delivering 470 petaFLOPS at 56 GHz. By using metamaterial transistors 10,000x smaller than silicon photonics, it integrJan 31, 2026
Northwood Space has secured a 100M dollar Series B and a 49.8M dollar U.S. Space Force deal to modernize satellite ground infrastructure. Operating from a 35,000 square foot Torrance facility, the comJan 31, 2026
Apple acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for nearly 2 billion dollars, its largest purchase since Beats. The company's silent speech technology uses facial micromovements to interpret user commands withoutJan 31, 2026
OneARVO secured 12.3 million INR in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-blockchain platform for supply chain integrity. The startup uses patented copy-proof codes and AI labels to create digital identitiJan 31, 2026
Biopeak has secured 2.7 million dollars in a funding round led by NKSquared to expand its AI-powered longevity clinics in India. This follow-on investment accelerates the launch of specialized facilitJan 31, 2026
Uplift AI raised 3.5 million dollars from Y Combinator to build foundational voice models for regional Pakistani languages. By creating original datasets for Urdu, Sindhi, and Balochi, they are enabliJan 31, 2026
1Buy.ai has secured Rs 32.5 crore in seed funding led by 100Unicorns to scale its AI operating system for electronics procurement. Founded by serial unicorn founders, the platform delivers a 5-10% redJan 31, 2026
MITO AI closed a 4.5 million USD pre-seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to scale its collaborative AI video orchestration platform. The system uses an infinite canvas for real-time multiplaJan 31, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for approximately 1.6 billion dollars, marking its second-largest acquisition in history. The startup specializes in sensing facial skin micromovements to inJan 31, 2026
Fiddler AI raised 30 million dollars in Series C funding led by RPS Ventures, totaling 100 million dollars in capital. The investment scales a neutral control plane for compound AI and autonomous agenJan 31, 2026
Eliyan has secured 50 million USD in strategic funding from Meta, AMD, and Arm to scale its high-performance chiplet interconnects. This investment signals a systemic shift toward disaggregated AI arcJan 31, 2026
Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, secured 2 billion USD in a funding round backed by Google and Nvidia. This investment catapults the startup valuation to 32 billion USD, a sJan 31, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for $2 billion, its second-largest deal after Beats 🍎. Led by the visionary behind Face ID, Q.ai specializes in silent speech tech that interprets facial micJan 31, 2026
Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K2.5, an open-source multimodal model trained on 15 trillion tokens that converts video uploads into functional web interfaces. The system uses an agent swarm of 100 sub-Jan 30, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for 2 billion dollars, its largest deal since the Beats acquisition. This move integrates silent speech tech and facial muscle detection into Apple silicon tJan 30, 2026
Pakistani startup Uplift AI secured 3.5 million dollars in seed funding led by Y Combinator to build regional voice AI infrastructure. By developing proprietary models for languages like Urdu and PunjJan 30, 2026
Poetiq has emerged from stealth with 45.8 million dollars in Seed funding to scale its AI meta system for complex reasoning. Using recursive self-improvement, it achieved a record 75 percent accuracyJan 30, 2026
Decagon AI raised $250 million in Series D funding, tripling its valuation to $4.5 billion as enterprise demand for autonomous support agents peaks. Led by Coatue and Index Ventures, the capital fuelsJan 30, 2026
Kore.ai secured a strategic growth investment led by AllianceBernstein to scale its agentic AI platform. After serving as a launch partner for Microsoft Agent 365 in 2025, the company is pivoting fromJan 30, 2026
Apple confirmed the acquisition of Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai for 1.5 billion dollars on January 29, 2026. The technology focuses on decoding speech from facial movements and subvocalizations, enabJan 30, 2026
