AI News Archive

The full archive of AI startup and funding news tracked by AI Market Watch. Page 29 of 41.

• 4baseCare has raised 90 crore INR in Series B funding to scale its AI-driven OncoTwin platform and expand genomics labs across emerging markets. This move directly addresses the global genomic data gaJan 28, 2026
• Risotto has raised 10 million dollars in seed funding to transform the help desk industry by automating complex IT workflows within systems like Jira. The startup has already demonstrated significantJan 28, 2026
• Enterprise AI provider C3.AI, reporting $70M in quarterly revenue, is in talks for a reverse merger with RPA leader Automation Anywhere. This strategic move bridges the gap between predictive insightsJan 28, 2026
• Ricursive Intelligence secured 300 million dollars in Series A funding at a 4 billion dollar valuation to automate AI chip design. Led by Lightspeed with NVIDIA participation, the startup scales reinfJan 28, 2026
• Decart has unveiled Lucy 2, a generative AI world model that produces 1080p video at 30fps in real time with zero buffering. By slashing operating costs from hundreds of dollars to just 3 dollars perJan 28, 2026
• Healthcare AI startup Tandem Technology is reaching a 1 billion dollar valuation with a 100 million dollar funding round led by Accel. By automating administrative bottlenecks like prior authorizationJan 28, 2026
• Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.5, scoring 50.2% on Humanitys Last Exam to surpass GPT-5.2. This 1T-parameter model uses an Agent Swarm paradigm to run 100 sub-agents in parallel, reducing task time by 4Jan 28, 2026
• Phia, co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, secured 35M dollars in Series A funding at a 185M dollar valuation to scale its AI commerce layer. 🛍️ By replacing filters with intent-driven agentsJan 28, 2026
• Upscale AI secured 200 million dollars in Series A funding led by Tiger Global and Saudi Aramco's Prosperity7 Ventures to solve the chip-to-chip communication bottleneck. Total capital exceeds 300 milJan 28, 2026
• Contextual AI launched Agent Composer to transform enterprise RAG into production-ready AI agents for technical fields like aerospace. Using a Grounded Language Model with 88 percent factual accuracy,Jan 28, 2026
• Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K2.5, a multimodal model with 384 specialized experts and native 4-bit precision. This Agent Swarm architecture deploys 100 sub-agents simultaneously, cutting coding time byJan 28, 2026
• Meta's $20 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus is stalled as Chinese regulators launch a probe into technology export controls and data security. Despite Manus moving its headquarters to SinJan 28, 2026
• Materialspace secured 7 million dollars in Seed funding to digitize the fragmented interior construction planning sector through AI. Founded by twin brothers Yoash and Nadav Palmor, the platform automJan 28, 2026
• SpotDraft has raised 8 million USD from Qualcomm Ventures in a Series B extension, bringing its total capital to 92 million USD. This strategic move pivots legal tech from cloud-dependent models to seJan 28, 2026
• Blockit AI raised 5 million USD in seed funding led by Sequoia to scale autonomous negotiation agents. Founded by former Sequoia partner Kais Khimji and Google veteran John Han, the platform serves 20Jan 28, 2026
• Andreessen Horowitz led a 2.3 million USD pre-seed round for Swedish startup Dentio to automate dental office workflows. The platform targets front-office overhead that typically consumes 25 percent oJan 28, 2026
• Pace secured 10 million dollars in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital to automate insurance operations via agentic AI. Targeting a 400 billion dollar financial services market, the platform enablesJan 28, 2026
• Fulcrum has secured $25 million in Seed and Series A funding led by CRV to scale its AI-driven workflow platform for insurance brokerages. Currently serving nearly half of the top 50 US brokerages, thJan 28, 2026
• Fiddler AI raised 30M dollars in Series C funding to launch the industry first Control Plane for autonomous agents, bringing its total capital to 100M dollars. This addresses a critical governance gapJan 28, 2026
