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Latest AI startup funding news, investment rounds, Series A/B/C announcements, and venture capital activity in the artificial intelligence sector.
Unitree's Shanghai debut pops 460%, one of several blockbuster Chinese tech listings this year
Humanoid robot maker Unitree saw its shares jump 460% on their first day of trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, according to The Information, joining a string of outsized first-day pops among rece...
Alibaba to Raise US$10.2 Billion in New Shares to Fund Full-Stack AI Push
Alibaba Group Holding said Sunday it will issue HK$80 billion (about US$10.2 billion) in new shares, with every dollar of proceeds directed to AI investment. The Chinese tech giant framed the raise as...
Hush Security raises $30M Series A for just-in-time AI agent access control, with Akamai as strategic backer
Tel Aviv-based Hush Security closed a $30 million Series A on July 28, with Akamai Technologies joining as a new strategic investor alongside existing backers Battery Ventures and YL Ventures. The rou...
Anthropic reportedly plans an October IPO at up to a $2 trillion valuation, even as ARR growth shows signs of deceleration.
Anthropic confidentially filed for a US IPO in June and is reportedly targeting a listing as early as October at up to a $2 trillion valuation, per the Financial Times. The report follows Bloomberg's...
Veeda AI raises $90M seed to build world models for robot training
Toronto-based Veeda AI has raised more than $90 million in a seed round backed by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures, according to The Logic. The company was founded by Sanja Fidler, Zan Gojcic and...
Mirendil raises $200M seed at ~$1B valuation to automate AI research
Mirendil, a new AI research lab founded by researchers from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and xAI, has raised $200 million in seed funding at approximately $1 billion valuation. The round, one o...
Starcloud raises $250M Series A extension at $2.3B valuation as launch capacity tightens
Starcloud has added a $250 million extension to its March Series A, bringing the round to $420 million total and valuing the orbital-data-center startup at $2.3 billion. Manhattan West Ventures led th...
HexSeed raises over €700k to develop diamond-coated GaN cooling for AI data centers
UK-based HexSeed Technology, founded in late 2025, has raised over €700k (£600k) in early-stage funding led by Carbon13, with participation from Net Zero Technology Centre and Vento Ventures. The roun...
Boom raises $15M Series A, launches BoomCRM leasing agent for single-family rental operators
Austin-based Boom, founded by Rob Whiting and Kirill Moizik, closed a $15 million Series A led by S3 Ventures, joined by Mischief VC, Starting Line VC, Gilgamesh Ventures and Company Ventures. The cap...
Corma closes $60M Sequoia-led seed to build defensive cyber foundation models
Corma, a cybersecurity AI model developer based in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, announced a $60 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital, with Khosla Ventures and Coatue also participating. No valuati...
Rillet Raises $100M Series C at $1B Valuation for AI ERP
Rillet said on August 18 that it raised a $100 million Series C led by Iconiq at a $1 billion valuation, with Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia participating again. The company, which emerged publicly i...
Fractile Seeks Funding at Reported $6.5 Billion Valuation for AI Inference Chips
Fractile, a UK startup developing chips for AI inference, is reportedly in fundraising discussions at a $6.5 billion valuation. The fundraising has not been confirmed, so the valuation should be treat...
Callosum raises $100M seed to build cross-chip AI infrastructure software
London-based Callosum has raised a $100 million seed round led by Atomico, with participation from Plural and the UK Sovereign AI Fund. The company builds software infrastructure that lets AI workload...
Domyn raises $1.1 billion in combined debt and equity over two years, becoming one of Europe's most capitalized frontier AI model developers.
Domyn, an Italian company building large language models, disclosed that it has raised $1.1 billion in combined debt and equity funding over the past two years, according to its founder. The company f...
Nvidia is discussing an investment in Mercor, a data labeling provider that supports the development...
Nvidia is discussing an investment in Mercor, a data labeling provider that supports the development of Nvidia's open-source AI models. The potential deal values Mercor at $20 billion, according to Th...
Jordan-founded HeyBreez has raised a $2.5 million oversubscribed seed round led by Lunara Partners,...
Jordan-founded HeyBreez has raised a $2.5 million oversubscribed seed round led by Lunara Partners, with participation from Jabbar Group and DASH Ventures, to fund its voice AI infrastructure platform...
iHW secures 52 billion won (~$38M) Series A
South Korean fabless startup iHW (아이에이치더블유) has closed a 52 billion won (~$38M) Series A round, bringing cumulative funding to 64 billion won (~$47M). The round was led by Kolon Investment, with follo...
SECA (세카), a hardware design automation startup, has secured seed funding from LG Electronics and de...
SECA (세카), a hardware design automation startup, has secured seed funding from LG Electronics and deep-tech accelerator BluePoint Partners. The company emerged as an independent entity through Studio3...
Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup founded by Alcatraz AI's Vince Gaydarzhiev, has raised $1...
Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup founded by Alcatraz AI's Vince Gaydarzhiev, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Sheryl Sandberg's Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners. The round...
Kita, an AI-powered credit-assessment platform co-founded by Filipinos, raised $4.5 million in a see...
Kita, an AI-powered credit-assessment platform co-founded by Filipinos, raised $4.5 million in a seed round announced on August 19. The startup uses alternative data and machine learning to score cred...