PaleBlueDot AI has reached a 1 billion USD unicorn valuation following a 150 million USD Series B funding round led by B Capital. As a neocloud platform, they are addressing global GPU shortages by prJan 30, 2026
Skild AI has raised $1.4 billion in Series C funding led by SoftBank, valuing the company at over $14 billion. This investment scales Skild Brain, a general foundation model providing a universal braiJan 30, 2026
1Buy.ai secured INR 32.5 crore in seed funding led by 100Unicorns to scale its AI-driven procurement platform for electronics. By integrating cost intelligence and inventory liquidation, the startup hJan 30, 2026
AI-native film studio TakeTwo has secured pre-seed funding at a 100-crore valuation from Afore Capital and Inovia VC. This marks a shift from AI as a standalone software tool to a full-stack productioJan 30, 2026
Chinese startup Gestala launched a non-invasive ultrasound brain interface for chronic pain, co-founded by Phoenix Peng and Tianqiao Chen 🧠 By using focused ultrasound instead of surgical implants, thJan 30, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for a reported 2 billion dollars, its second-largest purchase after Beats in 2014. The deal brings back PrimeSense founder Aviad Maizels to lead a team focusJan 30, 2026
Decube has raised US$3 million to build a context layer for enterprise AI, bringing total funding to US$5 million. As firms like PT Superbank move from pilots to production, the focus shifts to establJan 30, 2026
Uplift AI has raised 3.5 million dollars in seed funding led by Y Combinator to build foundational voice AI for regional languages like Urdu and Punjabi. Founded by ex-Apple and Amazon engineers, theJan 30, 2026
Emergent secured $70 million in Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank to scale its AI vibe coding platform. This investment triples the startup valuation to $300 million, following a reJan 30, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for nearly 2 billion dollars, its second-largest deal ever. The technology decodes facial micromovements to enable silent Siri commands, revolutionizing interacJan 30, 2026
Mistral AI launched Mistral Vibe 2.0, a terminal-native agent powered by the Devstral 2 model family. This upgrade adds custom sub-agents for PR reviews and deployment, positioning the firm as a leadiJan 30, 2026
Core Automation, founded by former OpenAI VP of Research Jerry Tworek, is reportedly seeking between 500 million and 1 billion dollars in fresh funding. With a potential valuation exceeding 5 billionJan 30, 2026
Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai for 1.6 billion dollars, integrating 100 specialists led by PrimeSense founder Aviad Maizels. The technology utilizes facial skin micromovements to detJan 30, 2026
PaleBlueDot AI reached unicorn status with a 1 billion dollar valuation after securing 150 million dollars in Series B funding led by B Capital. The company operates a global GPU cluster marketplace,Jan 30, 2026
Rainbow Weather secured 5.5 million dollars in seed funding to scale its AI-driven hyperlocal forecasting, shifting from static physical models to adaptive machine learning. By fusing radar, satelliteJan 30, 2026
Arkero, led by Remitly veterans, has raised 6 million dollars in pre-seed funding to launch an AI operating system for sports organizations. By integrating ticketing and communication data, the platfoJan 30, 2026
Agrani Labs has emerged from stealth with 8 million USD in seed funding led by Peak XV Partners to develop high-performance AI GPUs for data centers. Founded by former Intel and AMD executives with ViJan 30, 2026
Northslope secured 22 million dollars in Series A funding co led by Friends and Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital to scale its applied AI application suites. Led by former Palantir engineers, the fJan 30, 2026
Recare secured 37 million euros to scale its AI agent platform, targeting Europe's 1 million healthcare worker shortage. Connecting 26,000 providers and 2/3 of German hospitals, the tech automates disJan 30, 2026
Flapping Airplanes raised 180 million dollars from GV and Sequoia at a 1.5 billion dollar valuation to rewrite AI scaling laws. Former OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek is seeking up to 1 billion dollarsJan 30, 2026