• Flora has raised 42 million dollars in Series A funding led by Redpoint Ventures, reaching 52 million dollars to scale its node-based design platform. By moving beyond prompt boxes to a visual orchestJan 28, 2026
• Summize raised 50 million dollars to scale its AI contract intelligence platform. With five years of 100 percent ARR growth and a 92 percent surge in bookings, the firm is leading the shift toward ageJan 28, 2026
• Vention secured 110 million dollars in Series D funding led by Investissement Quebec and NVIDIA NVentures to scale its AI manufacturing platform. By embedding NVIDIA Jetson and Isaac libraries, VentioJan 28, 2026
• Ricursive Intelligence raised 300 million dollars at a 4 billion dollar valuation just two months after launch. Founded by AlphaChip pioneers, the startup uses recursive AI to automate semiconductor dJan 28, 2026
• Thinking Machines Lab faces a major leadership crisis as co-founders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz return to OpenAI. The startup recently struggled to raise capital at a 50 billion dollar valuation and faJan 27, 2026
• Former Google VP Peeyush Ranjan and Myntra founder Mukesh Bansal have launched Fermi.ai, an AI-first edtech startup targeting high-school STEM education. Headquartered in Singapore with operations inJan 27, 2026
• LegalTech startup Antidote secured 5 million dollars in Seed funding led by Lakestar, bringing its total capital to 7 million dollars. The platform targets the 12 percent revenue leakage law firms facJan 27, 2026
• Zhipu AI GLM 4.7 has broken into the US market, forcing access limits just weeks after the company's $7.5B IPO. Testing reveals the agent builds apps faster than US rivals like Replit and Claude, contJan 27, 2026
• Rainbow Weather secured 5.5 million dollars in seed funding to scale its AI-driven environmental intelligence platform using data from 1,000 radars and smartphone sensors. By replacing batch forecastiJan 27, 2026
• Mine raised 14 million dollars in Series A funding led by 359 Capital to scale MoneyGPT, its proprietary AI money agent. With 28 million dollars in total capital, this signals a systemic shift from paJan 27, 2026
• Cognition CEO Scott Wu detailed the 72 hour dealmaking marathon that led to the company acquiring Windsurf’s enterprise assets. 🚀 Following a failed 3 billion dollar OpenAI merger, Cognition secured 8Jan 27, 2026
• Yann LeCun's AMI Labs has established its Paris headquarters to pioneer world-model AI, targeting a reported 3.5 billion dollar valuation. Led by CEO Alex LeBrun, the venture shifts the paradigm fromJan 27, 2026
• Ricursive Intelligence has raised 300 million dollars in Series A funding at a 4 billion dollar valuation to automate AI chip design. Founded by the creators of AlphaChip, the startup uses recursive mJan 27, 2026
• Former Google GM Peeyush Ranjan and Myntra founder Mukesh Bansal have launched Fermi.ai, an AI-first EdTech platform in the US and India. Unlike tools providing instant answers, it focuses on productiJan 27, 2026
• Jelou raised 10M dollars in Series A funding to scale its Brain platform, turning WhatsApp into a financial operating system. Having processed 100M dollars in transactions across 13 countries, the firJan 27, 2026
• Upscale AI secured USD 200 million in Series A funding, hitting a USD 1 billion valuation only four months after its seed round. The capital supports a full-stack AI networking engine to resolve interJan 27, 2026
• Swedish healthtech firm Tandem Health has acquired Dutch AI startup Juvoly, a leader in medical reporting processing 200,000 monthly consultations. Juvoly recently integrated Nvidia DGX B200 supercompJan 27, 2026
• Phenom has acquired agentic AI startup Included, marking its seventh acquisition to bolster its 1.4 billion dollar HR platform. By integrating Included proprietary canonical model, Phenom is moving beJan 27, 2026
• Radware acquired API security startup Pynt in a deal valued at tens of millions of dollars to bridge the gap between pre-production testing and runtime protection. This 15-person Israeli team addresseJan 27, 2026
• Nvidia invested 2 billion dollars in CoreWeave to accelerate 5 gigawatts of AI compute capacity by 2030. The deal integrates Rubin chips, Bluefield storage, and Vera CPUs into global AI factories. ThiJan 27, 2026
• New York-based AI startup CVector has secured 5 million dollars in seed funding led by Powerhouse Ventures to scale its industrial nervous system technology. The platform translates real-time physicalJan 27, 2026
