AI News Archive

The full archive of AI startup and funding news tracked by AI Market Watch. Page 35 of 49.

• Ricursive Intelligence has secured a 300 million dollar Series A at a 4 billion dollar valuation to scale its AICE Agent, an autonomous platform for end-to-end AI chip design. Founded by the former GoFeb 3, 2026
• OpenAI launched a macOS Codex app using GPT-5.2-Codex for parallel agent orchestration. 🚀 This shifts coding to asynchronous background workflows, reducing production cycles from weeks to hours. WithFeb 3, 2026
• PaleBlueDot AI has secured 150 million dollars in Series B funding led by B Capital, achieving a 1 billion dollar valuation as a new AI infrastructure unicorn. This capital follows a year of 10x revenFeb 3, 2026
• Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for approximately $2 billion, its largest deal since Beats. The 100-person team, led by FaceID pioneer Aviad Maizels, specializes in facial micromovements anFeb 3, 2026
• London startup Refute raised 5M pounds in seed funding to scale its AI platform that counters disinformation bots. Backed by the UK National Security Strategic Investment Fund, the tech recently flaggFeb 3, 2026
• Persona AI secured 12 billion KRW in pre-IPO funding, bringing its total funding to 41 billion KRW with strategic backing from LIG Nex1 and IBK Capital. This round signals a structural pivot toward SoFeb 3, 2026
• GenLogs closed a 60 million dollar Series B round led by Battery Ventures to expand its nationwide AI-powered roadside sensor network. By using computer vision to verify physical truck flows, the platFeb 3, 2026
• Carbon Robotics launched the world first Large Plant Model (LPM), an AI system trained on 150M+ images across 15 countries. This foundational model enables real-time plant ID without manual retrainingFeb 3, 2026
• Day AI raised 20M dollars in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital to launch its autonomous CRMx platform. Founded by HubSpot veterans, the startup targets the 65 percent of time sales teams lose toFeb 3, 2026
• 63SATS Cybertech has raised Rs 245 crore at a valuation of Rs 1,161 crore to pioneer AI-native cybersecurity. 🚀 Backed by investors like Mathew Cyriac, the firm targets systemic risks in AI models andFeb 3, 2026
• Apple has acquired AI audio startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion, its largest purchase since Beats. The technology decodes silent speech by analyzing facial skin micro-movements to translate unvocalizedFeb 3, 2026
• Marvell has finalized its $3.25B acquisition of Celestial AI, integrating the Photonic Fabric platform to resolve scaling bottlenecks. This technology delivers 16 Tb/s bandwidth per chiplet, providingFeb 3, 2026
• Portland-based Zelody has secured 2 million dollars to deploy an agentic AI solution bridging the interoperability gap in legacy banking software. Led by Ann Sabatino, the platform uses autonomous ageFeb 3, 2026
• Swedish startup Berget AI has raised 2.1 million Euro to scale sovereign AI infrastructure across Europe. 🇸🇪 As the EU AI Act enforces strict data governance, this funding highlights a systemic shiftFeb 3, 2026
• OpenAI launched the Codex desktop app for macOS, enabling developers to orchestrate multiple autonomous agents in parallel for up to 30 minutes. This moves AI beyond autocompletion into a managed workFeb 3, 2026
• Sarvam AI has secured 12 million USD in seed funding led by Peak XV and Lightspeed to develop sovereign large language models specifically for the Indian market. Founded by AI4Bharat experts Vivek RagFeb 3, 2026
• Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly 2 billion dollars to integrate silent speech recognition into future wearables. This move enables hands-free interaction through facial movements,Feb 3, 2026
• Barcelona based Biorce secured 43.8 million Euro in Series A funding to scale its Aika AI platform. By leveraging 1 million trials, the system aims to slash trial costs and timelines by 50 percent, adFeb 3, 2026
• Breezy has raised an oversubscribed 10 million dollar pre-seed round led by Ribbit Capital to launch the first independent AI operating system for the 500 billion dollar residential real estate servicFeb 3, 2026
• Swedish startup Bits has secured 12 million EUR in Series A funding to scale its AI-native compliance platform across Europe. By unifying KYC and AML workflows, the technology achieves a 50-70 percentFeb 3, 2026