French agtech firm Aviwell has secured EUR 11 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-driven microbiome platform, Aneto. The technology uses machine learning to decode native bacterial ecologies tJan 30, 2026
Perplexity has finalized a 750 million dollar cloud agreement with Microsoft to scale its search operations on Azure over three years. Through the Microsoft Foundry program, the startup gains access tJan 30, 2026
German robotics leader RobCo has secured $100 million in funding led by Lightspeed and Lingotto to scale its modular Physical AI platform. By providing plug-and-play hardware requiring no manual progrJan 30, 2026
Apple acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly 2 billion dollars, its second-largest deal ever. Founded in 2022, Q.ai interprets silent speech via facial skin micro-movements, allowing non-verbal AJan 30, 2026
Israeli startup Adaptive6 raised 28 million dollars in Series A funding to scale its AI cloud governance platform 🚀. By treating cloud waste like security vulnerabilities, the system traces inefficienJan 29, 2026
Redwood Materials has expanded its Series E to 425 million dollars with strategic backing from Google and Nvidia, pushing its valuation past 6 billion dollars. This capital surge targets the criticalJan 29, 2026
Sword Health has acquired Kaia Health for $285 million, consolidating the AI musculoskeletal market. This deal secures access to Germany's reimbursement system covering 70 million people and expands gJan 29, 2026
Agrani Labs has emerged from stealth with 8 million dollars in Seed funding led by Peak XV Partners to develop indigenous AI GPUs. Led by former Intel Fellow Dheemanth Nagaraj and a team of AMD veteraJan 29, 2026
Mistral AI launched Vibe 2.0, a terminal-native agent designed to bridge the gap between autonomous coding and developer control. Powered by the 123B parameter Devstral 2 model, this update adds custoJan 29, 2026
Decagon AI raised 250 million dollars at a 4.5 billion dollar valuation to scale its AI concierge platform. With deflection rates exceeding 80 percent for clients like Hertz and Block, the system moveJan 29, 2026
PaleBlueDot AI reached a 1 billion dollar valuation after a 150 million dollar Series B led by B-Capital. Their model bridges the compute gap by brokering excess GPU capacity and building clusters inJan 29, 2026
Hologen is raising 150 million dollars in Series A funding to scale its Large Medicine Models for clinical trial optimization. Co-founded by Eric Schmidt, the startup recently secured a 200 million doJan 29, 2026
Arcee AI has released Trinity, a 400B sparse Mixture-of-Experts model challenging Meta’s Llama 4. Trained for $20M in 6 months using 2,048 Blackwell B300 GPUs, it delivers frontier reasoning under a pJan 29, 2026
Genspark secured $300M in Series B funding alongside the launch of AI Workspace 2.0. The company hit $100M ARR in 9 months, marking one of the fastest growth trajectories in AI history. By automatingJan 29, 2026
Polish robotics leader Nomagic secured 8.3 million Euro in a Series B extension to scale its Physical AI operations across the US. With total funding exceeding 70 million Euro, the company is acceleraJan 29, 2026
Agrani Labs raised 8 million USD in seed funding led by Peak XV for AI GPU development. Led by ex-Intel veterans and advisor Vinod Dham, the startup is building a full-stack platform with custom compiJan 29, 2026
Waabi has raised 750 million dollars in Series C funding to expand its physical AI from trucking into the robotaxi market. With a 250 million dollar commitment from Uber, the startup will deploy 25,00Jan 29, 2026
Tesla invested 2 billion dollars in xAI as part of a 20 billion dollar Series E round to drive Master Plan Part IV. This synergy bridges xAI digital reasoning with physical projects like Cybercab andJan 29, 2026
Google has joined the 135 million dollar Series B round for Tokyo-based Sakana AI, cementing a strategic partnership that values the startup at 2.6 billion dollars. By integrating Gemini models, SakanJan 29, 2026
Hippocratic AI has secured 141 million USD in Series B funding to scale safety-focused generative AI agents for hospital staffing. By leveraging a network of 50,000+ licensed clinicians for safety tesJan 29, 2026
