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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.

Lexroom Raises $50M Series B to Replace General-Purpose AI in Law With Data-First Legal Engine
May 25, 2026Lexroom.ai

Lexroom Raises $50M Series B to Replace General-Purpose AI in Law With Data-First Legal Engine

Lexroom Raises $50M Series B to Replace General-Purpose AI in Law With Data-First Legal Engine Milan-based Lexroom has closed a $50 million Series B led by Left Lane Capital, just eight months after i...

Primer raises $100M Series C to build AI payment operating layer, expand US footprint
May 25, 2026Primer

Primer raises $100M Series C to build AI payment operating layer, expand US footprint

Primer raises $100M Series C to build AI payment operating layer, expand US footprint Primer, a unified payments infrastructure platform, has closed a $100 million Series C round led by Sofina, with p...

May 25, 2026Anthropic

Anthropic raises over $30B at $900B valuation, nearing OpenAI

Anthropic raises over $30B at $900B valuation, nearing OpenAI Anthropic has completed a massive capital raise exceeding $30 billion, propelling its valuation to approximately $900 billion. This places...

NeoRealX raises 540 million yen from Nippon TV for XR entertainment expansion
May 25, 2026NeoRealX Inc.

NeoRealX raises 540 million yen from Nippon TV for XR entertainment expansion

NeoRealX raises 540 million yen from Nippon TV for XR entertainment expansion XR entertainment startup NeoRealX has raised a total of 540 million yen (~$3.6M) in a third-party allotment round led by N...

StrainX Bioworks raises $13M for alternative protein manufacturing in India
May 25, 2026StrainX Bioworks

StrainX Bioworks raises $13M for alternative protein manufacturing in India

StrainX Bioworks raises $13M for alternative protein manufacturing in India India-based synthetic biology startup StrainX Bioworks has emerged from stealth with a $13 million funding round led by Prim...

OpenHeart raises ~$1.5M pre-Series A for AI 3D scene platform TAVIO
May 25, 2026OpenHeart

OpenHeart raises ~$1.5M pre-Series A for AI 3D scene platform TAVIO

OpenHeart raises ~$1.5M pre-Series A for AI 3D scene platform TAVIO Tokyo-based startup OpenHeart announced it has raised approximately 217 million yen (~$1.5 million) in a pre-Series A round for TAVI...

Gabit, the AI-powered wellness and wearable startup co-founded by former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gu...
May 24, 2026Gabit

Gabit, the AI-powered wellness and wearable startup co-founded by former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gu...

Gabit, the AI-powered wellness and wearable startup co-founded by former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta and entrepreneur Arpana Shahi, has raised approximately ₹36.2 crore (~$3.7 million) in fresh fun...

MENA startups see diversified funding across fintech, HR tech and AI sectors
May 24, 2026

MENA startups see diversified funding across fintech, HR tech and AI sectors

MENA startups see diversified funding across fintech, HR tech and AI sectors Startups across the Middle East and North Africa raised a series of financings in late May 2026, spanning fintech, HR tech,...

AEON, a startup building a settlement layer for AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led...
May 24, 2026Aeon

AEON, a startup building a settlement layer for AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led...

AEON, a startup building a settlement layer for AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by YZi Labs, an affiliate of Binance. IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fu...

Clouted, an AI-powered distribution platform for short-form content, has raised $7 million in seed f...
May 24, 2026Clouted

Clouted, an AI-powered distribution platform for short-form content, has raised $7 million in seed f...

Clouted, an AI-powered distribution platform for short-form content, has raised $7 million in seed funding led by Slow Ventures, with participation from Gold House Ventures, Weekend Fund, LINE-Yahoo's...

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May
May 24, 2026Moonshot AI

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May

Moonshot AI and Stepfun Secure Over 30 Billion Yuan (~$4.2B) in Combined Funding in May Chinese AI startups Moonshot AI (月之暗面) and Stepfun (阶跃星辰) have collectively raised over 30 billion Chinese yuan...

Parthus (维泛智能), a spin-off from Peking University's PAICORE Lab, has raised hundreds of millions of...
May 23, 2026Parthus

Parthus (维泛智能), a spin-off from Peking University's PAICORE Lab, has raised hundreds of millions of...

Parthus (维泛智能), a spin-off from Peking University's PAICORE Lab, has raised hundreds of millions of yuan in seed funding for a native robot "brain chip" that fuses neuromorphic computing with GPU arch...

Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed fundin...
May 23, 2026Hardline AI

Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed fundin...

Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology startup, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Mucker Capital. The company plans to build its VoiceOps infrastructure to convert jobsite p...

Shatterdome Energy exits stealth with $3.5M pre-seed for AI-driven energy trading
May 23, 2026Shatterdome Energy

Shatterdome Energy exits stealth with $3.5M pre-seed for AI-driven energy trading

Shatterdome Energy exits stealth with $3.5M pre-seed for AI-driven energy trading Shatterdome Energy has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to build an AI-powered platform that...

Qianyi AI, a Jinan-based AI translation and tour guide agent startup, has completed its first equity...
May 23, 2026Qianyi AI

Qianyi AI, a Jinan-based AI translation and tour guide agent startup, has completed its first equity...

Qianyi AI, a Jinan-based AI translation and tour guide agent startup, has completed its first equity financing round after joining the QPioneer OPC community in Jinan Start-up Area. The company, found...

Kuaishou invests 8 billion yuan ($1.1B) to boost Kling AI video ecosystem, with Kling AI reportedly planning IPO spin-off.
May 23, 2026

Kuaishou invests 8 billion yuan ($1.1B) to boost Kling AI video ecosystem, with Kling AI reportedly planning IPO spin-off.

Kuaishou invests 8 billion yuan ($1.1B) to boost Kling AI video ecosystem, with Kling AI reportedly planning IPO spin-off. Kuaishou (快手) is committing 8 billion yuan in resources — comprising 2 billio...

DeepSeek seeks $10B funding to pursue AGI, rivaling OpenAI with research-first strategy.
May 23, 2026DeepSeek AI

DeepSeek seeks $10B funding to pursue AGI, rivaling OpenAI with research-first strategy.

DeepSeek seeks $10B funding to pursue AGI, rivaling OpenAI with research-first strategy. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is raising approximately $10 billion (~RMB 70 billion) in a funding round that coul...

Anthropic nears US$30 billion funding round, surpassing OpenAI as most valuable AI startup
May 23, 2026Anthropic

Anthropic nears US$30 billion funding round, surpassing OpenAI as most valuable AI startup

Anthropic nears US$30 billion funding round, surpassing OpenAI as most valuable AI startup Anthropic is set to close a funding round exceeding US$30 billion at a valuation above US$900 billion, vaulti...

Mythik, an Indian digital media startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Dream11...
May 23, 2026Mythik

Mythik, an Indian digital media startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Dream11...

Mythik, an Indian digital media startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Dream11 co-founder Harsh Jain, Blume Founder’s Fund, ex-McKinsey partner Rajat Gupta, Zubin Bharti Mittal’s...

May 23, 2026Alice & Bob

France pledges $1.5B for quantum, microchips; quantum startup Alice & Bob to receive part of funding and Nvidia support

France pledges $1.5B for quantum, microchips; quantum startup Alice & Bob to receive part of funding and Nvidia support The French government has announced a $1.5 billion commitment to quantum computi...