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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.
Twelve Labs, a video AI search startup, has raised $100 million in Series B funding from investors i...
Twelve Labs, a video AI search startup, has raised $100 million in Series B funding from investors including Amazon, NEA Management, and Naver Ventures. The company is building a unified system that c...
Acti raises $5.3M seed for AI keyboard that builds personal context layer across apps
Singapore-based Acti has raised a $5.3 million seed round led by BITKRAFT Ventures to develop what it calls the world's first agentic keyboard. The company is building an AI-powered keyboard that func...
Lucida AI raises additional $1.6M in seed funding for speech-to-speech AI platform
Lucida AI, an Istanbul-based developer of a speech-to-speech AI platform, has raised an additional $1.6 million in seed funding. The company builds an AI-native platform that translates spoken languag...
MobAI raises angel round from Chizi City Technology for AI interactive storytelling app Lunaverse Stories
MobAI, an AI startup focused on interactive storytelling, has raised several million yuan in an angel round from Hong Kong-listed Chizi City Technology (赤子城科技), according to 36Kr. The company's AI-dri...
Ex-DeepMind researchers' AI hedge fund lab EquiLibre Technologies hits $500M valuation
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three former DeepMind researchers, has raised a Series A at a $500 million valuation led by Creandum in the largest single investment the firm...
Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation
Wayve, a UK-based autonomous driving startup using end-to-end neural network technology, has launched an $85 million employee tender offer at its current $8.5 billion valuation. The liquidity event, l...
WeDraft raises 100 million yen for AI-powered information asset management platform Flows
Japanese startup WeDraft, a spinout from governance SaaS provider Acompany, has raised 100 million yen (~$650,000) in a seed round led by DNX Ventures. The company plans to use the funds to strengthen...
Etched Raises $800M with Backing from Jane Street and TSMC-Linked VC for Inference Chip Play
AI chip startup Etched has raised $800 million, revealing investors including Jane Street—which invested over $100 million total—and VentureTech Alliance, a firm with strategic ties to Taiwan Semicond...
Sales Retriever raises ¥95M to expand enterprise sales AI with ABM tools
Tokyo-based Sales Retriever has raised a cumulative ¥95 million (~$660,000) in financing, including from PKSHA Algorithm Fund and ANOBAKA. The startup offers an AI-driven Account-Based Marketing (ABM)...
CFOne Raises ¥170M Pre-Series A for AI Tax OS
CFOne, the Tokyo-based startup behind the AI-driven tax automation platform "CFOne" (シフォン), has raised ¥170 million (~$1.2M) in a pre-Series A round consisting of a third-party allotment of shares and...
Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI inference chip
Etched, an AI chip startup founded in 2022, announced that TSMC has successfully manufactured its chip and that it has already booked $1 billion in contract orders for its full-stack inference systems...
Baz raises $9M seed extension to prevent software bugs with AI Planner
Israeli startup Baz has raised a $9 million seed extension led by Battery Ventures and boldstart ventures, bringing total funding to $17 million. Founded by Bridgecrew veterans Guy Eisenkot and CTO Ni...
1001 raises $30M Series A for sovereign AI infrastructure in GCC
GCC- and London-based AI startup 1001 has closed a $30 million Series A round led by Lux Capital, with participation from PIF-owned Sanabil Investments, Hanabi, 9Yards, General Catalyst, CIV, and Stan...
dodoAI raises ¥280M seed round for enterprise AI agent governance platform
Tokyo-based dodoAI has raised ¥280 million (~$1.9M) in a seed round led by Genesee Ventures, with participation from Quantum Leap Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital, a...
8090 Labs raises $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; Chamath Palihapitiya takes CEO role
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya has raised $135 million in Series A funding for 8090 Labs, an AI coding startup founded in January 2024. The round was led by Salesforce Ventures with participa...
Higgsfield, an AI video generation startup, is reportedly in discussions to raise between $300 milli...
Higgsfield, an AI video generation startup, is reportedly in discussions to raise between $300 million and $500 million at a $5 billion pre-money valuation, more than quadrupling its prior valuation....
1001 raises $30M from Lux Capital and Sanabil to deploy applied AI across Gulf infrastructure
Dubai- and London-based startup 1001 has raised $30 million in a funding round led by US venture firm Lux Capital, with participation from Saudi sovereign wealth fund unit Sanabil, 9Yards, and Hanabi....
Kapture CX, a Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup focused on enterprise customer experience, has rais...
Kapture CX, a Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup focused on enterprise customer experience, has raised $10 million in a pre-Series B round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures (BFSV), with participation from...
8090 Labs raises $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; Chamath Palihapitiya takes CEO role
8090 Labs, an AI coding startup founded by Chamath Palihapitiya in January 2024, has raised a $135 million Series A round led by Salesforce Ventures. Participants include WndrCo, Craft Ventures, and a...
Proception Raises $11M Seed, Launches Dexterous Robotic Hand ProHand 1.0
Proception, a Silicon Valley startup founded by former Tesla Optimus technical lead Jay Li, raised $11 million in seed funding led by First Round Capital with participation from Y Combinator and BoxGr...