Bengaluru-based Agrani Labs has raised 8 million USD in seed funding led by Peak XV Partners to build high-performance AI GPUs. Founded by Intel and AMD veterans with advice from Pentium architect VinJan 29, 2026
Upstage has become South Koreas first generative AI unicorn in 2026, reaching a valuation up to 4 trillion KRW. This success stems from their Solar LLM, which recently outranked GPT-4.1 in global perfJan 29, 2026
Alibaba Cloud launched Qwen3-Max-Thinking with 1 trillion parameters while Moonshot AI debuted Kimi K2.5, featuring 100-agent swarm technology. These models deliver elite reasoning performance, markinJan 29, 2026
Figure has launched Helix 02, a vision-language-action model powering the 60kg Figure 03 humanoid with full-body autonomy. The system utilizes 35 degrees of freedom to master domestic tasks, completinJan 29, 2026
Agrani Labs has secured 8 million USD in seed funding led by Peak XV Partners to develop high-performance GPUs and full-stack software for AI data centers. Led by Intel and AMD veterans, the startup tJan 29, 2026
Core Automation, founded by an ex-OpenAI researcher, is targeting $1 billion in funding for a new type of autonomous AI. This round signals a systemic shift from chatbots to agentic models capable ofJan 29, 2026
Pallma AI secured 1.6 million USD in pre-seed funding to build the security layer for autonomous enterprise agents. Led by Marathon Venture Capital, the London-based startup addresses systemic risks lJan 29, 2026
Limy has raised $10M in seed funding led by Flybridge to build infrastructure for the agentic web. As AI agents manage tasks like shopping, brands are shifting from human SEO to Business-to-Agent (B2AJan 29, 2026
Checkbox has raised 35 million dollars in Series A funding led by Touring Capital to scale its AI legal platform. The company is transforming in-house legal departments into systems of intelligence, hJan 29, 2026
Outtake has secured 40 million dollars in Series B funding led by Iconiq, with backing from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Bill Ackman. By deploying autonomous agents, the company transforms the manuJan 29, 2026
Rogo raised 75 million dollars in Series C funding led by Sequoia Capital, totaling 165 million dollars for its agentic AI platform. Used by 25000 professionals at firms like Rothschild and Lazard, thJan 29, 2026
Factify has raised 73 million dollars in seed funding to develop a new AI-native document standard designed to replace the legacy PDF. 📄 This infrastructure addresses the systemic challenge of three tJan 29, 2026
PaleBlueDot AI has reached a 1 billion dollar valuation following a 150 million dollar Series B round led by B Capital. 🚀 This funding accelerates the deployment of Nvidia H200 clusters across the USJan 29, 2026
Decagon reached a $4.5 billion valuation after a $250 million Series D funding round led by Coatue and Index Ventures. The startup added 100+ enterprise clients like Deutsche Telekom last year by replJan 29, 2026
Ricursive Intelligence has secured 300 million dollars in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, reaching a 4 billion dollar valuation. Founded by AlphaChip creators, the lab automates cJan 28, 2026
Sensesemi Technologies has secured 250 million INR in seed funding led by Piper Serica for edge-AI silicon development. 🚀 The startup is pioneering a single-chip architecture integrating AI inferencinJan 28, 2026
Chamelio secured 10 million dollars in Seed funding to eliminate corporate amnesia in legal departments via its AI intelligence platform. Founded by AnyVision alumni, the startup already serves 100+ cJan 28, 2026
Memcyco has secured 37 million dollars in Series A funding to scale its agentless digital risk protection platform. By mapping over 500 million device identities and preventing 3.4 million account takJan 28, 2026
Mistral AI launched Vibe 2.0, a terminal coding agent powered by the 123B Devstral 2 model hitting 72.2% on SWE-bench. By focusing on proprietary legacy code customization, Mistral solves the securityJan 28, 2026
Paraglide secured 4.2 million euros in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to automate accounts receivable via agentic AI. Their autonomous agents handle two-way billing conversations, resulJan 28, 2026