• Tradespace raised 15 million dollars in Series A funding led by AVP to scale its AI-native IP platform. Leveraging agentic AI from its Paragon acquisition, the startup aims to draft 10,000 patents witJan 27, 2026
• Visitt secured 22 million dollars in Series B funding to scale its AI-native property operations platform following a 900 percent growth in managed square footage in 2025. This capital shift marks a mJan 27, 2026
• Zocks has raised 45 million dollars in Series B funding led by Lightspeed and QED to scale its agentic AI for financial advisers. Serving 5,000 firms with 8x revenue growth, the platform transforms coJan 27, 2026
• Tandem Technology Inc. has reached a 1 billion dollar valuation after securing 100 million dollars in funding led by Accel. The startup utilizes AI to automate prescription paperwork, specifically tarJan 27, 2026
• Upscale AI secured 200 million USD in Series A funding led by Tiger Global and Premji Invest to scale its SkyHammer networking fabric. This investment addresses the critical bottleneck where interconnJan 27, 2026
• Synthesia has raised $200 million at a $4 billion valuation, backed by Nvidia and Alphabet. This funding underscores a shift toward agentic AI, enabling interactive avatars to provide real-time trainiJan 27, 2026
• Ricursive Intelligence has secured a $300M Series A at a $4B valuation only two months after its launch, led by Lightspeed and Nvidia's NVentures. Founded by the creators of Google's AlphaChip, the laJan 27, 2026
• StepFun has secured 717 million USD in Series B+ funding, surpassing the recent Hong Kong IPO proceeds of rivals Zhipu AI and MiniMax. This 5 billion yuan round marks a strategic shift toward deep harJan 27, 2026
• VLab Corporation unveiled Variation 2.0 on January 26, 2026, an AI platform that identifies root causes of musculoskeletal pain by backtracking symptom data. Recently selected for the 2025 TIPS GlobalJan 26, 2026
• PlanoHero launched Wizora, an AI assistant using LLMs to automate retail merchandising. By analyzing planograms and stock in real-time, it can drive sales growth by up to 20% via optimized placement.Jan 26, 2026
• Egypt-based KNOT Technologies secured 1M USD in pre-seed funding led by A15 to overhaul the global ticketing market using AI. 🎫 Already serving 50+ professional clients across Europe and MENA, the plaJan 26, 2026
• Replit CEO Amjad Masad reports a systemic shift where executives now use vibe coding to build functional prototypes in days rather than waiting weeks for engineering resources. Data shows 75 percent oJan 26, 2026
• Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire Eventbrite for 500 million dollars, following recent deals for Vimeo and AOL. Now valued at 11 billion dollars, the firm uses proprietary AI to automate product feJan 26, 2026
• CrowdStrike acquired Seraphic Security for 420 million dollars, following a 740 million dollar deal for SGNL to address the risks of unpredictable AI agents. These moves build a next-gen identity platJan 26, 2026
• Bending Spoons recently finalized its 1.38 billion dollar acquisition of Vimeo, immediately triggering massive layoffs across nearly the entire video team. The firm is now an 11 billion dollar decacorJan 26, 2026
• Creative Fabrica has launched a new AI-powered text-to-3D tool that generates print-ready models in seconds. This technology empowers over 4 million users to create complex 3D assets without traditionJan 26, 2026
• ShortsIntel has launched an AI Social Video Intelligence platform to automate UGC collection and rights management across TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. The technology recovers up to 30% of previously invJan 26, 2026
• Peeyush Ranjan and Mukesh Bansal launched Luma, an AI-first edtech startup across the US and India teaching students how to think. With a 10-member tech team, the platform targets Math and Physics toJan 26, 2026
• Thinking Machines Lab faces a defining talent crisis as it targets a massive 50B valuation. 📉 Co-founders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz are rejoining OpenAI just weeks after the startup achieved a 12B valJan 26, 2026
