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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.
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...
Higgsfield, a US-based AI video generation startup, has closed a $400 million funding round at a $5.
Higgsfield, a US-based AI video generation startup, has closed a $400 million funding round at a $5.4 billion valuation, up from $1.3 billion just eight months ago. DST Global led the round, with part...
Etched on Tuesday announced a $700 million raise at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street afte...
Etched on Tuesday announced a $700 million raise at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street after the quant firm tested and bought the startup's AI hardware. This comes just a month after a $300 m...
Velaura AI, an AI compute infrastructure company, has raised $110 million in a Series A funding roun...
Velaura AI, an AI compute infrastructure company, has raised $110 million in a Series A funding round led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Amplify Partners an...
Wispr AI, a voice and speech AI company founded in 2021, announced it has raised $280 million in Ser...
Wispr AI, a voice and speech AI company founded in 2021, announced it has raised $280 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures. The company is tracked in the AI Market Watch index, where its...
Nvidia is reportedly set to back AI chip startup Groq at a $3.5 billion valuation, according to Tech...
Nvidia is reportedly set to back AI chip startup Groq at a $3.5 billion valuation, according to Tech in Asia. The investment marks a significant shift in the relationship between the two companies, wh...
Groq, the AI inference chip company, has raised $350 million in a funding round led by Disruptive, a...
Groq, the AI inference chip company, has raised $350 million in a funding round led by Disruptive, at a valuation of $3.5 billion. This marks a significant drop from the $6.9 billion valuation the com...
China Telecom has led a funding round in Mifeng, an embodied AI startup, according to Tech in Asia.
China Telecom has led a funding round in Mifeng, an embodied AI startup, according to Tech in Asia. The investment marks one of the clearest signals yet that Chinese state-owned telecom operators are...
Micron has unveiled a $250 million venture fund, the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, marking its larg...
Micron has unveiled a $250 million venture fund, the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, marking its largest investment vehicle to date. The fund targets startups across AI model architecture, computing, e...
Micron Technology (MU) announced on August 13, 2026, the launch of the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund...
Micron Technology (MU) announced on August 13, 2026, the launch of the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a $250 million venture capital vehicle dedicated to investing in AI-focused startups. The fund aim...
Infiforce has raised nearly $150 million across Series A and Series A+ rounds to develop embodied-AI...
Infiforce has raised nearly $150 million across Series A and Series A+ rounds to develop embodied-AI models and expand robot deployments in industrial and commercial settings. The funding, led by Dunh...