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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.
REVCOMM CLOSES ¥3.35B SERIES B FIRST CLOSE, CUMULATIVE FUNDING REACHES ¥8.6B
Tokyo-based RevComm (レブコム) announced the first close of its Series B round at ¥3.35 billion (~$22.5M), comprising equity and debt financing. Lead investors include the SMBC-GB Growth No.1 Investment L...
Sakana AI tops Japan H1 2026 startup funding ranking as AI investment surges
Sakana AI, the Tokyo-based foundation-model startup known for its evolutionary approach to model development, ranked first in Japan's H1 2026 startup funding rankings compiled by Nikkei and data provi...
Sajwo Raises $21.4M Series A and Credit Facility for AI Cross-Border Commerce Expansion
South Korean AI cross-border commerce platform Sajwo (사줘) has raised a total of 29.5 billion won (~$21.4M) in a combined Series A equity round and credit facility from Japanese financial institutions....
1872 opens autonomous steel factory in Cincinnati, raises $15M seed from SpaceX alumni
Former SpaceX engineers Dan Summers, Michael Grant, and Brian Mongilio have launched 1872, an AI-native steel fabrication startup operating out of a historic Cincinnati facility. The company announced...
FuriosaAI nears completion of 800 billion won Series D, valuation at 4 trillion won
South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI is nearing the close of an 800 billion won (approximately $600 million) Series D funding round, according to a report from The Bell. The round is expected to lif...
MediWorkAI raises investment from Korea Investment Accelerator for medical AI data and validation platform
MediWorkAI, a medical AI data and validation startup leveraging a network of over 1,200 specialist doctors across 25 departments, has been selected for Korea Investment Accelerator's 'Right Path' prog...
Moonshot AI plans final funding round at up to $50 billion valuation before Hong Kong IPO. Chinese A...
Moonshot AI plans final funding round at up to $50 billion valuation before Hong Kong IPO. Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is preparing to start discussions with investors in August for what would be i...
CuspAI raises $450M at $2.6B valuation for AI materials discovery, enlists Nvidia, Meta, Samsung in foundry coalition
CuspAI, a two-year-old Cambridge-based startup using AI to accelerate materials discovery, has raised $450 million in Series B funding at a $2.6 billion valuation — a fivefold jump from its $520 milli...
Colossal Biosciences seeks funding at $20-30B valuation for AI-driven de-extinction technology
Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based startup using genetic engineering and AI to resurrect extinct species such as the dire wolf, is reportedly pursuing new funding at a valuation between $20 billio...
Robopoet raises RMB 100M pre-A for embodied intelligence hardware in Shanghai
Shanghai-based Robopoet has raised RMB 100M (approximately $14 million) in a Pre-A funding round to advance its work in large AI models and embodied intelligence hardware. The company is building inte...
CuspAI raises $450M Series B at $2.6B valuation for AI-driven materials discovery
CuspAI, a UK-based AI startup focused on materials discovery, has raised $450M in a Series B round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA, with participation from Jeff Bezos, the UK government's Sovereign...
30 Sundays raises $6.7M from Bessemer to expand AI-powered travel platform
Gurugram-based travel tech startup 30 Sundays has raised $6.7 million in a funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Info Edge Ventures and Eximius. Th...
SkyPilot Launches from Stealth with $20M Seed to Become the Switzerland of AI Compute
SkyPilot, co-founded by Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica and Zongheng Yang, emerged from stealth today with a $20 million seed round led by Lux Capital, with participation from Coatue and Amplify Part...
Meshy raises $400M Series B, enters unicorn club for AI 3D generation
Beijing-based AI 3D generation startup Meshy has closed a $400 million Series B funding round, pushing the company to a valuation exceeding $1 billion and marking one of the largest raises in the gene...
Plazza Raises $15M Series A to Solve India's Pharmacy Inventory Gap with AI
Bengaluru-based pharmacy quick-commerce startup Plazza has raised a $15 million Series A round co-led by Accel, Elevation Capital, and Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from All In Capital an...
Etched's Funding Rounds Signal Shift in AI Investment Toward Custom Silicon
Etched, a startup developing a custom ASIC for transformer-based AI inference, has closed multiple funding rounds that highlight a growing appetite among investors for specialized silicon alternatives...
Neo, a Boston-based agentic security company, raised $100M in combined seed and Series A funding fro...
Neo, a Boston-based agentic security company, raised $100M in combined seed and Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners. The company focuses on AI-powered security agen...
Veriqus Group Raises ₹387 Cr to Build AI-Led Wealth Management Platform
Wealthtech startup Veriqus Group has raised ₹387 crore (~$40.1 million) in a funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners to build an integrated wealth and asset management platform with AI at its co...
CuspAI raises $450M at $2.6B valuation, launches AI Materials Foundry with Nvidia and Meta.
CuspAI, a British AI startup, has raised $450 million at a $2.6 billion valuation in a funding round backed by the UK government and Jeff Bezos. The company also announced the launch of an AI Material...
Empirical Security raises $25M Series A for AI-driven exposure management
Exposure management startup Empirical Security has closed a $25 million Series A funding round led by Brightmind Partners. The company applies AI to cybersecurity exposure management and is positionin...