• Orbital has secured 60 million dollars in Series B funding led by Brighton Park Capital to modernize legal workflows for the 140 trillion dollar real estate market. By integrating spatial mapping withJan 26, 2026
• Skitii has raised 4 crore at a 150 percent valuation increase to scale its AI powered music therapy for cancer patients. 🏥 By integrating biometric sensors and generative AI, the platform has demonstrJan 26, 2026
• Grab has acquired Chinese AI robotics startup Infermove to accelerate autonomous last-mile delivery. Infermove's Carri robots already serve platforms like Meituan, with 2026 revenue projected to surpaJan 26, 2026
• Tokyo-based SALESCORE has secured ¥1.15 billion ($7.7 million) in Series B funding led by Nissay Capital to scale its AI-driven sales enablement platform. 🚀 This investment targets Japan's reproducibiJan 26, 2026
• OpenAI successfully closed a record $40 billion funding round in 2025, reaching a $300 billion valuation led by SoftBank. 🚀 This deal, representing 25% of the year's total $150 billion AI investment,Jan 26, 2026
• AI pioneer Yann LeCun has launched AMI Labs in Paris, pivoting the industry from language AI to grounded world models. Targeting a rumored 3.5 billion dollar valuation, the startup aims to build systeJan 26, 2026
• Upscale AI secured 200 million USD in Series A funding led by Tiger Global and Premji Invest to commercialize its SkyHammer networking architecture. Backed by Prosperity7 Ventures and Intel, the compaJan 26, 2026
• Miami-based CAST AI has surpassed a 1 billion dollar valuation following its latest strategic investment. This milestone marks a systemic shift from manual cloud reporting to active automation that slJan 26, 2026
• Hadrian has reached a 1.6 billion dollar valuation to scale its AI-driven manufacturing facilities for aerospace and defense. The launch of the Hadrian Additive division integrates production-ready 3DJan 26, 2026
• Campfire has secured 100 million dollars in total funding and achieved 20x annual revenue growth by replacing legacy ERP systems with its AI-native platform. Its proprietary large accounting model hasJan 25, 2026
• WaitWell has launched Waillo, an AI assistant streamlining service across 1,700 North American locations. By prioritizing routing over human replacement, the platform helped the Nevada DMV reduce appoJan 25, 2026
• GIGR (Playad.ai) secured 5.4 million USD in pre-seed funding to deploy multi-agent AI systems that automate the entire ad creative lifecycle. Led by industry veterans from Bagelcode and Google, the plJan 25, 2026
• Axelera AI has unveiled its Europa chip, delivering 629 TOPS at just 45 Watts, rivaling NVIDIA Jetson Thor with 5x better energy efficiency. By utilizing Digital In-Memory Compute, the platform runs aJan 25, 2026
• Edtech startup MU20 secured 500,000 dollars in pre-seed funding from Aakash Chaudhry and ISB DLabs to scale its AI-native career acceleration engine. By deploying the MU20 Coach across 300+ partner scJan 25, 2026
• Mippia has secured the CES 2026 Innovation Award for its AI music plagiarism detection platform and is now moving to establish a global industry standard. The system achieves 98 percent accuracy by peJan 25, 2026
• Morph Systems secured pre-seed funding from Mashup Ventures and 500 Global to scale its data integration platform for defense and manufacturing. By building custom ontology models, they help firms maxJan 25, 2026
• Fatagora secured strategic investment from Gyeonggi CCEI, Asia2G Capital, and Plug and Play, alongside selection for the Global TIPS program. The startup is developing verification layers to eliminateJan 25, 2026
• Harvey AI has acquired enterprise AI startup Hexus following a 160 million dollar funding round that pushed its valuation to 8 billion dollars. This move integrates Hexus's training tools to acceleratJan 25, 2026
• Invincible Ocean is partnering with the UAE Royal Family owned Seed Group to deploy AI and blockchain solutions across the Middle East. This strategic entry leverages Seed Group ecosystem, which has mJan 25, 2026
• Goodfin launched Goodfin Go, an agentic AI system that compresses pre-IPO investment workflows from weeks to mere minutes. Operating on a 4-to-1 agent-to-human ratio, the platform provides individualJan 25, 2026
• TakeMe2Space has secured $5 million in seed funding to build India’s first orbital data centre infrastructure. Led by Chiratae Ventures, this capital will accelerate the launch of AI-powered satelliteJan 25, 2026
