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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.
SambaNova raises $1B Series F at $11B valuation, signaling capital consolidation in AI chip market.
AI chip startup SambaNova has completed the first close of a $1 billion Series F funding round, pushing its valuation to $11 billion. The round represents one of the largest single capital raises in t...
Whale raises additional $40M in Series C3, eyes North America and Europe expansion
Singapore-based enterprise AI startup Whale has secured an additional $40 million in what it describes as a Series C3 extension, led by CMB International and SMBC Asia Rising Fund, with participation...
Applied Computing Raises $20M to Build Vertical Foundation Model for Oil & Gas Operations
Applied Computing has closed a $20 million Series A round to develop a foundation model purpose-built for petrochemical plants. The startup is training the model on decades of sensor data, maintenance...
Valarian raises $50 million Series A for sovereign AI infrastructure
London-based AI infrastructure startup Valarian has raised $50 million in a Series A round to develop sovereign AI infrastructure targeting nations and enterprises. The company focuses on providing in...
Fulcrum Technologies raises seed bridge from Smilegate Investment for e-commerce AI agent Hookable
Fulcrum Technologies, the operator of e-commerce AI agent 'Hookable', has secured a seed bridge investment from Smilegate Investment, following a pre-seed round from Primer in February 2026. The amoun...
Zhichuangxin, a RISC-V chip startup founded by a former Alibaba executive, has raised pre-A funding.
Zhichuangxin, a RISC-V chip startup founded by a former Alibaba executive, has raised pre-A funding. The amount and lead investors were not disclosed. The company is focused on developing RISC-V-based...
ModelBest (面壁智能) raises $700M at $2.8B valuation, becomes largest on-device AI unicorn
Beijing-based ModelBest, the on-device foundation model startup spun out of Tsinghua University's NLP lab in 2022, has completed a financing round exceeding RMB 5 billion (~$700M), pushing its cumulat...
Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C at $1.5B valuation.
Indian AI coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a Series C round led by Creaegis, reaching a $1.5 billion post-money valuation — a five-fold increase in six months. The company, founded i...
E3 Electric.Ai raises $12M Series A to build AI-powered electric scooters in India
Bengaluru-based deeptech startup E3 Electric.Ai has raised Rs 100 crore (~$12 million) in Series A funding led by BluVenture, with plans to develop AI-powered electric scooters and expand across India...
Meticulous raises $15M Series A to help ElevenLabs, Notion, Wiz ship AI-generated code faster
London-based Meticulous, founded by brothers Gabriel Spencer-Harper and Quentin Spencer-Hper, has raised a $15M Series A led by Chemistry with participation from Menlo Ventures and a roster of angel i...
Bunker Kids raises $1.5M for AI character chat platform WHIF, exits two prior ventures
Korean startup Bunker Kids (벙커키즈) has raised ₩2 billion (~$1.5M) in a seed round from Crit Ventures for WHIF (위프), an AI character chat platform that combines licensed webtoon/web novel IP with user-d...
Chai Discovery, an OpenAI-backed AI drug discovery startup, has raised $400 million at a $3.8 billio...
Chai Discovery, an OpenAI-backed AI drug discovery startup, has raised $400 million at a $3.8 billion valuation, tripling its worth in just seven months. The round brings total funding to over $600 mi...
Miles Wang exits OpenAI to launch $2B AI drug discovery startup
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is leaving the company to start a new venture focused on AI-driven drug discovery, with plans to raise approximately $200 million at a $2 billion valuation, according to s...
WHALE (帷幄) CLOSES $40M SERIES C3, CUMULATIVE C ROUND EXCEEDS $100M
Chinese enterprise AI company Whale (帷幄) has raised a $40 million Series C3 round, bringing its total Series C funding to over $100 million. The round was disclosed via Chinese tech media outlet PingW...
FuriosaAI, Nuvacore, and D-Matrix are among AI chip startups raising new funding rounds as venture c...
FuriosaAI, Nuvacore, and D-Matrix are among AI chip startups raising new funding rounds as venture capital interest in AI hardware surges, driven by demand for alternatives to incumbent suppliers like...
Hippo Harvest, a California-based agri-robotics startup, has raised $30 million in Series C funding...
Hippo Harvest, a California-based agri-robotics startup, has raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Cox Farms, a major North American greenhouse operator, with participation from Congruent Vent...
DeepSeek reportedly raising $1.5B at $71B valuation, planning 2027 IPO
Chinese foundation model developer DeepSeek is in talks to raise approximately $1.5 billion at a $71 billion valuation, with plans to pursue an IPO as early as late 2027, according to Bloomberg. This...
Connectorian raises pre-seed from Bluepoint Partners for AI decision infrastructure
South Korean startup Connectorian (커넥셔너리) has secured pre-seed funding from deep-tech accelerator Bluepoint Partners. The investment amount was not disclosed. Connectorian is developing what it calls...
Flex raises $70M Series B1 for AI payment tools and credit for mid-sized companies
Flex, an AI-driven fintech platform offering payment tools, credit, and financial operations software for mid-sized companies, has raised a $70 million Series B1 round led by Halo Fund. The company se...
Thira raises $21M seed round to bring AI automation to enterprise back offices
Enterprise AI startup Thira has raised $21 million in seed financing to automate complex operational work in back offices. The funding signals growing enterprise demand beyond AI-driven insights towar...