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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.

AlphaDrive launches $100M fund for cyber and AI, with Leumi Partners as anchor
May 5, 2026

AlphaDrive launches $100M fund for cyber and AI, with Leumi Partners as anchor

AlphaDrive launches $100M fund for cyber and AI, with Leumi Partners as anchor Yaron Elad and Elik Etzion have launched AlphaDrive, a $100 million investment fund focused on cybersecurity and artifici...

Jurisphere secures $2.2M from InfoEdge Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Antler, and 8i Ventures.
May 5, 2026Jurisphere

Jurisphere secures $2.2M from InfoEdge Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Antler, and 8i Ventures.

Jurisphere secures $2.2M from InfoEdge Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Antler, and 8i Ventures. Legal AI platform Jurisphere has raised $2.2 million in seed funding from InfoEdge Ventures, Flourish Ventu...

Nace.AI Raises $21.5M in Seed Funding for Autonomous Enterprise Workflows
May 5, 2026Nace.AI

Nace.AI Raises $21.5M in Seed Funding for Autonomous Enterprise Workflows

Nace.AI Raises $21.5M in Seed Funding for Autonomous Enterprise Workflows Nace.AI, a Palo Alto-based startup, has raised $21.5 million in seed funding to develop and deploy a metamodel that autonomous...

May 5, 2026Vobiz.ai

Vobiz.ai raises $1M seed for voice AI telephony infrastructure

Vobiz.ai raises $1M seed for voice AI telephony infrastructure Indian startup Vobiz.ai has raised $1M in seed funding to develop voice AI infrastructure for enterprise telephony systems. The company i...

May 5, 2026Jurisphere

Jurisphere raises $2.2M from InfoEdge, Antler for legal AI platform

Jurisphere raises $2.2M from InfoEdge, Antler for legal AI platform Indian legal-tech startup Jurisphere has raised $2.2 million in a funding round from InfoEdge, Antler, and other investors. The comp...

May 5, 2026Sierra

Sierra raises $950M from Tiger Global and GV for AI customer service agents

Sierra raises $950M from Tiger Global and GV for AI customer service agents Sierra, an AI startup building conversational agents for enterprise customer service, has raised $950 million in a funding r...

Lithosquare raises $25M seed to apply foundational AI models to critical metals exploration
May 5, 2026Lithosquare

Lithosquare raises $25M seed to apply foundational AI models to critical metals exploration

Lithosquare raises $25M seed to apply foundational AI models to critical metals exploration Paris-based Lithosquare has raised a $25M equity seed round co-led by World Fund and Kindred Capital, with p...

Elastics raises €1.7M pre-seed for AI agents targeting prediction-market traders
May 5, 2026Elastics

Elastics raises €1.7M pre-seed for AI agents targeting prediction-market traders

Elastics raises €1.7M pre-seed for AI agents targeting prediction-market traders Warsaw-based Elastics has raised €1.7 million in oversubscribed pre-seed funding to build an AI-native operating system...

May 5, 2026ReN3

Singapore AI startup ReN3 raises $5M seed from Vertex Ventures for enterprise AI platform

Singapore AI startup ReN3 raises $5M seed from Vertex Ventures for enterprise AI platform Singapore-based AI startup ReN3 has raised $5 million in seed funding from Vertex Ventures. The company is dev...

ReN3, an enterprise agentic AI work productivity platform based in Singapore, has raised $5 million...
May 5, 2026ReN3

ReN3, an enterprise agentic AI work productivity platform based in Singapore, has raised $5 million...

ReN3, an enterprise agentic AI work productivity platform based in Singapore, has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India. The company focuses on accuracy and f...

Sierra raises $950M Series E at $15.8B valuation, led by Tiger Global and GV
May 4, 2026Sierra

Sierra raises $950M Series E at $15.8B valuation, led by Tiger Global and GV

Sierra raises $950M Series E at $15.8B valuation, led by Tiger Global and GV Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup co-founded by OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor, announced a $950 million Series E...

Sierra raises $950M at $15.8B valuation for agentic AI platform
May 4, 2026Sierra

Sierra raises $950M at $15.8B valuation for agentic AI platform

Sierra raises $950M at $15.8B valuation for agentic AI platform Sierra, a developer of agentic AI systems for enterprise customer service, has raised $950 million in a funding round led by Tiger Globa...

Cerebras Systems is on track for a blockbuster IPO, offering 28 million shares at $115–$125 per shar...
May 4, 2026Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems is on track for a blockbuster IPO, offering 28 million shares at $115–$125 per shar...

Cerebras Systems is on track for a blockbuster IPO, offering 28 million shares at $115–$125 per share to raise up to $3.5 billion, giving it a $26.6 billion market cap at the high end. The AI chipmake...

Sierra raises $950M at $15B+ valuation, claims 40% of Fortune 50 as customers
May 4, 2026Sierra

Sierra raises $950M at $15B+ valuation, claims 40% of Fortune 50 as customers

Sierra raises $950M at $15B+ valuation, claims 40% of Fortune 50 as customers Sierra, the AI customer experience startup led by Bret Taylor, announced a $950 million funding round led by Tiger Global...

Zapdos Labs raises $500K pre-seed for AI software in Austin
May 4, 2026Zapdos Labs

Zapdos Labs raises $500K pre-seed for AI software in Austin

Zapdos Labs raises $500K pre-seed for AI software in Austin Zapdos Labs, an Austin, TX-based AI software company, has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding. The company develops AI solutions, though spe...

Ridge AI raises $2.6M pre-seed with open source Mosaic at its core
May 4, 2026

Ridge AI raises $2.6M pre-seed with open source Mosaic at its core

Ridge AI raises $2.6M pre-seed with open source Mosaic at its core Ridge AI has raised a $2.6 million pre-seed round led by Madrona, with participation from The Founder VC and angel investors from Tab...

FORMAS.AI raises $3.98M pre-seed for AI-native AEC design workspace.
May 4, 2026FORMAS.AI

FORMAS.AI raises $3.98M pre-seed for AI-native AEC design workspace.

FORMAS.AI raises $3.98M pre-seed for AI-native AEC design workspace. Singapore-based FORMAS.AI has raised $3.98M in an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, with...

Featherless AI, a startup focused on making open-source large language models viable for enterprise...
May 4, 2026Featherless.ai

Featherless AI, a startup focused on making open-source large language models viable for enterprise...

Featherless AI, a startup focused on making open-source large language models viable for enterprise deployment, has received backing from Kickstart Ventures, a venture capital firm based in the Philip...

LakeFusion raises $7.5M seed to build Databricks-native master data management platform
May 4, 2026LakeFusion

LakeFusion raises $7.5M seed to build Databricks-native master data management platform

LakeFusion raises $7.5M seed to build Databricks-native master data management platform LakeFusion, a startup offering an AI-powered master data management (MDM) platform native to Databricks, has clo...

Upstage, a South Korean foundation model company, has secured 560 billion won (~$450M) in direct inv...
May 4, 2026Upstage

Upstage, a South Korean foundation model company, has secured 560 billion won (~$450M) in direct inv...

Upstage, a South Korean foundation model company, has secured 560 billion won (~$450M) in direct investment from the National Growth Fund (국민성장펀드) to develop sovereign AI capabilities. The investment,...