• DeepSeek has emerged as a dark horse in the AI sector, securing a 4% global market share by offering high-performance models at roughly 1/27th the cost of Western alternatives. This open-source strateJan 25, 2026
• Former Google VP Peeyush Ranjan has launched Fermi.ai to shift STEM education from answer-driven results to cognitive reasoning mapping. Incubated at Meraki Labs, the platform follows a successful 3-mJan 25, 2026
• Bengaluru-based Arrowhead secured 3 million USD in seed funding led by Stellaris Venture Partners to scale human-like voice AI agents for financial services. By automating workflows like loan sales foJan 25, 2026
• Industry veterans Mukesh Bansal and Peeyush Ranjan launched Fermi.ai, an AI-first STEM platform for India and the US. Using a Socratic model and stylus-first canvas, the platform improved pilot scoresJan 25, 2026
• Coimbatore-based AI startup Aivar Innovations has secured 4.6 million USD in seed funding led by Sorin Investments and Bessemer Venture Partners. The capital is designated for global expansion acrossJan 25, 2026
• AI scheduling startup Blockit AI, led by former Sequoia partner Kais Khimji, raised 5 million dollars in a seed round from Sequoia. The agent autonomously negotiates calendars for over 200 companies lJan 25, 2026
• Sharon AI secured a 500 million USD debt facility from USD.AI to scale its AI infrastructure in Australia and APAC. This on-chain credit system allows for GPU deployments financed via stablecoin liquiJan 24, 2026
• Google acquired Common Sense Machines (CSM) to bring high-fidelity 3D world modeling to its generative AI stack. Founded by MIT and DeepMind alumni, CSM transforms 2D images into production-ready 3D aJan 24, 2026
• Google has invested in Sakana AI, a Tokyo startup valued at 2.65 billion dollars, following their 135 million dollar Series B. Founded by ex-Google veterans, Sakana pioneers nature-inspired algorithmsJan 24, 2026
• TrueFoundry has launched TrueFailover to solve the critical reliability gap in enterprise AI by automatically rerouting traffic during model outages or quality drops. Powering applications that handleJan 24, 2026
• China expanded its regulatory investigation into Meta 2 billion dollar acquisition of AI agent startup Manus AI. 🛡️ The probe now scrutinizes cross-border currency flows and tax accounting, moving beyJan 24, 2026
• Upwind is in talks to raise over $250 million at a valuation of up to $1.5 billion, securing its status as a new cybersecurity unicorn. This potential round follows a $100 million Series A in late 202Jan 24, 2026
• Google has invested in Japanese unicorn Sakana AI to accelerate Gemini adoption across Japan's enterprise and government sectors. This deal leverages Sakana AI's 2.6 billion dollar valuation to integrJan 24, 2026
• Merge Labs secured a $252 million seed round led by OpenAI, valuing the BCI startup at $850 million. Unlike surgical competitors, Merge uses non-invasive ultrasound to bridge human cognition with AI sJan 24, 2026
• San Francisco-based GIGR (Playad) raised 5.4 million USD in pre-seed funding to build multi-agent AI marketing workflows. The platform automates the full creative lifecycle, using autonomous agents foJan 24, 2026
• Meta has acquired Manus, a Chinese-founded AI agent startup, for an estimated 2 billion to 3 billion dollars. This move signals a pivot from chatbots to autonomous agents capable of executing complexJan 24, 2026
• Google has invested in Tokyo-based Sakana AI to bolster Gemini's position in the Japanese market. This follows a $135 million Series B valuing the startup at $2.65 billion, cementing its status as JapJan 24, 2026
• Anthropic has secured an oversubscribed 10 billion USD funding round, propelling its valuation to 350 billion USD. Annualized revenue run rate now exceeds 9 billion USD, doubling in six months as enteJan 24, 2026
• Yann LeCun has launched AMI Labs in Paris with a 3.5 billion dollar valuation to build foundational world models. This venture shifts focus from language models to systems understanding physical causaJan 24, 2026
• Zurich-based Sparkli has raised 5 million USD in pre-seed funding led by Founderful to reinvent education for children aged 5-12. 🚀 Founded by Google veterans, the startup uses a multimodal engine toJan 24, 2026