• Linq raised 20 million USD in Series A funding to scale an API that embeds AI assistants natively within iMessage and RCS. The platform facilitates 30 million messages monthly with a 295 percent net rFeb 3, 2026
• GrubMarket secured 50 million dollars at a 4.5 billion dollar valuation to expand its AI-driven ecommerce platform across the global food supply chain. By integrating specialized AI agents, the companFeb 3, 2026
• Goldman Sachs led a $75M Series C for Fieldguide, valuing the AI-native audit platform at $700M. This capital targets a crisis where 75% of CPAs are nearing retirement. Used by half of the top 100 U.SFeb 3, 2026
• LimX Dynamics has closed a 200 million dollar Series B round to scale its Tron 2 humanoid and COSA agentic operating system. By unifying cognition and motion control, the company is eliminating the laFeb 3, 2026
• Mythic secured 125M USD in an oversubscribed funding round led by DCVC to scale its analog compute-in-memory AI architecture. This technology addresses the critical power wall by offering 100x betterFeb 2, 2026
• Nvidia is making its largest investment to date in OpenAI, joining a record financing round to deepen their strategic compute alliance. With Nvidia controlling over 80 percent of the AI accelerator maFeb 2, 2026
• DeepSnitch AI has raised over $1.4 million in its DSNT presale to launch a Web3-native Bloomberg Terminal. 📊 The platform uses five specialized AI agents to provide real-time intelligence for 100 millFeb 2, 2026
• Perplexity AI finalized a 750 million dollar, three year deal with Microsoft Azure to expand its cloud footprint beyond AWS. This partnership provides access to frontier models via Azure AI Foundry whFeb 2, 2026
• Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for 2 billion dollars, marking its second-largest acquisition since Beats. The technology uses optical sensors to interpret silent facial micro-movements, effecFeb 2, 2026
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reaffirmed a central role in OpenAI's 100 billion dollar funding round, dismissing rumors of a rift. This initiative aims to deploy 10 gigawatts of AI compute infrastructurFeb 2, 2026
• LegalTech startup NYAI is finalizing its second seed funding phase in 2026 to scale its explainable AI platform for Indias legal landscape. The system maps compliance across 52 central ministries, proFeb 2, 2026
• MegaMinds has secured an investment led by New York Angels to scale AI simulations across 3 core sectors: public K-12, CTE, and special education. This funding marks a shift from administrative AI towFeb 2, 2026
• Anduril has launched the AI Grand Prix, a 500,000 dollar competition to recruit top autonomy software engineers. By prioritizing autonomous navigation over human piloting, the event signals a systemicFeb 2, 2026
• Electronics procurement startup 1Buy.ai has raised Rs 32.5 crore in a seed round led by 100Unicorns to scale its AI-first operating system. 🌐 The platform targets the semiconductor supply chain, delivFeb 2, 2026
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed a massive investment in OpenAI, dismissing reports of a stall in their 100 billion USD infrastructure partnership. The deal targets deploying 10 gigawatts of power usFeb 2, 2026
• Tarabut has acquired Bahrain-founded AI platform Servable to build the MENA region first full-stack AI-native financial infrastructure. By integrating Servables AI Lab, the 32 million dollar Series A-Feb 2, 2026
• Palo Alto Networks has finalized its $3.35 billion acquisition of Chronosphere, integrating cloud-native observability into the Cortex AgentiX platform. The merger leverages telemetry pipelines to cutFeb 2, 2026
• Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for $2 billion, marking its second-largest purchase since the Beats acquisition in 2014. The deal brings back the pioneers of FaceID to integrate advanced opFeb 2, 2026
• Oxford-based AI startup Decima2 has secured a funding injection of over £480,000 to scale its marketing optimization platform 🚀. This investment highlights a shift toward hyper-niche AI tools that priFeb 2, 2026
• Miami proptech Titl has raised 2.5 million dollars to scale its AI and blockchain property verification platform. This funding fuels an expansion from Florida into 20 states by 2026. By automating manFeb 2, 2026
