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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.
FaceMind, a Chinese startup founded by a 95后 (post-1995) PhD, has raised tens of millions of yuan in...
FaceMind, a Chinese startup founded by a 95后 (post-1995) PhD, has raised tens of millions of yuan in a Pre-A round led by Star Capital, with existing investor 360 Group super-proportionally participat...

Kuaishou’s Kling AI raises nearly $3 billion in funding, with Tencent reportedly joining the round
Kuaishou’s AI video generation business, Kling AI, has raised nearly $3 billion in external funding as of July 2, according to TechNode, with a post-money valuation expected to reach $18 billion. The...

WATT selected for Scale-up TIPS R&D, developing dual-arm humanoid robots beyond AI delivery robots
South Korean in-building autonomous delivery startup WATT (와트) has been selected for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' '2026 Scale-up TIPS R&D (Specialized)' program, securing up to 3 billion won (~$...

Rosota, a South Korean AI surgical robotics startup, has raised 1.5 billion KRW (~$1.1M) in seed fun...
Rosota, a South Korean AI surgical robotics startup, has raised 1.5 billion KRW (~$1.1M) in seed funding led by FuturePlay with participation from Schmidt and ZDVC. Why it matters: Rosota is building...

Moneyforward Private Bank raises ¥1B (~$6.5M) for AI wealth management platform
Moneyforward Private Bank, a subsidiary of Moneyforward, Inc. (マネーフォワード), has raised 1 billion yen (~$6.5 million) in a third-party allotment of shares to accelerate its AI-powered wealth management p...

WeDraft raises $640K seed round for personal information management platform Flows
Japanese startup WeDraft announced on June 30 that it raised 100 million yen (~$640,000) in a seed round led by DNX Ventures. The company provides Flows, a platform that centralizes management of pers...

Rosota Raises $965K Seed Round to Build AI-Native Surgical Robots from Seoul National University Hospital Spin-Off
South Korean startup Rosota, a spin-off from the MediSC Lab at Seoul National University Hospital's Department of Transdisciplinary Medicine, has raised $965K (KRW 1.5 billion) in a seed round led by...

M2X Raises ¥1.14 Billion in Series A Extension for Equipment Maintenance Cloud
M2X, a Tokyo-based provider of the equipment maintenance cloud 'M2X,' announced on June 29 that it has completed a Series A extension, bringing the total Series A funding to ¥1.14 billion (~$7.6M). Pa...

ikura, a Tokyo-based startup, has raised 150 million yen (~$970K) in a third-party allotment of stoc...
ikura, a Tokyo-based startup, has raised 150 million yen (~$970K) in a third-party allotment of stock acquisition rights to fund its AI-powered multi-language inbound platform, 'AIインバウンド担当' (AI Inboun...

Bhavin Turakhia invests $30M to launch Neo, an AI-native alternative to Microsoft Office
Indian serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia has invested $30 million of his own capital to launch Neo, a bootstrapped enterprise work platform designed from the ground up for generative AI. Neo combine...

LinqAlpha raises $22M Series A to expand agentic AI platform for institutional investors across APAC
New York-based LinqAlpha has raised $22 million in a Series A round co-anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from strategic financial institutions across Singapore,...
Higharc, which uses AI to assist house builders in design and construction, has raised a $95M Series...
Higharc, which uses AI to assist house builders in design and construction, has raised a $95M Series C funding round. The round underscores growing enterprise adoption of AI in the construction and re...
Venice AI hits $1B valuation with $65M Series A led by Dragonfly, Coinbase Ventures
Venice AI, a privacy-focused AI platform, has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly with participation from Coinbase Ventures, marking one of...
Liqing Intelligence raises funding from Taiwanese and Chinese VCs for physical AI
Liqing Intelligence, a physical AI startup building embodied intelligence systems, has secured investment from Shunwei Capital and Sequoia Capital China. The round brings together cross-strait institu...

Together AI raises $800M at $8.3B valuation to expand its neocloud for open-source AI models
Together AI, a neocloud provider renting Nvidia GPU clusters for open-source AI models, announced an $800 million Series C at an $8.3 billion valuation. The round was led by Aramco Ventures, with part...

CarbonSix raises $40M Series A to deploy physical AI in global manufacturing
CarbonSix, a San Francisco-based pioneer in physical AI for manufacturing, announced a $40 million Series A round co-led by DSC Investment and LB Investment, with full participation from existing seed...
Oxmiq Labs raises $35M Series A for licensable AI chip architecture targeting sovereign AI
Oxmiq Labs, the AI chip architecture startup founded by former Intel graphics chief Raja Koduri, has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Fundomo. The rou...

Hypefy AI raises €6.3M Series A to automate influencer marketing workflows
Croatian startup Hypefy AI has raised €6.3 million ($7.2 million) in a Series A round led by AYMO Ventures, with participation from Interactive Venture Partners, Oktogon Ventures, and Euroventures. Fo...

Noetra: SoftBank, NEC, and other major Japanese corporations back 'Made-in-Japan AI' foundation model developer
Sakana AI, previously known as a Tokyo-based AI research lab, has relaunched under the corporate name Noetra (ノエトラ) and officially commenced operations on July 1, 2026. The company positions itself as...

AB180 raises $15M Series C to expand AI marketing platform Airbridge
South Korea-based AI marketing technology company AB180 (에이비일팔공) has raised 21.4 billion won (~$15.3 million) in Series C funding, bringing total cumulative funding to 41.3 billion won (~$29.5 million...