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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.
World Labs, the AI startup founded by renowned computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion...
World Labs, the AI startup founded by renowned computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion in a fresh funding round to advance what it calls 'spatial intelligence' — AI systems that perceive,...
Aukera raises ₹90 crore as lab-grown diamond jeweller expands to 35 stores
Aukera, a Bengaluru-based lab-grown diamond jewellery brand backed by Peak XV Partners, has raised approximately ₹90 crore (~$10 million) in a round led by Alteria Capital, with participation from Inn...
Sherpa Raises $2.2M Pre-Seed to Build AI OS for External Workforce Orchestration
Sherpa, an early-stage enterprise software company, has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding from Seedcamp, DN Capital, Activant, and Brighteye to develop what it calls an AI operating system for e...
Prosper AI raises $30M Series A for healthcare voice AI agents
Prosper AI has secured $30 million in Series A funding to expand its healthcare-focused voice AI agents, which automate administrative tasks across patient care workflows. The round signals growing in...
Studio Kiko (스튜디오키코) has raised a pre-Series A round from Smilegate Investment, Strong Ventures, and...
Studio Kiko (스튜디오키코) has raised a pre-Series A round from Smilegate Investment, Strong Ventures, and Korea Investment Accelerator for its ambient AI scribe Neardoc (니어닥), which generates completed SOA...
Tencent to Lead $2B Manus Buyback as Beijing Treats Agentic AI as Sovereign Asset
Tencent is in advanced talks to become the largest single shareholder in Manus, the agentic AI startup that Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of in April. A consortium of Manus'...
Sarvam AI Nears $300M Round Led by HCLTech at $1.5B Valuation
Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI is in advanced talks to raise approximately $300 million in a funding round led by HCLTech, which is expected to contribute roughly $150 million. Bessemer Venture Partners is...
Zetwerk co-founder Rahul Sharma exits executive role to launch an AI robotics startup, with Zetwerk...
Zetwerk co-founder Rahul Sharma exits executive role to launch an AI robotics startup, with Zetwerk providing initial backing. The new venture, currently unnamed, will raise additional capital indepen...
Savi Security Raises $7M Seed for AI-Native Consumer Scam Protection App
Savi Security, a Los Angeles-based consumer technology startup, has launched an AI-native iOS and Android app called Savi to screen calls, messages, and digital communications for scam patterns in rea...
SambaNova Systems valued at $11B, raises $1B in Series F for inference chips
AI chip startup SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion in a Series F round led by General Atlantic, reaching an $11 billion valuation — a fivefold increase from its $2.2 billion valuation just five m...
Edubuk, an AI and blockchain startup focused on credential verification and job matching, has announ...
Edubuk, an AI and blockchain startup focused on credential verification and job matching, has announced a $50 million strategic investment commitment from Nimbus Capital. The company operates two plat...
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in largest foreign IPO in U.S. history
SK Hynix, the South Korean memory chip giant and key supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for Nvidia's AI GPUs, raised $26.5 billion in its U.S. market debut Friday, eclipsing Alibaba's $25 billion...
AI chip startup Etched has announced a cumulative $800 million in funding, reaching a $5 billion val...
AI chip startup Etched has announced a cumulative $800 million in funding, reaching a $5 billion valuation, and simultaneously secured a $1 billion chip order for its Sohu ASIC. The company, founded i...
MiniMax completes 16 billion HKD funding round, CEO Yan Junjie publishes internal letter.
MiniMax, the Chinese AI startup known for its foundation models and generative AI products, has completed a massive 16 billion HKD (approximately $2.04 billion) funding round. CEO Yan Junjie published...
Piq Energy Raises $5M Seed for Agentic Grid Planning Platform
San Francisco-based Piq Energy has raised $5 million in seed funding to further develop its agentic grid planning platform, which applies AI-driven tools to optimize energy infrastructure planning and...
Lyzr reportedly raising $100M at $500M valuation for enterprise agent platform
Lyzr Inc., a two-year-old startup that provides a no-code platform for building enterprise AI agents, is reportedly raising a $100 million funding round at a $500 million valuation — double its March...
Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia, for ultra-low-latency voice AI models
Paris-based Gradium, a startup spun out of French AI lab Kyutai, has raised a total of $100M in a seed round now backed by Nvidia. Gradium originally launched in December with $70M from investors incl...
Mercor nears $20B valuation as AI training demand surges and revenue doubles to $2B
Mercor, an AI training startup, is reportedly in early-stage talks to raise a new round at a $20 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. This would double its $10 billion valuation from a $350 mill...
Hakimo, an AI-driven physical security platform, has raised $12 million in a growth funding round le...
Hakimo, an AI-driven physical security platform, has raised $12 million in a growth funding round led by Zigg Capital, with participation from Neotribe Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Defy.vc, and Rocketsh...
Polysense Raises $10.7M in Seed Funding for AI Food Quality Control
Polysense, a Ghent-based AI-native quality control and process optimization startup serving the food manufacturing industry, has raised $10.7 million in seed funding, according to a company announceme...