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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.
Evoken raises nearly $300M at over $2B valuation, led by former ByteDance executive behind CapCut and Jianying
Evoken (演语科技), the Chinese AI creative-content platform founded by former ByteDance product executive Chen Mian, has closed nearly $300 million in Series B+ funding at a post-money valuation exceeding...
DeepSeek Raises $50B at $50B+ Valuation, Founder Retains Control via Triple-Layer Governance
DeepSeek has completed its first-ever external fundraising round, raising approximately $50 billion (RMB 500 billion) at a post-money valuation exceeding $50 billion, according to Chinese media report...
Kalshi, an AI-driven prediction market platform, is reportedly in talks to raise a new funding round...
Kalshi, an AI-driven prediction market platform, is reportedly in talks to raise a new funding round at a $40 billion valuation, according to Axios. The figure reflects explosive investor appetite for...
Rocket, a Surat-based vibe coding startup, is in discussions with US-based Susquehanna International...
Rocket, a Surat-based vibe coding startup, is in discussions with US-based Susquehanna International Group (SIG) to lead its Series A funding round, with existing backers Salesforce Ventures and Accel...
Ex-Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka launches AI services startup Hang Ten Systems, raises $32M seed led by Mayfield
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has launched Hang Ten Systems, an enterprise AI services startup based in Palo Alto, raising $32 million in seed funding led by Mayfield with participation from Aramco...
Greenphard Energy raises 120 million yen Series A for AI-IoT energy reduction monetization
Greenphard Energy, a Tokyo-based startup, has raised approximately 120 million yen (~$830,000) in a Series A second close from Suzuyo Shoji and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, bringing its total funding to ab...
Valence AI, an emotional intelligence infrastructure company, announced $5 million in seed funding l...
Valence AI, an emotional intelligence infrastructure company, announced $5 million in seed funding led by Differential Ventures with participation from Difference Ventures, Change Paradox Ventures, an...
Depth-Wit (深度机智) lands hundreds of millions in Series A for physical AI base model in two months
Depth-Wit, a Beijing-based physical AI startup, has closed a Series A round of "hundreds of millions of renminbi" (approximately several tens of millions of USD) within two months, following a prior r...
Prosus invests $460M in French healthtech Alan at $6.3B valuation for AI expansion
Dutch investment firm Prosus has committed $460 million into French health technology company Alan, valuing the company at $6.3 billion. Alan operates health insurance and telehealth services across F...
Arca, an AI-enabled registered investment adviser (RIA), launches out of stealth with $64 million in...
Arca, an AI-enabled registered investment adviser (RIA), launches out of stealth with $64 million in funding from General Catalyst, Index Ventures, and Venrock, managing over $1 billion in client asse...
Sify Infinit Spaces Limited (SISL), a unit of Sify Technologies, is the target of a proposed $73 mil...
Sify Infinit Spaces Limited (SISL), a unit of Sify Technologies, is the target of a proposed $73 million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), according to a report from DealStr...
U-ZERO raises 950 million yen seed round for AI-powered employee engagement platform
U-ZERO, a Tokyo-based startup operating the AI-driven employee engagement platform "U-ZERO Engagement Suite," has raised 950 million yen (~$6.7M) in a seed round first close. Investors include Waseda...
Alcatraz raises $50M Series B for AI facial authentication in data centers and airports
Alcatraz, a Cupertino-based startup, has announced a $50 million Series B funding round co-led by BlackPeak Capital, Cogito Capital, and Taiwania Capital, with participation from Almaz Capital, EBRD,...
Marichi Labs Raises Seed Round From Texas AI Ventures
Marichi Labs, a New Delhi-based AI startup, has raised a seed round led by Texas AI Ventures to build deep-tech infrastructure for intelligent conversation and commerce. Founded in 2026 and led by CEO...
Kalipso Raises $3.2M Seed to Expand AI Regulatory Compliance Platform Internationally
Kalipso, a Barcelona-based AI-driven regulatory technology startup, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to expand its platform across European markets including Italy, the UK, France, Spain, and t...
DeepSeek raises $7.4B in first outside funding, spurred by Anthropic's Mythos competition
Three-year-old Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, previously entirely self-funded by its parent firm High-Flyer, has raised $7.4 billion in its first external capital round. The fundraising was prompted by comp...
Warp raises $60M Series B for AI-powered payroll compliance
Warp, a startup using artificial intelligence to automate payroll compliance and employee management, has raised a $60 million Series B round led by Battery Ventures. The company plans to use the capi...
General Intuition raises $320M led by Khosla Ventures for compute capacity and model pretraining
Khosla Ventures has led a $320 million funding round for General Intuition, an AI firm focused on computing capacity and next-generation model pretraining. The round is earmarked for expanding compute...
Patronus AI, a San Francisco-based startup founded by former Meta AI researchers Anand Kannappan and...
Patronus AI, a San Francisco-based startup founded by former Meta AI researchers Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian, has raised a $50 million Series B round led by Greenfield Partners, with participatio...
Sarvam AI, an Indian AI startup focused on indigenous multilingual foundation models, is set to clos...
Sarvam AI, an Indian AI startup focused on indigenous multilingual foundation models, is set to close a $300 million funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation, with the central government potentially...