• OpenAI and Anthropic have reached the revenue scale of top software firms, with Anthropic targeting up to 26 billion dollars in 2026 revenue. This growth follows a 280x collapse in token pricing, forcFeb 2, 2026
• Robo.ai and Tachyon9 have formed a joint venture to develop AI data centers, starting with a 20 megawatt facility in the MENA or APAC regions. The partnership addresses a $200 billion global infrastruFeb 2, 2026
• Tiiny AI has launched the Pocket Lab, the world smallest personal AI supercomputer verified by Guinness World Records. The 300g device runs 120B parameter models entirely offline within a 65W power enFeb 2, 2026
• Apple has acquired Paris-based Quantum AI, integrating advanced lip-reading technology to accelerate its push into ambient computing. By leveraging neural networks with 90% accuracy, this move addressFeb 2, 2026
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirms joining OpenAI’s funding round, targeting 100 billion dollars at an 830 billion dollar valuation. This strategic move, potentially Nvidia's largest ever, supports builFeb 2, 2026
• Korean AI cloud startup aieev has secured $415,000 in Pre-Series A funding, bringing total capital to $1.45 million. Its Air Cloud platform cuts AI inference costs by 40% by repurposing idle GPU capacFeb 2, 2026
• Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for 2 billion dollars, its largest deal since the 2014 Beats purchase. The technology interprets silent speech by analyzing facial muscle micro-expressions viaFeb 2, 2026
• TeamKai secured seed funding from Sparklabs and Murex Partners to scale its AI customer service platform. Led by former Myrealtrip COO Doa Kim, the startup reports a 60% autonomous task completion ratFeb 2, 2026
• JJG Aero has raised 30 million dollars in Series B funding to scale high-precision aerospace manufacturing, bringing total capital to 42 million dollars. Concurrently, AI is compressing nutraceuticalFeb 2, 2026
• Chinese regulators granted DeepSeek conditional access to Nvidia H200 chips, joining ByteDance and Alibaba in a pool cleared for over 400,000 units. This shift prioritizes firms capable of maximizingFeb 2, 2026
• Waymo has finalized a 16 billion dollar funding round at a 110 billion dollar valuation, signaling its shift from R&D to commercial infrastructure 🚕 With 450,000 weekly paid rides and 350 million dollFeb 2, 2026
• Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai for approximately $2 billion, its second-largest deal after Beats. The technology decodes silent speech by analyzing facial micro-movements, allowing devices toFeb 2, 2026
• DeepSnitch AI has raised over 1.40 million dollars in its presale to scale a suite powered by five specialized AI agents. The platform automates complex tasks like rug pull detection, providing retailFeb 1, 2026
• Luna Systems secured 1.5 million Euro to scale AI computer vision for micromobility. By adapting automotive-grade safety for bikes and motorcycles, the Dublin startup is filling a critical hardware gaFeb 1, 2026
• India's Budget 2026 faces a critical test as 88 percent of GenAI capital flows to late-stage firms, leaving seed-stage founders behind. Although total AI investment reached 1 billion dollars last yearFeb 1, 2026
• OpenEvidence reached a 12 billion dollar valuation after a 250 million dollar funding round led by Thrive Capital. Used by 50 percent of U.S. physicians and processing 18 million monthly consultationsFeb 1, 2026
• AllGPT.com launched a 4.99 dollar Lite plan to challenge the 5 dollar ChatGPT Go plan, signaling a pivot toward AI platform aggregation. By integrating 100+ models like Sora2 and Claude Code, the platFeb 1, 2026
• Sharpa redefined humanoid utility at CES 2026 with its North robot and CraftNet AI, achieving breakthrough 30-step autonomous assembly tasks. By decoupling control into a reflexive Interaction Brain aFeb 1, 2026
• Gyde secured a $60M growth round led by Lightspeed to scale its AI-driven capital markets platform. By using generative AI agents to analyze 10-Ks and pitch decks, the system has already facilitated $Feb 1, 2026
• Apple acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for approximately 2 billion USD, marking its second-largest purchase to date. The startup specializes in machine learning that interprets whispered speech and faFeb 1, 2026
• 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